Elevator Installers & Repairers
Also called:
Elevator Mechanic, Elevator Service Mechanic, Elevator Adjuster, Elevator Service Technician
What they do:
Assemble, install, repair, or maintain electric or hydraulic freight or passenger elevators, escalators, or dumbwaiters.
On the job, you would:
- Assemble, install, repair, and maintain elevators, escalators, moving sidewalks, and dumbwaiters, using hand and power tools, and testing devices such as test lamps, ammeters, and voltmeters.
- Test newly installed equipment to ensure that it meets specifications, such as stopping at floors for set amounts of time.
- Locate malfunctions in brakes, motors, switches, and signal and control systems, using test equipment.
Engineering and Technology
- mechanical
- building and construction
Business
Safety and Government
- public safety and security
Math and Science
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Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Technical
- repairing machines or systems using the right tools
- figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work
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Hand and Finger Use
- keep your arm or hand steady
- hold or move items with your hands
Verbal
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- use rules to solve problems
Controlled Movement
- quickly change the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat
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People interested in this work like activities that include
practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Analytical Thinking
- Persistence
- Independence
- Self Control
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You might use software like this on the job:
Analytical or scientific software
- Elevator Controls INTERACT
- Troubleshooting software
Spreadsheet software
Electronic mail software
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some college or
high school diploma
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are likely in the future.
$75,060
per year, on average
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