Maintenance and Repair Workers, General

Perform work involving the skills of two or more maintenance or craft occupations to keep machines, mechanical equipment, or the structure of a building in repair. Duties may involve pipe fitting; HVAC maintenance; insulating; welding; machining; carpentry; repairing electrical or mechanical equipment; installing, aligning, and balancing new equipment; and repairing buildings, floors, or stairs.

Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Realistic

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Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Conventional

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Investigative

Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Enterprising

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Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

Artistic

Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

Social

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Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed

Perform routine maintenance, such as inspecting drives, motors, or belts, checking fluid levels, replacing filters, or doing other preventive maintenance actions.

Inspect, operate, or test machinery or equipment to diagnose machine malfunctions.

Adjust functional parts of devices or control instruments, using hand tools, levels, plumb bobs, or straightedges.

Order parts, supplies, or equipment from catalogs or suppliers.

Repair machines, equipment, or structures, using tools such as hammers, hoists, saws, drills, wrenches, or equipment such as precision measuring instruments or electrical or electronic testing devices.

Diagnose mechanical problems and determine how to correct them, checking blueprints, repair manuals, or parts catalogs, as necessary.

Design new equipment to aid in the repair or maintenance of machines, mechanical equipment, or building structures.

Assemble, install, or repair wiring, electrical or electronic components, pipe systems, plumbing, machinery, or equipment.

Clean or lubricate shafts, bearings, gears, or other parts of machinery.

Estimate costs to repair machinery, equipment, or building structures.

Record type and cost of maintenance or repair work.

Align and balance new equipment after installation.

Maintain or repair specialized equipment or machinery located in cafeterias, laundries, hospitals, stores, offices, or factories.

Dismantle machines, equipment, or devices to access and remove defective parts, using hoists, cranes, hand tools, or power tools.

Plan and lay out repair work, using diagrams, drawings, blueprints, maintenance manuals, or schematic diagrams.

Install equipment to improve the energy or operational efficiency of residential or commercial buildings.

Perform general cleaning of buildings or properties.

Set up and operate machine tools to repair or fabricate machine parts, jigs, fixtures, or tools.

Train or manage maintenance personnel or subcontractors.

Fabricate or repair counters, benches, partitions, or other wooden structures, such as sheds or outbuildings.

Paint or repair roofs, windows, doors, floors, woodwork, plaster, drywall, or other parts of building structures.

Perform routine maintenance on boilers, such as replacing burners or hoses, installing replacement parts, or reinforcing structural weaknesses to ensure optimal boiler efficiency.

Provide groundskeeping services, such as landscaping or snow removal.

Operate cutting torches or welding equipment to cut or join metal parts.

Assemble boilers at installation sites, using tools such as levels, plumb bobs, hammers, torches, or other hand tools.

Inspect used parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements, using rules, calipers, micrometers, or other measuring instruments.

Lay brick to repair or maintain buildings, walls, arches, or other structures.

Position, attach, or blow insulating materials to prevent energy losses from buildings, pipes, or other structures or objects.

Grind and reseat valves, using valve-grinding machines.

Adjustable crescent wrenches

Adjustable hand wrenches

Adjustable slip lock nut wrenches

Adjustable widemouth pliers

Air compressors

Allen wrenches

Augers

Ball peen hammers

Basin wrenches

Bearing pullers

Biscuit joiners

Block and tackle equipment

Brazing equipment

Bubble levels

Caulking guns

Center punches

Chain pullers

Channel lock pliers

Chipping hammers

Circle cutters

Circular saws

Claw hammers

Closet augers

Combination squares

Comealongs

Compression sleeve pullers

Concrete saws

Concrete trowels

Conduit benders

Conduit cutters

Copper cutting machines

Cordless power drills

Crowbars

Current testers

Cutting torches

Dead blow hammers

Desktop computers

Diagonal cutting pliers

Dial calipers

Dial indicators

Digital micrometers

Direct tap machines

Dollies

Drain augers

Drain cleaning cables

Drill presses

Dump trucks

Dust and particulate respirators

Electric nail guns

Electric planers

Electric sanders

Electric trimmers

End pipe wrenches

Faucet handle pullers

Faucet stem and cartridge pullers

Feeler gauges

Fish tape pullers

Flaring tools

Flat blade screwdrivers

Fuse pullers

Gas welders

Gasket cutters

Grease guns

Hacksaws

Hammer drills

Hand drills

Hand grinders

Hand jacks

Hand levels

Hand operated spray guns

Hand saws

Hand spinners

Hand trucks

Handheld computers

Heavy duty drain cleaning machines

Hex key sets

Hex wrenches

High pressure water sprayers

Hoisting equipment

Hole cutting tools

Hollow core socket wrenches

Hydraulic boom trucks

Ice picks

Industrial brooms

Inspection mirrors

Jackhammers

Jig saws

Laptop computers

Lathes

Lawn mowers

Locking C-clamps

Locking pliers

Manual ratchet threader sets

Measuring tapes

Metal chisels

Mini hacksaws

Mini tubing cutters

Mitre boxes

Needlenose pliers

Nut drivers

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Generator Mechanic

'The hours are terrible.' I work 40-100 hours a week.

Pete Kent

Generator Mechanic

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Pete Kent

Generator Mechanic

Milestones

Education

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Career Roadmap

My work combines:

My work combines:

Technology

Engineering

Problem Solving

Day to Day

Advice for Getting Started

Recommended Education

My career is related to what I studied. I'd recommend the path I took:

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