description
Assemble, install, repair, or maintain electric or hydraulic freight or passenger elevators, escalators, or dumbwaiters.
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details
Currently Employed:
Not Available
Projected Annual Job Openings:
Not Available
Typical Hourly Wage:
$35.19 - $58.60
Typical Annual Salary:
$73,200 - $121,880
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typical training
Typical education needed for entry:
High school diploma or equivalent
Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation:
No work experience
Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation:
Apprenticeship
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typical job duties
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Inspect wiring connections, control panel hookups, door installations, and alignments and clearances of cars and hoistways to ensure that equipment will operate properly.
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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.
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Disassemble defective units, and repair or replace parts such as locks, gears, cables, and electric wiring.
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Check that safety regulations and building codes are met, and complete service reports verifying conformance to standards.
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Assemble elevator cars, installing each car's platform, walls, and doors.
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Locate malfunctions in brakes, motors, switches, and signal and control systems, using test equipment.
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Bolt or weld steel rails to the walls of shafts to guide elevators, working from scaffolding or platforms.
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Adjust safety controls, counterweights, door mechanisms, and components such as valves, ratchets, seals, and brake linings.
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Connect car frames to counterweights, using steel cables.
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Read and interpret blueprints to determine the layout of system components, frameworks, and foundations, and to select installation equipment.
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tools & technology
Tools:
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Graphic recorders
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Levels
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Pressure indicators
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Screwdrivers
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Voltage or current meters
Technology:
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Analytical or scientific software
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Calendar and scheduling software
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Electronic mail software
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Facilities management software
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Spreadsheet software
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