Careers in Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Industrial Machinery Mechanics

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Repair, install, adjust, or maintain industrial production and processing machinery or refinery and pipeline distribution systems. May also install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to plans.

Requires Vocational Training or a Diploma

Maintenance Workers, Machinery

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Lubricate machinery, change parts, or perform other routine machinery maintenance.

Requires Vocational Training or a Diploma

Millwrights

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, or other drawings.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Build or repair equipment such as furnaces, kilns, cupolas, boilers, converters, ladles, soaking pits, and ovens, using refractory materials.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Install or repair cables or wires used in electrical power or distribution systems. May erect poles and light or heavy duty transmission towers.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Install and repair telecommunications cable, including fiber optics.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Repair and adjust cameras and photographic equipment, including commercial video and motion picture camera equipment.

Requires Vocational Training or a Diploma

Medical Equipment Repairers

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Test, adjust, or repair biomedical or electromedical equipment.

Requires Vocational Training or a Diploma

Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Repair percussion, stringed, reed, or wind instruments. May specialize in one area, such as piano tuning.

Requires Vocational Training or a Diploma

Watch and Clock Repairers

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Repair, clean, and adjust mechanisms of timing instruments, such as watches and clocks. Includes watchmakers, watch technicians, and mechanical timepiece repairers.

Requires Vocational Training or a Diploma