Careers in Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

All precision instrument and equipment repairers not listed separately.

No requirement is specified

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

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.

Requires Vocational Training or a Diploma

Wind Turbine Service Technicians

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Inspect, diagnose, adjust, or repair wind turbines. Perform maintenance on wind turbine equipment including resolving electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic malfunctions.

Requires Vocational Training or a Diploma

Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Install, service, adjust, or repair coin, vending, or amusement machines including video games, juke boxes, pinball machines, or slot machines.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Commercial Divers

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Work below surface of water, using surface-supplied air or scuba equipment to inspect, repair, remove, or install equipment and structures. May use a variety of power and hand tools, such as drills, sledgehammers, torches, and welding equipment. May conduct tests or experiments, rig explosives, or photograph structures or marine life.

Requires Vocational Training or a Diploma

Locksmiths and Safe Repairers

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Repair and open locks, make keys, change locks and safe combinations, and install and repair safes.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Move or install mobile homes or prefabricated buildings.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Riggers

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Set up or repair rigging for construction projects, manufacturing plants, logging yards, ships and shipyards, or for the entertainment industry.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Signal and Track Switch Repairers

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Install, inspect, test, maintain, or repair electric gate crossings, signals, signal equipment, track switches, section lines, or intercommunications systems within a railroad system.

Requires Vocational Training or a Diploma

Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

Help installation, maintenance, and repair workers in maintenance, parts replacement, and repair of vehicles, industrial machinery, and electrical and electronic equipment. Perform duties such as furnishing tools, materials, and supplies to other workers; cleaning work area, machines, and tools; and holding materials or tools for other workers.

Requires a Matric Certificate