Elevator Installers & Repairers
Assemble, install, repair, or maintain electric or hydraulic freight or passenger elevators, escalators, or dumbwaiters.
Also called: Elevator Adjuster, Elevator Mechanic, Elevator Service Mechanic, Elevator Service Technician
Knowledge:
Engineering and Technology
- mechanical
- building and construction
- public safety and security
Skills:
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- repairing machines or systems using the right tools
- figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work
Abilites:
- keep your arm or hand steady
- hold or move items with your hands
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
- notice when problems happen
- use rules to solve problems
- quickly change the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat
Personality:
Description: 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
Technology:
Analytical or scientific software
- Elevator Controls INTERACT
- Troubleshooting software
Education:
certificate after high school
