Industrial Machinery Mechanics
Repair, install, adjust, or maintain industrial production and processing machinery or refinery and pipeline distribution systems.
Also called: Fixer, Loom Fixer, Maintenance Mechanic, Maintenance Technician
Knowledge:
Engineering and Technology
- mechanical
- product and service development
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- manufacture and distribution of products
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Skills:
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- planning and doing the basic maintenance on equipment
- repairing machines or systems using the right tools
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Abilites:
- hold or move items with your hands
- keep your arm or hand steady
- quickly change the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat
- use your arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down
- tell the difference between sounds
- pay attention to one sound while there are other distracting sounds
- notice when problems happen
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need
- Dependability
- Attention to Detail
- Cooperation
- Analytical Thinking
- Initiative
- Persistence
Technology:
Data base user interface and query software
- Data entry software
- Maintenance planning and control software
Industrial control software
- BIT Corp ProMACS PLC
- Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software
Education:
certificate after high school
