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Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers

  • Bright Outlook
  • Rapid Growth

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.

What you’d do

  • Install or replace machinery, equipment, and new or replacement parts and instruments, using hand or power tools.
  • Examine and test machinery, equipment, components, and parts for defects to ensure proper functioning.
  • Tend and observe equipment and machinery to verify efficient and safe operation.
  • Adjust, connect, or disconnect wiring, piping, tubing, and other parts, using hand or power tools.
  • Clean or lubricate vehicles, machinery, equipment, instruments, tools, work areas, and other objects, using hand tools, power tools, and cleaning equipment.
  • Hold or supply tools, parts, equipment, and supplies for other workers.
  • Diagnose electrical problems and install and rewire electrical components.
  • Disassemble broken or defective equipment to facilitate repair and reassemble equipment when repairs are complete.

Skills that matter

  • Active Listening
  • Critical Thinking
  • Equipment Maintenance
  • Monitoring
  • Operation and Control
  • Operations Monitoring

How to get there

Little to some preparation: usually a high school diploma or GED, though some jobs do not need one

Also called

  • Maintenance Aide
  • Maintenance Helper
  • Mechanic Helper
  • Technician's Helper
  • HVAC Helper (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning Helper)
  • HVAC Installation Helper (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning Installation Helper)

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