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Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers

  • Bright Outlook
  • Rapid Growth

Move or install mobile homes or prefabricated buildings.

What you’d do

  • Move and set up mobile homes or prefabricated buildings on owners' lots or at mobile home parks.
  • Seal open sides of modular units to prepare them for shipment, using polyethylene sheets, nails, and hammers.
  • Repair leaks in plumbing or gas lines, using caulking compounds and plastic or copper pipe.
  • Connect water hoses to inlet pipes of plumbing systems, and test operation of plumbing fixtures.
  • List parts needed, estimate costs, and plan work procedures, using parts lists, technical manuals, and diagrams.
  • Install, repair, and replace units, fixtures, appliances, and other items and systems in mobile and modular homes, prefabricated buildings, or travel trailers, using hand tools or power tools.
  • Inspect, examine, and test the operation of parts or systems to evaluate operating condition and to determine if repairs are needed.
  • Confer with customers or read work orders to determine the nature and extent of damage to units.

Skills that matter

  • Critical Thinking
  • Operation and Control
  • Quality Control Analysis
  • Operations Monitoring
  • Coordination
  • Judgment and Decision Making

How to get there

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

Also called

  • House Hauler
  • Mobile Home Installer
  • Mobile Home Laborer
  • Mobile Home Set-Up Person
  • Delivery Crew Worker
  • Set Up Technician (Set Up Tech)

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