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Mechanical Door Repairers

  • Bright Outlook
  • Rapid Growth

Install, service, or repair automatic door mechanisms and hydraulic doors. Includes garage door mechanics.

What you’d do

  • Wind large springs with upward motion of arm.
  • Complete required paperwork, such as work orders, according to services performed or required.
  • Repair or replace worn or broken door parts, using hand tools.
  • Fasten angle iron back-hangers to ceilings and tracks, using fasteners or welding equipment.
  • Order replacement springs, sections, or slats.
  • Carry springs to tops of doors, using ladders or scaffolding, and attach springs to tracks to install spring systems.
  • Install door frames, rails, steel rolling curtains, electronic-eye mechanisms, or electric door openers and closers, using power tools, hand tools, and electronic test equipment.
  • Adjust doors to open or close with the correct amount of effort, or make simple adjustments to electric openers.

Skills that matter

  • Installation
  • Critical Thinking
  • Quality Control Analysis
  • Repairing
  • Active Listening
  • Complex Problem Solving

How to get there

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

Also called

  • Commercial Door Installer
  • Door Installer
  • Garage Door Installer
  • Garage Door Technician (Garage Door Tech)
  • Commercial Installer
  • Door Serviceman

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