Tasks

• Adjust functional parts of devices and control instruments, using hand tools, levels, plumb bobs, and straightedges.
• Align and balance new equipment after installation.
• Assemble, install and/or repair wiring, electrical and electronic components, pipe systems and plumbing, machinery, and equipment.
• Clean and lubricate shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of machinery.
• Diagnose mechanical problems and determine how to correct them, checking blueprints, repair manuals, and parts catalogs as necessary.
• Dismantle devices to gain access to and remove defective parts, using hoists, cranes, hand tools, and power tools.
• Inspect, operate, and test machinery and equipment in order to diagnose machine malfunctions.
• Lay brick to repair and maintain buildings, walls, arches and other structures.
• Maintain and repair specialized equipment and machinery found in cafeterias, laundries, hospitals, stores, offices, and factories.
• Paint and repair roofs, windows, doors, floors, woodwork, plaster, drywall, and other parts of building structures.
• Perform routine preventive maintenance to ensure that machines continue to run smoothly, building systems operate efficiently, and the physical condition of buildings does not deteriorate.
• Plan and lay out repair work using diagrams, drawings, blueprints, maintenance manuals, and schematic diagrams.
• Repair or replace defective equipment parts using hand tools and power tools, and reassemble equipment.
• Estimate repair costs.
• Fabricate and repair counters, benches, partitions, and other wooden structures such as sheds and outbuildings.
• Grind and reseat valves, using valve-grinding machines.
• Inspect drives, motors, and belts, check fluid levels, replace filters, and perform other maintenance actions, following checklists.
• Inspect used parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements, using rules, calipers, micrometers, and other measuring instruments.
• Order parts, supplies, and equipment from catalogs and suppliers, or obtain them from storerooms.
• Record maintenance and repair work performed and the costs of the work.
• Operate cutting torches or welding equipment to cut or join metal parts.
• Set up and operate machine tools to repair or fabricate machine parts, jigs and fixtures, and tools.
• Use tools ranging from common hand and power tools, such as hammers, hoists, saws, drills, and wrenches, to precision measuring instruments and electrical and electronic testing devices.