Elevator / Escalator Installer / Repairer

Assemble, install, repair, or maintain electric or hydraulic freight or passenger elevators, escalators, or dumbwaiters.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Elevator Adjuster; Elevator Constructor; Elevator Installer; Elevator Mechanic; Elevator Repair and Maintenance Technician (Elevator Repair and Maintenance Tech); Elevator Service Mechanic; Elevator Service Technician (Elevator Service Tech); Elevator Serviceman; Elevator Technician (Elevator Tech); Elevator Troubleshooter

Tasks

• Inspect wiring connections, control panel hookups, door installations, and alignments and clearances of cars and hoistways to ensure that equipment will operate properly.
• Assemble, install, repair, and maintain elevators, escalators, moving sidewalks, and dumbwaiters, using hand and power tools, and testing devices such as test lamps, ammeters, and voltmeters.
• Disassemble defective units, and repair or replace parts such as locks, gears, cables, and electric wiring.
• Check that safety regulations and building codes are met, and complete service reports verifying conformance to standards.
• Locate malfunctions in brakes, motors, switches, and signal and control systems, using test equipment.
• Adjust safety controls, counterweights, door mechanisms, and components such as valves, ratchets, seals, and brake linings.
• Read and interpret blueprints to determine the layout of system components, frameworks, and foundations, and to select installation equipment.
• Connect car frames to counterweights, using steel cables.
• Maintain log books that detail all repairs and checks performed.
• Connect electrical wiring to control panels and electric motors.
• Test newly installed equipment to ensure that it meets specifications, such as stopping at floors for set amounts of time.
• Participate in additional training to keep skills up to date.
• Operate elevators to determine power demands, and test power consumption to detect overload factors.
• Install electrical wires and controls by attaching conduit along shaft walls from floor to floor and pulling plastic-covered wires through the conduit.
• Attach guide shoes and rollers to minimize the lateral motion of cars as they travel through shafts.

Knowledge

• Mechanical
• Customer and Personal Service
• Building and Construction
• Public Safety and Security
• Computers and Electronics
• Engineering and Technology
• Mathematics
• Administration and Management
• English Language

Skills

• Critical Thinking
• Active Listening
• Reading Comprehension
• Active Learning
• Monitoring
• Speaking

Abilities

• Problem Sensitivity
• Deductive Reasoning
• Oral Comprehension
• Manual Dexterity
• Inductive Reasoning
• Arm-Hand Steadiness
• Finger Dexterity
• Near Vision
• Information Ordering
• Extent Flexibility
• Oral Expression
• Visualization
• Control Precision
• Written Comprehension
• Written Expression
• Category Flexibility
• Flexibility of Closure
• Multilimb Coordination
• Reaction Time
• Trunk Strength
• Gross Body Equilibrium
• Selective Attention
• Speech Recognition