Staff role
Manufactured Building / Mobile Home Installer
Move or install mobile homes or prefabricated buildings.
O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Delivery Crew Worker; House Hauler; Mobile Home Installer; Mobile Home Laborer; Mobile Home Set-Up Person; Set Up Technician (Set Up Tech)
Tasks
- 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.
- Remove damaged exterior panels, repair and replace structural frame members, and seal leaks, using hand tools.
- Open and close doors, windows, and drawers to test their operation, trimming edges to fit, using jackplanes or drawknives.
Knowledge
- Building and Construction
- Public Safety and Security
- Customer and Personal Service
- Design
- Transportation
- Engineering and Technology
- Mathematics
- Mechanical
- Law and Government
- English Language
- Education and Training
- Production and Processing
Skills
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Active Learning
- Learning Strategies
- Reading Comprehension
Abilities
- Multilimb Coordination
- Control Precision
- Arm-Hand Steadiness
- Manual Dexterity
- Problem Sensitivity
- Finger Dexterity
- Reaction Time
- Visualization
- Trunk Strength
- Near Vision
- Static Strength
- Extent Flexibility
- Depth Perception
- Oral Comprehension
- Response Orientation
- Stamina
- Far Vision
- Oral Expression
- Deductive Reasoning
- Information Ordering
- Category Flexibility
- Wrist-Finger Speed
- Gross Body Coordination
- Gross Body Equilibrium
- Visual Color Discrimination
- Speech Recognition
- Fluency of Ideas
- Flexibility of Closure
- Selective Attention
- Rate Control
- Speech Clarity
- Originality
- Inductive Reasoning
- Perceptual Speed
- Spatial Orientation
- Time Sharing
- Speed of Limb Movement
- Written Comprehension
- Written Expression
- Dynamic Strength
- Hearing Sensitivity
- Auditory Attention
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