Mechanical Door Repairer

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

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Commercial Door Installer; Commercial Installer; Door Installer; Door Serviceman; Garage Door Installer; Garage Door Technician (Garage Door Tech); Installation Technician (Installation Tech); Installer; Overhead Door Technician (Overhead Door Tech); Residential Door Installer

Tasks

• 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.
• Set doors into place or stack hardware sections into openings after rail or track installation.
• Assemble and fasten tracks to structures or bucks, using impact wrenches or welding equipment.
• Inspect job sites, assessing headroom, side room, or other conditions to determine appropriateness of door for a given location.
• Collect payment upon job completion.
• Prepare doors for hardware installation, such as drilling holes to install locks.
• Cut door stops or angle irons to fit openings.
• Remove or disassemble defective automatic mechanical door closers, using hand tools.

Knowledge

• Administration and Management
• Customer and Personal Service
• Building and Construction
• Mechanical
• English Language
• Mathematics

Skills

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

Abilities

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