Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers Career, Salary and Skills

Occupation description

Help installation, maintenance, and repair workers in maintenance, parts replacement, and repair of vehicles, industrial machinery, and electrical and electronic equipment. Perform duties such as furnishing tools, materials, and supplies to other workers; cleaning work area, machines, and tools; and holding materials or tools for other workers.

National salary and employment

Top skills

Typical tasks

• Install or replace machinery, equipment, and new or replacement parts and instruments, using hand or power tools.
• Examine and test machinery, equipment, components, and parts for defects to ensure proper functioning.
• Tend and observe equipment and machinery to verify efficient and safe operation.
• Adjust, connect, or disconnect wiring, piping, tubing, and other parts, using hand or power tools.
• Clean or lubricate vehicles, machinery, equipment, instruments, tools, work areas, and other objects, using hand tools, power tools, and cleaning equipment.
• Hold or supply tools, parts, equipment, and supplies for other workers.
• Diagnose electrical problems and install and rewire electrical components.
• Disassemble broken or defective equipment to facilitate repair and reassemble equipment when repairs are complete.

Technology

• Atlas Construction Business Forms
• Building automation software
• Data logging software
• Facility energy management software
• HVAC tools software
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Windows
• Microsoft Word
• SAP software

Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers salary by location

Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.

• Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers Salary in TX
  Median $37,000 · Employment 16,610
• Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers Salary in CA
  Median $44,670 · Employment 9,050
• Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers Salary in New York, NY
  Median $43,870 · Employment 5,700
• Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers Salary in FL
  Median $38,710 · Employment 5,520
• Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers Salary in NY
  Median $43,870 · Employment 5,310
• Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers Salary in Houston, TX
  Median $37,470 · Employment 4,440
• Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers Salary in NC
  Median $38,700 · Employment 4,400
• Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers Salary in Dallas, TX
  Median $38,250 · Employment 4,150
• Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers Salary in LA
  Median $36,160 · Employment 3,910
• Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers Salary in GA
  Median $36,640 · Employment 3,100
• Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers Salary in VA
  Median $38,890 · Employment 3,100
• Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers Salary in NJ
  Median $41,230 · Employment 3,050

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