Equipment Maintenance Skills and Careers

Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.

910 occupations report this skill · Category: Transferable Skills · O*NET element 2.B.3.j

Occupations reporting Equipment Maintenance

Importance and level are O*NET scale values. Ordered by reported importance. A skill rating does not indicate hiring outcomes.

OccupationImportanceLevelNational median wage
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators3.02.6$46,420
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers2.92.8$58,640
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders2.92.8$50,270
Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers2.92.6$60,600
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers2.92.8$51,320
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers2.92.9$96,710
Surgical Technologists2.92.6$64,650
Machinists2.92.9$58,750
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders2.93.1$46,460
Gas Plant Operators2.93.0$87,820
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders2.92.9$54,430
Nuclear Technicians2.93.1$110,240
Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic2.92.4$49,030
Chemical Technicians2.93.0$60,390
Print Binding and Finishing Workers2.93.1$42,290
Semiconductor Processing Technicians2.92.9$51,430
Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders2.92.9$35,650
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators2.93.0$53,340
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers2.92.8$61,770
Aviation Inspectors2.92.9$92,100
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers2.93.1$79,860
Medical Appliance Technicians2.92.8$48,030
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas2.92.8$46,960
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders2.92.6$43,220
Crane and Tower Operators2.92.9$68,080
Sheet Metal Workers2.92.9$61,800
Mechanical Door Repairers2.92.8$55,720
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers2.92.9$53,710
Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians2.93.4$82,890
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders2.92.6$51,610
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer2.93.0$130,220
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders2.93.0$48,540
Endoscopy Technicians2.92.9$48,430
Radiation Therapists2.82.8$105,310
Helpers--Electricians2.82.6$42,670
Riggers2.82.5$62,640
Sound Engineering Technicians2.82.8$73,130
Medical Equipment Preparers2.82.6$47,700
Pourers and Casters, Metal2.82.6$51,810
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic2.82.8$44,350
Model Makers, Metal and Plastic2.82.6$63,340
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers2.82.6$60,070
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic2.82.5$49,080
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic2.82.8$46,550
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers2.82.3$68,120
Fallers2.82.6$52,100
Hydroelectric Production Managers2.82.6$126,060
Firefighters2.82.9$59,280
Chemists2.82.5$91,240
Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters2.82.9$62,620

Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.