How do they match: Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers

  • Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers

  • Installer
  • Elevator Installation Worker
  • Elevator Installer
  • Elevator Installer Apprentice
  • Escalator Installer

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

  • Install electrical wires and controls by attaching conduit along shaft walls from floor to floor and pulling plastic-covered wires through the conduit.
  • Install outer doors and door frames at elevator entrances on each floor of a structure.
  • Assemble electrically powered stairs, steel frameworks, and tracks, and install associated motors and electrical wiring.
  • Assemble elevator cars, installing each car's platform, walls, and doors.
  • 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.
  • Inspect wiring connections, control panel hookups, door installations, and alignments and clearances of cars and hoistways to ensure that equipment will operate properly.
  • Locate malfunctions in brakes, motors, switches, and signal and control systems, using test equipment.
  • Read and interpret blueprints to determine the layout of system components, frameworks, and foundations, and to select installation equipment.
  • Test newly installed equipment to ensure that it meets specifications, such as stopping at floors for set amounts of time.

  • Install electrical components, equipment, or systems.
  • Install metal structural components.
  • Assemble products or production equipment.
  • Cut metal components for installation.
  • Inspect industrial or commercial equipment to ensure proper operation.
  • Locate equipment or materials in need of repair or replacement.
  • Maintain mechanical equipment.
  • Repair electrical equipment.
  • Test electrical equipment or systems to ensure proper functioning.