How do they match: Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers

  • Mechanic
  • Elevator Mechanic
  • Elevator Mechanic Apprentice
  • Elevator Service Mechanic
  • Escalator Mechanic
  • Escalator Service Mechanic

  • Adjust safety controls, counterweights, door mechanisms, and components such as valves, ratchets, seals, and brake linings.
  • Assemble electrically powered stairs, steel frameworks, and tracks, and install associated motors and electrical wiring.
  • Attach guide shoes and rollers to minimize the lateral motion of cars as they travel through shafts.
  • Connect electrical wiring to control panels and electric motors.
  • Locate malfunctions in brakes, motors, switches, and signal and control systems, using test equipment.

  • Maintain mechanical equipment.