How do they match: Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers

  • Accessibility Lift Technician
  • Accessibility and Private Residence Lift Technician
  • Building Serviceman
  • Contract Serviceman
  • Elevator Service Technician
  • Elevator Service Mechanic
  • Elevator Service Tech
  • Elevator Serviceman
  • Elevator Technician
  • Elevator Lift Technician
  • Elevator Repair and Maintenance Technician
  • Escalator Service Mechanic
  • Platform Power Technician
  • Platform Power Tech

  • Assemble electrically powered stairs, steel frameworks, and tracks, and install associated motors and electrical wiring.
  • 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.
  • Check that safety regulations and building codes are met, and complete service reports verifying conformance to standards.
  • 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.
  • Operate elevators to determine power demands, and test power consumption to detect overload factors.
  • 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.

  • Assemble products or production equipment.
  • Inspect industrial or commercial equipment to ensure proper operation.
  • Install electrical components, equipment, or systems.
  • 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.