How do they match: Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers

  • Operate elevators to determine power demands, and test power consumption to detect overload factors.
  • Assemble elevator cars, installing each car's platform, walls, and doors.
  • Attach guide shoes and rollers to minimize the lateral motion of cars as they travel through shafts.
  • Connect car frames to counterweights, using steel cables.
  • Inspect wiring connections, control panel hookups, door installations, and alignments and clearances of cars and hoistways to ensure that equipment will operate properly.

  • Inspect industrial or commercial equipment to ensure proper operation.
  • Prepare operational reports.
  • Record operational or environmental data.