47-4021.00 Bright OutlookApprenticeship

Elevator & Escalator Installers & Repairers

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

Career Cluster:Construction
Job Family:Construction and Extraction
Job Zone:Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
Industry:Construction
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Key Tasks

  • Inspect wiring connections, control panel hookups, door installations, and alignments and clearances of cars and hoistways to ensure that equipment will operate properly.
  • 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.
  • Assemble elevator cars, installing each car's platform, walls, and doors.
  • Disassemble defective units, and repair or replace parts such as locks, gears, cables, and electric wiring.
  • Check that safety regulations and building codes are met, and complete service reports verifying conformance to standards.
  • Locate malfunctions in brakes, motors, switches, and signal and control systems, using test equipment.
  • Adjust safety controls, counterweights, door mechanisms, and components such as valves, ratchets, seals, and brake linings.
  • Bolt or weld steel rails to the walls of shafts to guide elevators, working from scaffolding or platforms.
  • Read and interpret blueprints to determine the layout of system components, frameworks, and foundations, and to select installation equipment.
  • Connect car frames to counterweights, using steel cables.
  • Maintain log books that detail all repairs and checks performed.
  • Connect electrical wiring to control panels and electric motors.
  • Test newly installed equipment to ensure that it meets specifications, such as stopping at floors for set amounts of time.
  • Participate in additional training to keep skills up to date.
  • Operate elevators to determine power demands, and test power consumption to detect overload factors.
  • Install electrical wires and controls by attaching conduit along shaft walls from floor to floor and pulling plastic-covered wires through the conduit.
  • 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.
  • Install outer doors and door frames at elevator entrances on each floor of a structure.
  • Cut prefabricated sections of framework, rails, and other components to specified dimensions.

Skills

Troubleshooting
75%
Repairing
75%
Equipment Maintenance
75%
Operations Monitoring
66%
Critical Thinking
66%
Installation
63%
Quality Control Analysis
63%
Equipment Selection
60%
Active Listening
60%
Complex Problem Solving
60%
Judgment and Decision Making
60%
Operation and Control
56%
Reading Comprehension
53%
Systems Analysis
53%
Active Learning
53%
Monitoring
53%
Coordination
50%
Speaking
50%
Time Management
50%
Systems Evaluation
50%
Writing
44%
Social Perceptiveness
41%
Service Orientation
38%
Persuasion
35%
Learning Strategies
35%
Instructing
31%
Mathematics
31%
Management of Personnel Resources
28%
Negotiation
25%
Science
22%
Technology Design
22%
Management of Material Resources
19%
Operations Analysis
16%
Management of Financial Resources
16%
Programming
10%

Knowledge

Mechanical
83%
Customer and Personal Service
69%
Building and Construction
66%
Public Safety and Security
64%
Computers and Electronics
60%
Mathematics
56%
Engineering and Technology
54%
English Language
53%
Administration and Management
52%
Design
49%
Administrative
48%
Education and Training
48%
Physics
46%
Transportation
43%
Telecommunications
42%
Law and Government
38%
Sales and Marketing
37%
Personnel and Human Resources
36%
Chemistry
36%
Production and Processing
33%
Economics and Accounting
22%
Geography
20%
Medicine and Dentistry
20%
Communications and Media
19%
Psychology
19%
Philosophy and Theology
13%
Foreign Language
12%
Sociology and Anthropology
11%
Therapy and Counseling
11%
History and Archeology
10%
Fine Arts
10%
Food Production
10%
Biology
10%

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Abilities

Deductive Reasoning
69%
Problem Sensitivity
69%
Oral Comprehension
66%
Manual Dexterity
66%
Near Vision
63%
Arm-Hand Steadiness
63%
Finger Dexterity
63%
Inductive Reasoning
63%
Extent Flexibility
60%
Information Ordering
60%
Visualization
56%
Oral Expression
56%
Control Precision
56%
Reaction Time
53%
Category Flexibility
53%
Multilimb Coordination
53%
Flexibility of Closure
53%
Trunk Strength
53%
Written Comprehension
53%
Gross Body Equilibrium
53%
Written Expression
53%
Speech Recognition
50%
Selective Attention
50%
Far Vision
47%
Fluency of Ideas
47%
Perceptual Speed
47%
Visual Color Discrimination
47%
Depth Perception
44%
Speech Clarity
44%
Response Orientation
44%
Originality
44%
Hearing Sensitivity
41%
Static Strength
41%
Time Sharing
41%
Rate Control
41%
Gross Body Coordination
38%
Mathematical Reasoning
35%
Auditory Attention
35%
Stamina
35%
Memorization
35%
Dynamic Strength
31%
Wrist-Finger Speed
31%
Speed of Closure
31%
Spatial Orientation
28%
Number Facility
28%
Sound Localization
25%
Speed of Limb Movement
25%
Glare Sensitivity
22%
Peripheral Vision
19%
Night Vision
16%
Explosive Strength
16%
Dynamic Flexibility
6%

Work Activities

Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
85%
Controlling Machines and Processes
84%
Getting Information
82%
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
81%
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
78%
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
76%
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
75%
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
72%
Performing General Physical Activities
72%
Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
70%
Processing Information
67%
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
67%
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
64%
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
64%
Documenting/Recording Information
63%
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
63%
Handling and Moving Objects
62%
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
62%
Working with Computers
59%
Analyzing Data or Information
58%
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
57%
Training and Teaching Others
57%
Scheduling Work and Activities
55%
Developing Objectives and Strategies
53%
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
47%
Developing and Building Teams
47%
Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People
46%
Communicating with People Outside the Organization
44%
Coaching and Developing Others
44%
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
44%
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
44%
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
42%
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
41%
Assisting and Caring for Others
40%
Providing Consultation and Advice to Others
38%
Thinking Creatively
38%
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
37%
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
36%
Performing Administrative Activities
35%
Selling or Influencing Others
28%
Staffing Organizational Units
6%

Work Context

Frequency of Decision Making

How often is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?

99%

Exposed to Hazardous Conditions

How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions?

96%

Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls

How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?

96%

Telephone Conversations

How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?

94%

E-Mail

How frequently does your job require you to use E-mail?

93%

Health and Safety of Other Workers

How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?

93%

Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results

What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?

92%

Exposed to High Places

How often does this job require exposure to high places?

90%

Exposed to Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions

How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions?

89%

Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams

How frequently does your job require face-to-face discussions with individuals and within teams?

89%

Importance of Being Exact or Accurate

How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?

89%

Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets

How often does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hearing protection, hard hats or life-jackets?

89%

Duration of Typical Work Week

Number of hours typically worked in one week.

87%

Exposed to Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting Conditions

How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions?

86%

Exposed to Sounds, Noise Levels that are Distracting or Uncomfortable

How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable?

86%

Spend Time Bending or Twisting Your Body

How much does this job require bending or twisting your body?

86%

Contact With Others

How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?

85%

Deal With External Customers or the Public in General

How important is it to deal with external customers (as in retail sales) or the public in general (as in police work) in this job?

85%

Indoors, Environmentally Controlled

How often does this job require working indoors in an environmentally controlled environment (like a warehouse with air conditioning)?

85%

Exposed to Hazardous Equipment

How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment?

84%

Consequence of Error

How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not easily correctable?

83%

Exposed to Contaminants

How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?

83%

Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals

How much freedom does the worker have in determining the tasks, priorities, or goals of the job?

82%

In an Enclosed Vehicle or Operate Enclosed Equipment

How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or operate enclosed equipment (like a car)?

82%

Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings

How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings?

81%

Work Outcomes and Results of Other Workers

How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers?

78%

Time Pressure

How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?

77%

Spend Time Standing

How much does this job require standing?

76%

Freedom to Make Decisions

How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?

75%

Coordinate or Lead Others in Accomplishing Work Activities

How important is it to coordinate or lead others (not as a supervisor or team leader) in accomplishing work activities in this job?

74%

Dealing With Unpleasant, Angry, or Discourteous People

How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements?

71%

Exposed to Very Hot or Cold Temperatures

How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures?

71%

Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled

How often does this job require working in an environment that is not environmentally controlled (like a warehouse without air conditioning)?

70%

Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team

How important is it to work with or contribute to a work group or team in this job?

70%

Level of Competition

To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures?

68%

Importance of Repeating Same Tasks

How important are continuous, repetitive, physical activities (like key entry) or mental activities (like checking entries in a ledger) to performing this job?

66%

Physical Proximity

To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks physically close to other people?

65%

Spend Time Walking or Running

How much does this job require walking or running?

65%

Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions

How much does this job require making repetitive motions?

64%

Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling

How much does this job require kneeling, crouching, stooping or crawling?

63%

Outdoors, Exposed to All Weather Conditions

How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions?

57%

Conflict Situations

How frequently are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job?

53%

Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles

How much does this job require climbing ladders, scaffolds, poles, etc.?

42%

Outdoors, Under Cover

How often does this job require working outdoors, under cover (like in an open shed)?

39%

Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment

How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.)

39%

Written Letters and Memos

How frequently does your job require written letters and memos?

38%

Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection

How often does this job require wearing specialized protective or safety equipment such as breathing apparatus, safety harness, full protection suits, or radiation protection?

37%

Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance

How much does this job require keeping or regaining your balance?

32%

Exposed to Disease or Infections

How often does this job require exposure to disease/infections?

30%

Spend Time Sitting

How much does this job require sitting?

29%

Degree of Automation

How automated is the job?

25%

Work Schedules

How regular are the work schedules for this job?

22%

Exposed to Whole Body Vibration

How often does this job require exposure to whole body vibration (like operating a jackhammer or earth moving equipment)?

16%

Dealing with Violent or Physically Aggressive People

How frequently does this job require the worker to deal with physical aggression of violent individuals?

12%

In an Open Vehicle or Operating Equipment

How often does this job require working in an open vehicle or operating equipment (like a tractor)?

12%

Public Speaking

How frequently does your job require public speaking (one speaker with an audience)?

12%

Exposed to Radiation

How often does this job require exposure to radiation?

0%

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

47%

Post-secondary certificate

47%

Associate's degree

5%

Interests

Realistic

Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, t

100

Conventional

Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or hum

46

Investigative

Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the f

24

Social

Work involves helping, teaching, advising, assisting, or providing service to others. Social occupations are often associated with social, health care, personal service, teaching/education, or religious activities.

6

Enterprising

Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertis

3

Artistic

Work involves creating original visual artwork, performances, written works, food, or music for a variety of media, or applying artistic principles to the design of various objects and materials. Artistic occupations are often associated with visual arts,

1

Work Styles

Attention to Detail
91%
Dependability
88%
Cautiousness
87%
Integrity
63%
Perseverance
60%
Stress Tolerance
55%
Achievement Orientation
42%
Self-Confidence
40%
Cooperation
33%
Self-Control
33%
Intellectual Curiosity
31%
Adaptability
30%
Initiative
26%
Sincerity
11%
Optimism
9%
Humility
6%
Tolerance for Ambiguity
6%
Social Orientation
2%
Innovation
1%

Work Values

Support
83%
Working Conditions
64%
Independence
61%
Relationships
56%
Achievement
45%
Recognition
39%

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