These workers set up, take care of, and fix many types of goods and equipment.

Perform work involving the skills of two or more maintenance or craft occupations to keep machines, mechanical equipment, or the structure of a building in repair. Duties may involve pipe fitting; HVAC maintenance; insulating; welding; machining; carpentry; repairing electrical or mechanical equipment; installing, aligning, and balancing new equipment; and repairing buildings, floors, or stairs.

Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.

Equipment Maintenance

Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.

Repairing

Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

Troubleshooting

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.

Critical Thinking

Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Active Learning

Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Complex Problem Solving

Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Monitoring

Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

Operation and Control

Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

Operations Monitoring

Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

Quality Control Analysis

Maintenance and Repair Workers

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul automotive vehicles.

Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Active Listening

Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Judgment and Decision Making

Automotive Specialty Technicians

Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of mechanics, installers, and repairers. May also advise customers on recommended services. Excludes team or work leaders.

Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

Management of Personnel Resources

Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Coordination

Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Speaking

Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Time Management

Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.

Reading Comprehension

Maintenance Managers

Repair, install, adjust, or maintain industrial production and processing machinery or refinery and pipeline distribution systems. May also install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to plans.

Industrial Machinery Mechanics

Install or repair heating, central air conditioning, HVAC, or refrigeration systems, including oil burners, hot-air furnaces, and heating stoves.

Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.

Installation

Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul buses and trucks, or maintain and repair any type of diesel engines. Includes mechanics working primarily with automobile or marine diesel engines.

Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.

Equipment Selection

Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists

Install, set up, rearrange, or remove switching, distribution, routing, and dialing equipment used in central offices or headends. Service or repair telephone, cable television, Internet, and other communications equipment on customers' property. May install communications equipment or communications wiring in buildings.

Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul mobile mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment, such as cranes, bulldozers, graders, and conveyors, used in construction, logging, and mining.

Job title	Salary range	Annual openings
Maintenance and Repair Workers	$46,700 ($30,860 - $73,490)	160,100

Automotive Specialty Technicians	$47,770 ($30,600 - $77,630)	73,300

Maintenance Managers	$75,820 ($46,070 - $118,980)	53,500

Industrial Machinery Mechanics	$61,420 ($42,390 - $85,970)	42,500

Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	$57,300 ($37,270 - $84,250)	40,100

Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	$58,970 ($39,020 - $82,430)	28,500

Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers	$61,270 ($38,360 - $91,740)	22,500

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics	$61,900 ($42,990 - $85,720)	16,300

Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$48,740 ($35,250 - $80,380)	15,200

Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	$64,640 ($40,180 - $101,120)	12,400

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