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Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers

$35.1K Median Salary 12.9K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 7.4% Job Growth

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About This Career

Help installation, maintenance, and repair workers in maintenance, parts replacement, and repair of vehicles, industrial machinery, and electrical and electronic equipment. Perform duties such as furnishing tools, materials, and supplies to other workers; cleaning work area, machines, and tools; and holding materials or tools for other workers.

Reported Job Titles

HVAC Helper (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning Helper), HVAC Installation Helper (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning Installation Helper), Maintenance Aide, Maintenance Helper, Mechanic Helper, Mechanic Repair Helper, Mechanic's Assistant, Technician's Helper

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Abilities

Manual Dexterity

Arm-Hand Steadiness

Control Precision

Near Vision

Multilimb Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Deductive Reasoning

Extent Flexibility

Information Ordering

Oral Comprehension

Static Strength

Trunk Strength

Flexibility of Closure

Oral Expression

Problem Sensitivity

Selective Attention

Speech Recognition

Stamina

Visualization

Knowledge

Mechanical

Building and Construction

Customer and Personal Service

English Language

Public Safety and Security

Engineering and Technology

Mathematics

Design

Production and Processing

Computers and Electronics

Skills

Active Listening

Critical Thinking

Equipment Maintenance

Monitoring

Operation and Control

Operations Monitoring

Repairing

Troubleshooting

Coordination

Quality Control Analysis

Speaking

Technology Skills

Word processing software

Presentation software

Computer aided design CAD software

Electronic mail software

Industrial control software

Facilities management software

Office suite software

Operating system software

Spreadsheet software

Data base user interface and query software

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

Tools

Hoists

Levels

Pneumatic hammer

Power saws

Screwdrivers

Stripping tools

Pipe or tube cutter

Track cranes

Manlift or personnel lift

Threading machine

Drilling machines

Facial shields

Articulating boom lift

Hand trucks or accessories

Protective gloves

Goggles

Paint brushes

Pneumatic drill

Pressure or steam cleaners

Sledge hammer

Portable data input terminals

Conventional truck cranes

Spot welding machine

Tube end finisher

Paint rollers

Ball peen hammer

Power nail guns

Pneumatic sanding machines

Claw hammer

Skid steer loaders

Front end loaders

Ladders

Mallets

Air compressors

Grease guns

Wire cutters

Ratchets

Vacuum pumps

Scaffolding

Dollies

Utility knives

Notebook computers

Forklifts

Power drills

Combination wrenches

Power grinders

Box end wrenches

Locking pliers

Torque wrenches

Power chippers

Open end wrenches

Caulking guns

Adjustable wrenches

Needlenose pliers

Personal computers

Pipe wrenches

Power sanders

Backhoes

Abilities

Manual Dexterity: The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Arm-Hand Steadiness: The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
Control Precision: The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Multilimb Coordination: The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
Finger Dexterity: The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Extent Flexibility: The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Static Strength: The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
Trunk Strength: The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.
Flexibility of Closure: The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Stamina: The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.
Visualization: The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

Knowledge

Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Skills

Active Listening: 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.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Equipment Maintenance: Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
Operations Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Repairing: Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
Troubleshooting: Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Quality Control Analysis: Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Technology Skills

Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Computer aided design CAD software: Autodesk AutoCAD; Autodesk Revit
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Industrial control software: Industrial Scientific iNET; QuestSuite Professional
Facilities management software: Maintenance management software
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Operating system software: Microsoft Windows
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software: Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne; Oracle PeopleSoft; Oracle PeopleSoft Financials; SAP software