Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers
Assemble, install, repair, or maintain electric or hydraulic freight or passenger elevators, escalators, or dumbwaiters.
- Tasks
- 20 tasks16 core, 4 supplemental
- Family
- Construction & ExtractionOne of its 65 occupations
- Code
- 47-4021.00SOC 2018: 47-4021
What the work is made of
16 core tasks and 4 supplemental, each quoted as published, with the survey it came from.
Core: central to the jobSupplemental: done by some, not all
- Task 1. Inspect wiring connections, control panel hookups, door installations, and alignments and clearances of cars and hoistways to ensure that equipment will operate properly.Core taskTask 11571Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 2. 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.Core taskTask 11564Rated by 54 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 3. Disassemble defective units, and repair or replace parts such as locks, gears, cables, and electric wiring.Core taskTask 11572Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 4. Check that safety regulations and building codes are met, and complete service reports verifying conformance to standards.Core taskTask 11567Rated by 53 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 5. Locate malfunctions in brakes, motors, switches, and signal and control systems, using test equipment.Core taskTask 11566Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 6. Adjust safety controls, counterweights, door mechanisms, and components such as valves, ratchets, seals, and brake linings.Core taskTask 11569Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 7. Read and interpret blueprints to determine the layout of system components, frameworks, and foundations, and to select installation equipment.Core taskTask 11570Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 8. Connect car frames to counterweights, using steel cables.Core taskTask 11576Rated by 54 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 9. Maintain log books that detail all repairs and checks performed.Core taskTask 11573Rated by 54 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 10. Connect electrical wiring to control panels and electric motors.Core taskTask 11568Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 11. Test newly installed equipment to ensure that it meets specifications, such as stopping at floors for set amounts of time.Core taskTask 11565Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 12. Participate in additional training to keep skills up to date.Core taskTask 11574Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 13. Operate elevators to determine power demands, and test power consumption to detect overload factors.Core taskTask 11582Rated by 54 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 14. Install electrical wires and controls by attaching conduit along shaft walls from floor to floor and pulling plastic-covered wires through the conduit.Core taskTask 11580Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 15. Attach guide shoes and rollers to minimize the lateral motion of cars as they travel through shafts.Core taskTask 11575Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 16. Install outer doors and door frames at elevator entrances on each floor of a structure.Core taskTask 11579Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 17. Assemble elevator cars, installing each car's platform, walls, and doors.Supplemental taskTask 11578Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 18. Bolt or weld steel rails to the walls of shafts to guide elevators, working from scaffolding or platforms.Supplemental taskTask 11577Rated by 54 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 19. Assemble electrically powered stairs, steel frameworks, and tracks, and install associated motors and electrical wiring.Supplemental taskTask 11583Rated by 54 people who do the job, August 2023
- Task 20. Cut prefabricated sections of framework, rails, and other components to specified dimensions.Supplemental taskTask 11581Rated by 53 people who do the job, August 2023
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- ClassificationStandard Occupational Classification 2018, 47-4021
- LicenseCC BY 4.0Free to copy and reuse, with credit
- Changed by usNothing.
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