Elevator Installers and Repairers

What is an Elevator Installer or Repairer?

Job Description & Duties:
Assemble, install, repair, or maintain electric or hydraulic freight or passenger elevators, escalators, or dumbwaiters.

• Maintain log books that detail all repairs and checks performed.
• Inspect wiring connections, control panel hookups, door installations, and alignments and clearances of cars and hoistways to ensure that equipment will operate properly.
• Install electrical wires and controls by attaching conduit along shaft walls from floor to floor and pulling plastic-covered wires through the conduit.
• Adjust safety controls, counterweights, door mechanisms, and components such as valves, ratchets, seals, and brake linings.
• Assemble elevator cars, installing each car’s platform, walls, and doors.
• 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.

Elevator Installers and Repairers state the following job skills are important in their day-to-day work.

• Repairing
  :
  Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
• Troubleshooting
  :
  Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
• Equipment Selection
  :
  Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
• Operation Monitoring
  :
  Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Equipment Maintenance
  :
  Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
• 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.

• Elevator Serviceman
• Mechanic

There were about 22,100 jobs for Elevator Installer or Repairer in 2016 (in the United States). New jobs are being produced at a rate of 12.2% which is above the national average. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts 2,700 new jobs for Elevator Installer or Repairer by 2026. There will be an estimated 3,000 positions for Elevator Installer or Repairer per year.

The states with the most job growth for Elevator Installer or Repairer are Arizona, Utah, and Colorado
. Watch out if you plan on working in Oregon, Nebraska, or Idaho
. These states have the worst job growth for this type of profession.

The average yearly salary of an Elevator Installer or Repairer ranges between $40,850 and $121,200.

Elevator Installers and Repairers who work in Nevada, Washington, or Massachusetts
, make the highest salaries.

Although they’re not necessarily needed for all jobs, the following technologies are used by many Elevator Installers and Repairers:

• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Outlook
• Scheduling software
• Computerized maintenance management system CMMS