Elevator Installers and Repairers

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

Job Task

• Disassembles defective unit and repairs ore replaces parts, such as locks, gears, cables, and electric wiring.
• Completes service reports to verify conformance to prescribed standards.
• Inspects wiring connections, control panel hookups, door installation, and alignment and clearance of car hoistway.
• Lubricates bearings and other parts to minimize friction.
• Operates elevator to determine power demand and tests power consumption to detect overload factors.
• Adjusts safety controls, counter weights, and mechanism of doors.
• Studies blueprints to determine layout of framework and foundations.
• Cuts prefabricated sections of framework, rails, and other components to specified dimensions.
• Locates malfunction in brakes, motor, switches, and signal and control systems, using test equipment.
• Connects electrical wiring to control panels and electric motors.
• Installs safety and control devices, cables, drives, rails, motors, and elevator cars.

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