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Repair, install, adjust, or maintain industrial production and processing machinery or refinery and pipeline distribution systems.
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Anode Rebuilder
Appliance Fixer
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Area Mechanic
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Automotive Maintenance Equipment Servicer
Aviation Support Equipment Repairer
Bag Adjuster
Bag Machine Adjuster
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Belt Repairer
Boilerhouse Mechanic
Breakdown Man
Breakdown Worker
Broach Setter
Broach Trouble Shooter
Buhr Dresser
Canal Equipment Mechanic
Card Clothier
Case Finishing Machine Adjuster
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Changer Fixer
Channel Man
Channel Worker
Chemical Processing Equipment Repairer
Clothing Man
Clothing Worker
Comb Fixer
Comb Maker
Comb Setter
Comber Setter
Composing Room Machinist
Composing Room Machinist Apprentice
Compressed Gas Equipment Mechanic
Compressed Gas Equipment Service Mechanic
Compressed Gas Plant Maintenance Mechanic
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Conveyor Installer
Conveyor Maintenance Mechanic
Conveyor Mechanic
Cooling Tower Technician
Crusher Screen Repairer
Deck Mechanic
Deep Submergence Vehicle Crewmember
Dryer and Washer Mechanic
Electronic Production Line Maintenance Mechanic
Envelope Folding Machine Adjuster
Envelope Machine Adjuster
Equipment Mechanic
Erector
Felt Checker
Felt Machine Mechanic
Feltman
Field Service Technician
Filling Station Equipment Mechanic
Finished Metal Repairer
Fitter Up
Fixer
Fixture Fabricator Repairer
Fixture Repairer-Fabricator
Flat Clothier
Fluid Power Mechanic
Foiling Machine Adjuster
Forge Shop Machine Repairer
Forming Machine Adjuster
Foundry Equipment Mechanic
Frame Fixer
Fuel System Maintenance Worker
Garnett Mechanic
Gas Plant Repairer
Gas Turbine Mechanic
Gas Welding Equipment Mechanic
Gasoline Pump Mechanic
Glass Lined Tank Repairer
Harness Builder
Hydraulic Mechanic
Hydraulic Press Servicer
Hydraulic Repairer
Hydraulic Rubbish Compactor Mechanic
Hydroelectric Machinery Mechanic
Industrial Conveyor Belt Repairer
Industrial Electrician
Industrial Machine System Technician
Industrial Machinery Mechanic
Industrial Mechanic
Inspecting Machine Adjuster
Installer
Jacquard Fixer
Jacquard Loom Card Changer
Knitter Mechanic
Knitting Machine Mechanic
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Lineman
Liner Replacer
Link Trainer Maintenance Man
Link Trainer Maintenance Worker
Linotype Machinist
Linotype Machinist Apprentice
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Loom Fixer
Loom Fixer Apprentice
Loom Mechanic
Loom Overhauler
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Lubrication Equipment Servicer
Machine Adjuster
Machine Clothing Man
Machine Clothing Replacer
Machine Clothing Worker
Machine Fixer
Machine Maintenance Repairer
Machine Operator Slitter Technician
Machine or Machinery Mechanic
Machine Overhauler
Machine Repairer
Machine Tool Mechanic
Machine Tool Rebuilder
Maintenance Electrician
Maintenance Mechanic
Maintenance Repairman
Maintenance Technician
Manufacturers Service Representative
Marine Equipment Machinery Maintenance Mechanic
Marine Erector
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Marine Mechanic
Master Machinist
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Mill Dresser
Mill Set Up
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Mobile Equipment Servicer
Monotype Machinist
Monotype Mechanic
Motor Rebuilder
Needle Board Repairer
Needle Straightener
Oil Field Equipment Mechanic
Outfitter
Outside Machinist
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Overhauler
Parts Salvager
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Pin Pusher
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Pneumatic Tool Repairer
Pneumatic Tube Repairer
Powder Line Repairer
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Powerhouse Mechanic Apprentice
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Printing Machinist
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Reed Man
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Section Leader and Machine Setter
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Set Up Worker
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Shaker Repairer
Shop Assistant
Shuttle Fixer
Siene Maker
Silk Screen Repairer
Slitter Service and Setter
Smelting and Refining Ore Dressing Repairer
Spare Fixer
Spindle Plumber
Spinner Fixer
Spray Gun Repairer
Stoker Erector and Servicer
Stone Dresser
Switch Repairer
Test Engine Mechanic
Textile Machine Maintenance Mechanic
Tipple Engineer
Tool and Fixture Repairer
Tool Filer
Tool Mechanic
Tool Setter
Tooling Mechanic
Tow Motor Mechanic
Tower Technician
Treatment Plant Mechanic
Turbine Mechanic
Underground Mine Machinery Mechanic
Utility Systems Repairer Operator
Washery Engineer
Washing Machine Mechanic
Water or Power Generation Plant Machinery Maintenance Mechanic
Water Treatment Plant Repairer
Wax Pattern Repairer
Welding Equipment Repairer
Welding Systems and Equipment Repairer
Welding, Brazing, and Burning Machine Repairer
Wet Process Head Miller
Wheel and Caster Repairer
Wind Tunnel Mechanic
Winder Fixer
Wire Repairer
X Ray Equipment Mechanic
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Software, Tools, or Technology
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Acetylene torches
Adjustable widemouth pliers
Adjustable wrenches
Air compressors
Airhammer chisels
Airpowered descaling drills
Airpowered descaling turbines
Alignment scopes
Alignment tools
Allen wrenches
Ammeters
Angled feeler gauges
Aviation snips
Bandsaws
Bearing bridge gauges
Bearing heating ovens
BIT Corp ProMACS PLC
Block and tackle equipment
Boring tools
Brass hammers
Brazing equipment
Broaching machines
Burnishing wheels
Calipers
Chain falls
Chain hoists
Channel lock pliers
Combination wrenches
Computer aided design CAD software
Cutting dies
Cutting machines
Cylindrical grinders
Cylindrical procedures squares
Data entry software
Desktop computers
Dial calipers
Drill presses
Electric rotary wire brushes
Emery wheels
Engine lathes
Equipment rollers
Extranet Machine Tools Suite
Facing machines
Feeler gauges
Flange facing machines
Flat files
Flow meters
Forklifts
Gas welding equipment
Gauges
Grease guns
Grinding wheels
Half-round files
Hammers
Hand pumps
Handsaws
Hex wrenches
Hoists
Hydraulic pullers
Hydraulic squeezers
Hydrostatic testers
Impact wrenches
Inside micrometers
Inventory tracking software
Jacks
Jigs
KEYENCE PLC Ladder Logic
Ladders
Lapping wheels
Laser measuring equipment
Laser printers
Lathes
Level gauges
Levels
Magnetic retrievers
Maintenance management software
Maintenance planning and control software
Metal cutting taps
Metal inert gas MIG welders
Micrometers
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Word
Milling machines
Multimeters
Needlenose pliers
Optical measuring equipment
Oscilloscopes
Outside micrometers
Personal computers
Phillips head screwdrivers
Pinchbars
Pipe threaders
Pipe wrenches
Plasma cutters
Plumb bobs
Pneumatic hammers
Portable welding equipment
Power drills
Power grinders
Power sanders
Power saws
Power wrenches
Precision grinders
Precision levels
Precision squares
Pressure gauges
Programmable logic controllers PLC
Pry bars
Punch presses
Punches
Putty knives
Radial drills
Ratchet sets
Reamers
Reciprocating machinery combustion analyzers
Rigging equipment
Riveting tools
Robotic teach pendants
Rotating brushes
Rubber mallets
Rulers
Sandblasters
SAP
Scalers
Scissor lifts
Scrapers
Screw pitch gauges
Screwdrivers
Shaping machines
Shielded arc welding tools
Side cutting pliers
Single-cut mill saw files
Sledgehammers
Socket wrench sets
Soldering irons
Space gauges
Spot welders
Squares
Staging platforms
Steam cleaning equipment
Steel wedges
Straightedges
Strobe tachometers
Stud drivers
Tachometers
Tape measures
Telescoping gauges
Thickness gauges
Threading devices
Transit levels
Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
Turning lathes
Utility knives
Vacuum gauges
Vacuum lifts
Vernier instruments
Vibration analyzers
Vises
Voltmeters
Web browser software
Welding lenses
Welding shields
Welding tip dressers
Wire cutters
Workshop cranes
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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.
Industrial Maintenance Technicians work in the private sector and are critical to ensure the smooth and reliable operation of the industrial plants and equipment in their industry. They set out to maintain and repair manufacturing equipment. They help to ensure through the work that they do, that industrial machinery and equipment is maintained at the highest possible level, ensuring the productivity and safety of the entire production team.
Set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments. Includes precision instrument makers who fabricate, modify, or repair mechanical instruments. May also fabricate and modify parts to make or repair machine tools or maintain industrial machines, applying knowledge of mechanics, mathematics, metal properties, layout, and machining procedures.
Perform work involving the skills of two or more maintenance or craft occupations to keep machines, mechanical equipment, or the structure of an establishment in repair. Duties may involve pipe fitting; boiler making; insulating; welding; machining; carpentry; repairing electrical or mechanical equipment; installing, aligning, and balancing new equipment; and repairing buildings, floors, or stairs.
Mechatronics Technician/Engineers (Intermediate, installer-focus) work with mechanical machinery supported by information technology in dynamic environments using a variety of measurement and computer equipment and tools. They manage complex machines, adjust, find errors, and eliminate them; know the principles of operation of hydraulic, electrical and other devices; and carry out the measurements and interference with the fabrication processes. They know how to use computer programs and control the steering of various processes. Mechatronics Technician/Engineers (Intermediate, installer-focus) are able to maintain, listen, observe, perform screenings, and carry a sense of professionalism with staff and any outside parties.
Mechatronics Technician/Engineers (Intermediate, installer-focus) work in the installation and maintenance of mechatronics components and systems for manufacturers in the plant construction and engineering sectors, for system operators and in service sectors, and for service providers in a wide range of branches of trade and industry. Mechatronics Technician/Engineers (Intermediate, installer-focus) carry out their work at various places, mainly at plant assembly sites, in workshops and in connection with service operations. They are qualified to work autonomously on the basis of technical documents and instructions and carry out their work in compliance with the relevant provisions and safety regulations. They often work in teams. They coordinate their activities with upstream and downstream operations.
Mechatronics Technician/Engineers (Intermediate, installer-focus) work to combine electronic, mechanical, computer and control skills at the workplace. They will work with complex high-performance manufacturing systems and are able to analyze, troubleshoot and repair systems to maintain process efficiency. They must understand and analyze the technical specifications of mechatronic systems, subsystems, modules and components; perfo
Mechatronics Technician/Engineers (Basic, fitter-focus) work to combine electronic, mechanical, computer and control skills at the workplace. They work with complex high-performance manufacturing systems and are able to analyze, troubleshoot, and repair systems to maintain process efficiency. They must understand and analyze the technical specifications of mechatronic systems, subsystems, modules, and components; perform scheduled and preventive maintenance to detect and prevent problems; use troubleshooting skills to identify and prevent possible problems and failures, and to systematically and intelligently make repairs; incorporate relevant technical literature into the understanding of system operation and coordinate efforts with other technicians involved in installing or maintaining equipment or components; install, repair, adjust, and test equipment and components to ensure that systems function properly; communicate with machine operators, and operate equipment to detect equipment problems, analyze malfunctions, and verify system problems; and observe and incorporate safety standards and regulations required for safe operation of the system.
Mechatronics Technician/Engineers (Basic, fitter-focus) are engaged in the assembly and maintenance of complex machines, plants, and systems in the mechanical engineering sector or in organizations which purchase and operate such mechatronic systems. They carry out their work at various places, mainly at plant assembly sites, in workshops and in connection with service operations. They are qualified to work autonomously on the basis of technical documents and instructions and carry out their work in compliance with the relevant provisions and safety regulations. They often work in teams. They coordinate their activities with upstream and downstream operations.
Mechatronics Technician/Engineers (Basic, fitter-focus) apprentices will receive a more comprehensive education than mechatronics technicians with a
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