Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers

No automatable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as durable (63%).

• Order new parts to maintain inventory.
• Adjust, maintain, and repair tools, equipment, and machines, and assist more skilled workers with similar tasks.
• Assemble and maintain physical structures, using hand or power tools.
• Clean or lubricate vehicles, machinery, equipment, instruments, tools, work areas, and other objects, using hand tools, power tools, and cleaning equipment.
• Transfer tools, parts, equipment, and supplies to and from work stations and other areas.
• Examine and test machinery, equipment, components, and parts for defects to ensure proper functioning.

• Install or replace machinery, equipment, and new or replacement parts and instruments, using hand or power tools.
• Hold or supply tools, parts, equipment, and supplies for other workers.
• Apply protective materials to equipment, components, and parts to prevent defects and corrosion.
• Tend and observe equipment and machinery to verify efficient and safe operation.
• Disassemble broken or defective equipment to facilitate repair and reassemble equipment when repairs are complete.
• Prepare work stations for use by mechanics and repairers.
• Adjust, connect, or disconnect wiring, piping, tubing, and other parts, using hand or power tools.
• Position vehicles, machinery, equipment, physical structures, and other objects for assembly or installation, using hand tools, power tools, and moving equipment.
• Diagnose electrical problems and install and rewire electrical components.
• Design, weld, and fabricate parts, using blueprints or other mechanical plans.