Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers

01

Inspect wiring connections, control panel hookups, door installations, and alignments and clearances of cars and hoistways to ensure that equipment will operate properly.

02

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.

03

Disassemble defective units, and repair or replace parts such as locks, gears, cables, and electric wiring.

04

Check that safety regulations and building codes are met, and complete service reports verifying conformance to standards.

05

Locate malfunctions in brakes, motors, switches, and signal and control systems, using test equipment.

06

Adjust safety controls, counterweights, door mechanisms, and components such as valves, ratchets, seals, and brake linings.

07

Read and interpret blueprints to determine the layout of system components, frameworks, and foundations, and to select installation equipment.

08

Connect car frames to counterweights, using steel cables.

09

Assemble elevator cars, installing each car's platform, walls, and doors.

10

Bolt or weld steel rails to the walls of shafts to guide elevators, working from scaffolding or platforms.