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.

Other names for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General: Airport Attendant, Bench Repair Technician, Building Maintenance Mechanic, Building Maintenance Repairer, Building Mechanic, Building Services Mechanic, Electrical Mechanical Technician, Engineering Mechanic, Equipment Engineering Technician, Facilities Manager, Facility Maintenance Technician, Field Mechanic, Firefighting Equipment Specialist, Fireman (Boilers), General Maintenance Technician, General Utility Maintenance Repairer, Handy Man, HVAC Tech (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Technician), I&C Technician (Instrument and Controls Technician), Industrial Maintenance Mechanic, Industrial Maintenance Repairer, Industrial Maintenance Technician, Industrial Mechanic, Instrumentation and Electrical Technician (I/E Technician), Machine or Machinery Mechanic, Maintenance Electrician, Maintenance Engineer, Maintenance Foreman, Maintenance Man, Maintenance Mechanic, Maintenance Repairman, Maintenance Specialist, Maintenance Supervisor, Maintenance Support Specialist, Maintenance Technician, Marine Services Technician, Mechanic, Mechanical Adjuster, Mechanical Expert, Mechanical Handyman, Mechanical Repair Worker, Mechanical Specialist, Mechanical Test Technician, Mechanical, Plumbing, and Electrical Installer, Mobile Home Lot Utility Worker, Plant Maintenance Technician, Process Technician, Repairer, Maintenance, Building, Stationary Engineer, Terminal Mechanic, Trouble Shooter, Trouble Shooting Mechanic, Utility Specialist, Zone Maintenance Technician,

• Paint and repair roofs, windows, doors, floors, woodwork, plaster, drywall, and other parts of building structures.
• Operate cutting torches or welding equipment to cut or join metal parts.
• Align and balance new equipment after installation.
• Inspect used parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements, using rules, calipers, micrometers, and other measuring instruments.
• Set up and operate machine tools to repair or fabricate machine parts, jigs and fixtures, and tools.
• Maintain and repair specialized equipment and machinery found in cafeterias, laundries, hospitals, stores, offices, and factories.
• Fabricate and repair counters, benches, partitions, and other wooden structures such as sheds and outbuildings.
• Estimate repair costs.
• Lay brick to repair and maintain buildings, walls, arches and other structures.
• Grind and reseat valves, using valve-grinding machines.
• Repair or replace defective equipment parts using hand tools and power tools, and reassemble equipment.
• Perform routine preventive maintenance to ensure that machines continue to run smoothly, building systems operate efficiently, and the physical condition of buildings does not deteriorate.
• Inspect drives, motors, and belts, check fluid levels, replace filters, and perform other maintenance actions, following checklists.
• Use tools ranging from common hand and power tools, such as hammers, hoists, saws, drills, and wrenches, to precision measuring instruments and electrical and electronic testing devices.
• Assemble, install and/or repair wiring, electrical and electronic components, pipe systems and plumbing, machinery, and equipment.
• Diagnose mechanical problems and determine how to correct them, checking blueprints, repair manuals, and parts catalogs as necessary.
• Inspect, operate, and test machinery and equipment in order to diagnose machine malfunctions.
• Record maintenance and repair work performed and the costs of the work.
• Clean and lubricate shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of machinery.
• Dismantle devices to gain access to and remove defective parts, using hoists, cranes, hand tools, and power tools.
• Plan and lay out repair work using diagrams, drawings, blueprints, maintenance manuals, and schematic diagrams.
• Order parts, supplies, and equipment from catalogs and suppliers, or obtain them from storerooms.
• Adjust functional parts of devices and control instruments, using hand tools, levels, plumb bobs, and straightedges.

• Adjustable wrenches
• Adjustable wrenches
• Adjustable wrenches
• Adjustable widemouth pliers
• Air compressors
• Hex keys
• Welders
• Augers
• Hammers
• Specialty wrenches
• Pullers
• Biscuit jointers
• Blocks or pulleys
• Hydraulic truck cranes
• Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus
• Levels
• Caulking guns
• Punches or nail sets or drifts
• Pullers
• Locking pliers
• Power chippers
• Hole saws
• Power saws
• Hammers
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment
• Squares
• Ratchets
• Pullers
• Power saws
• Trowels
• Conduit benders
• Wire or cable cutters
• Pipe or tube cutters
• Power drills
• Pry bars
• Voltage or current meters
• Blow torches
• Hammers
• Desktop computers
• Diagonal cut pliers
• Calipers
• Gauges or inspection fixtures
• Micrometers
• Power drills
• Dollies
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment
• Workshop presses
• Dump trucks
• Respirators
• Power nail guns
• Power planes
• Power sanders
• Hedge clippers
• Pipe wrenches
• Pullers
• Pullers
• Feeler gauges
• Fish tape
• Tube end finishers
• Screwdrivers
• Fuse pullers
• Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus
• Hose cutter
• Grease guns
• Saws
• Hammer drills
• Power drills
• Files
• Grinders
• Jacks
• Levels
• Hand sprayers
• Saws
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment
• Hand trucks or accessories
• Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment
• Hex keys
• Hex keys
• Pressure or steam cleaners
• Hoists
• Hole saws
• Offset socket wrenches
• Magnifiers
• Pneumatic hammer
• Power saws
• Notebook computers
• Lathes
• Lawnmowers
• C clamps
• Locking pliers
• Ratchets
• Tape measures
• Cold chisels
• Saws
• Pipe or tube cutters
• Mitre box
• Needlenose pliers
• Nut drivers
• Pipe wrenches
• Offset socket wrenches
• Ohmmeters
• Oil can
• Paint brushes
• Paint rollers
• Paint sprayers
• Personal computers
• Screwdrivers
• Punches or nail sets or drifts
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment
• Pipe or tube cutters
• Threading machines
• Pipe vises
• Pipe vises
• Pipe wrenches
• Plumb bobs
• Drain or toilet plunger
• Pipe or tube cutters
• Pipe or tube cutters
• Two way radios
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment
• Power drills
• Lifts
• Pipe or tube cutters
• Power routers
• Power saws
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment
• Safety shoes
• Safety harnesses or belts
• Pry bars
• Putty knives
• Power saws
• Ratchets
• Pipe or tube cutters
• Power saws
• Slings
• Power drills
• Hammer drills
• Mallets
• Rulers
• Protective gloves
• Goggles
• Scaffolding
• Screw extractors
• Scribers
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment
• Alarm systems
• Sewage pumps
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment
• Sharpening stones or tools or kits
• Shears
• End cut pliers
• Hammers
• Slip or groove joint pliers
• Snow blowers
• Snowplow attachments
• Socket sets
• Pipe or tube cutters
• Soldering irons or guns
• Levels
• Ladders
• Pipe wrenches
• Screwdrivers
• Straight edges
• Stud finders
• Power saws
• Taps or dies
• Tensiometers
• Power saws
• Tinners snips
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment
• Torque wrenches
• Backhoes
• Trenching machines
• Pullers
• Tube bending machinery
• Pipe or tube cutters
• Front end loaders
• Liquid leak detectors
• Nut drivers
• Utility knives
• Dewatering pumps
• Grinding machines
• Locking pliers
• Ammeters
• Ohmmeters
• Voltage or current meters
• Adjustable widemouth pliers
• Water samplers
• Welders
• Pipe vises
• Welders
• Pipe or tube cutters
• Wire lug crimping tool
• Wire cutters
• Stripping tools
• Bench vises
• Workshop cranes

Office suite software

Word processing software

Calendar and scheduling software

Spreadsheet software

Facilities management software

Industrial control software

Internet browser software

Electronic mail software