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Alexandria
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What skills would be important for maintenance work?
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Nokomis Nosker
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To be in maintenance, you need to know how to solve any sort of problems. Machines, mechanical equipment, housing/building. With these it gives you an idea where to work. Such as if you want to work in a warehouse or store, you can fix a forklift, anything electrical, pipes like plumbing wise. Not only that you need to know how to solve these problems but also need to communicate with workers and customers to know what caused the problem to happen. To solve or fix a problem it does with time. How much tools and equipment you're using, needs to be a timely matter. You don't want to solve a problem really fast. Why? Because you could easily mess up and the problem could happen again. Use the time wisely in solving these problems but with speed. I'm not saying pick up the pace, I'm just saying go medium speed in way you can get the job done safely amd quickly as possible.
Sheila Jordan
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Hello Alexandria:
General maintenance and repair workers fix and maintain machines, mechanical equipment, and buildings. They paint, repair flooring, and work on plumbing, electrical, and air-conditioning and heating systems.
SKILLS & QUALITIES
• Customer Service skills. These workers interact with customers on a regular basis. They need to be friendly and able to address customers’ questions.
• Dexterity. Many repair and maintenance tasks, such as repairing small devices, connecting or attaching components, and using hand tools, require a steady hand and good hand–eye coordination.
• Troubleshooting skills. Workers find, diagnose, and repair problems. They perform tests to figure out the cause of problems before fixing equipment.
Jobs in this field typically do not require any formal education beyond high school. General maintenance and repair workers often learn their skills on the job. They start by doing simple tasks and watching and learning from skilled maintenance workers.
EDUCATION
Many maintenance and repair workers learn some basic skills in high school shop or technical education classes, post-secondary trade or vocational schools, or community colleges.
Courses in mechanical drawing, electricity, woodworking, blueprint reading, mathematics, and computers are useful. Maintenance and repair workers often do work that involves electrical, plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning systems or painting and roofing tasks. Workers need a good working knowledge of many repair and maintenance tasks.
Practical training, available at many adult education centers and community colleges, is another option for workers to learn tasks such as drywall repair and basic plumbing. I hope this was helpful. Best of luck to you!
General Maintenance & Repair Workers • https://www.bls.gov/ooh/installation-maintenance-and-repair/general-maintenance-and-repair-workers.htm#tab-4
General maintenance and repair workers fix and maintain machines, mechanical equipment, and buildings. They paint, repair flooring, and work on plumbing, electrical, and air-conditioning and heating systems.
SKILLS & QUALITIES
• Customer Service skills. These workers interact with customers on a regular basis. They need to be friendly and able to address customers’ questions.
• Dexterity. Many repair and maintenance tasks, such as repairing small devices, connecting or attaching components, and using hand tools, require a steady hand and good hand–eye coordination.
• Troubleshooting skills. Workers find, diagnose, and repair problems. They perform tests to figure out the cause of problems before fixing equipment.
Jobs in this field typically do not require any formal education beyond high school. General maintenance and repair workers often learn their skills on the job. They start by doing simple tasks and watching and learning from skilled maintenance workers.
EDUCATION
Many maintenance and repair workers learn some basic skills in high school shop or technical education classes, post-secondary trade or vocational schools, or community colleges.
Courses in mechanical drawing, electricity, woodworking, blueprint reading, mathematics, and computers are useful. Maintenance and repair workers often do work that involves electrical, plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning systems or painting and roofing tasks. Workers need a good working knowledge of many repair and maintenance tasks.
Practical training, available at many adult education centers and community colleges, is another option for workers to learn tasks such as drywall repair and basic plumbing. I hope this was helpful. Best of luck to you!
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