How do they match: Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers

  • Platform Power Tech
  • Platform Power Technician

  • Operate elevators to determine power demands, and test power consumption to detect overload factors.
  • Assemble electrically powered stairs, steel frameworks, and tracks, and install associated motors and electrical wiring.
  • 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.
  • Inspect wiring connections, control panel hookups, door installations, and alignments and clearances of cars and hoistways to ensure that equipment will operate properly.

  • Inspect industrial or commercial equipment to ensure proper operation.
  • Prepare operational reports.
  • Record operational or environmental data.