Skilled Trades
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
Help installation, maintenance, and repair workers in maintenance, parts replacement, and repair of vehicles, industrial machinery, and electrical and electronic equipment. Perform duties such as furnishing tools, materials, and supplies to other workers; cleaning work area, machines, and tools; and holding materials or tools for other workers.
Median salary
$38,860
Typical range
$29k – $55k
Job outlook
+2% (about average)
AI exposure
Plan a path to Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
Education
Typical entry: No degree required
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Junior Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
Entry / Junior
$28,770
~2 yrs to advance
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
Established
$38,860
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
Senior
$46,755
Key skills
A typical day
- •Install or replace machinery, equipment, and new or replacement parts and instruments, using hand or power tools.
- •Examine and test machinery, equipment, components, and parts for defects to ensure proper functioning.
- •Tend and observe equipment and machinery to verify efficient and safe operation.
- •Adjust, connect, or disconnect wiring, piping, tubing, and other parts, 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.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Skilled Trades
Explore all- Purdue University50% admit · $78,000 grad pay
- Ohio State University53% admit · $68,000 grad pay
- Pennsylvania State University55% admit · $70,000 grad pay
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