Occupation Summary

Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers

O*NET 47-4021.00

Description:

Assemble, install, repair, or maintain electric or hydraulic freight or passenger elevators, escalators, or dumbwaiters.

Annual Wages:
$80,714.00
Employment Rate:
Employment is expected to increase by 13.81%.
Education Level:
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED). According to O*Net, the majority of people employed in this occupation have this level of education.
Endorsement:
Business and Industry

  1. 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.
  2. Test newly installed equipment to ensure that it meets specifications, such as stopping at floors for set amounts of time.
  3. Locate malfunctions in brakes, motors, switches, and signal and control systems, using test equipment.
  4. Check that safety regulations and building codes are met, and complete service reports verifying conformance to standards.
  5. Connect electrical wiring to control panels and electric motors.
  6. Adjust safety controls, counterweights, door mechanisms, and components such as valves, ratchets, seals, and brake linings.
  7. Read and interpret blueprints to determine the layout of system components, frameworks, and foundations, and to select installation equipment.
  8. Inspect wiring connections, control panel hookups, door installations, and alignments and clearances of cars and hoistways to ensure that equipment will operate properly.
  9. Disassemble defective units, and repair or replace parts such as locks, gears, cables, and electric wiring.
  10. Maintain log books that detail all repairs and checks performed.
  11. Participate in additional training to keep skills up to date.
  12. Attach guide shoes and rollers to minimize the lateral motion of cars as they travel through shafts.
  13. Connect car frames to counterweights, using steel cables.
  14. Bolt or weld steel rails to the walls of shafts to guide elevators, working from scaffolding or platforms.
  15. Assemble elevator cars, installing each car's platform, walls, and doors.
  16. Install outer doors and door frames at elevator entrances on each floor of a structure.
  17. Install electrical wires and controls by attaching conduit along shaft walls from floor to floor and pulling plastic-covered wires through the conduit.
  18. Cut prefabricated sections of framework, rails, and other components to specified dimensions.
  19. Operate elevators to determine power demands, and test power consumption to detect overload factors.
  20. Assemble electrically powered stairs, steel frameworks, and tracks, and install associated motors and electrical wiring.


National Industry Employment Patterns


Industry % of Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers employed Annual Growth Rate
Building equipment contractors 85.1 0.09
Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers 3.3 0.00


Labor Market Information


2023 Statewide average hourly wage $38.80
2023 National average hourly wage $48.11
2022 National employment 25,100
2022 Texas employment 1,883
Texas projected employment by 2032 2,143
Texas projected annual employment and Turnover openings through 2032 187




TEXAS COUNTY MAP BY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AREA
* Due to confidentiality rules, not all regions may have the data displayed. The sum of all the regions may not be equal to the state total.


Top 10 Relevant Knowledge Areas Relevant Importance Levels
Mechanical
Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
86.60%
Customer and Personal Service
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
75.40%
Building and Construction
Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
73.00%
Public Safety and Security
Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
71.40%
Computers and Electronics
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
68.00%
Mathematics
Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
65.00%
Engineering and Technology
Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
63.40%
English Language
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
62.40%
Administration and Management
Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
61.20%
Design
Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
59.20%


Top 10 Relevant Skill Areas Relevant Importance Levels
Equipment Maintenance
Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
80.00%
Troubleshooting
Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
80.00%
Repairing
Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
80.00%
Operations Monitoring
Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
72.40%
Critical Thinking
Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
72.40%
Installation
Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
70.00%
Quality Control Analysis
Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
70.00%
Judgment and Decision Making
Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
67.60%
Equipment Selection
Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
67.60%
Active Listening
Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
67.60%


Top 10 Relevant Abilities Relevant Importance Levels
Problem Sensitivity
The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
75.00%
Deductive Reasoning
The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
75.00%
Oral Comprehension
The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
72.40%
Manual Dexterity
The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
72.40%
Finger Dexterity
The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
70.00%
Arm-Hand Steadiness
The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
70.00%
Inductive Reasoning
The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
70.00%
Near Vision
The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
70.00%
Information Ordering
The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
67.60%
Extent Flexibility
The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
67.60%


  • Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
    -- Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
  • Controlling Machines and Processes
    -- Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
  • Getting Information
    -- Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
  • Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
    -- Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
  • Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
    -- Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
Other Activities


  • Support
    - Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
  • Working Conditions
    - Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.



Tools

Adjustable widemouth pliers: Pump pliers;

Adjustable wrenches: Adjustable wrenches;

Ammeters: Ammeters;

Blow torch: Cutting torches;

Calibrated resistance measuring equipment: Resistance testers;

Capacitance meters: Capacity testers;

Circuit tester: Fuse testers;

Cleaning scrapers: Cleaning scrapers;

Conduit benders: Conduit benders;

Diagonal cut pliers: Diagonal cutting pliers;

Dollies: Equipment dollies;

Electronic measuring probes: Logic probes;

Flat hand file: Flat metal files;

Graphic recorders: Graphic data recording meters; Event recorders;

Grease guns: Grease guns;

Grinding machines: Commutator stones;

Hacksaw: Hacksaws;

Hammers: Hammers;

Hoists: Hoists;

Hydraulic cylinder or component repair kits: Hydraulic elevator cylinder repair kits;

Ladders: Ladders;

Levels: Laser levels; Levels;

Linemans pliers: Insulated pliers;

Longnose pliers: Long nose pliers;

Megohmmeters: Megohmmeters;

Microcontrollers: Programmable logic controllers PLC;

Micrometers: Micrometers;

Multimeters: Multimeters;

Notebook computers: Laptop computers;

Ohmmeters: Ohmmeters;

Open end wrenches: Open end wrenches;

Oscilloscopes: Digital oscilloscopes;

Personal computers: Personal computers;

Phasemeters: Phase rotation meters;

Platform lift: Work platforms;

Plumb bobs: Plumb bobs;

Power drills: Power drills;

Power grinders: Disk grinders;

Power saws: Power saws;

Pressure indicators: Pressure gauges; Hydraulic pressure gauges;

Pull spring balances: Spring scales;

Safety harnesses or belts: Safety harnesses;

Scaffolding: Scaffolding;

Screwdrivers: Screwdrivers; Phillips head screwdrivers;

Shielded metal arc welding or stick welding machine: Stick welders; Shielded arc welding tools;

Signal generators: Signal generators;

Slings: Slings;

Soldering iron: Soldering irons;

Spot welding machine: Welders;

Stripping tools: Wire strippers;

Tablet computers: Tablet computers;

Tachometers: Tachometers;

Tape measures: Measuring tapes;

Tensiometers: Cable tensionmeters;

Thermographs: Temperature profile recorders;

Tungsten inert gas welding machine: Tungsten inert gas TIG welder;

Two way radios: Two way radios;

Utility knives: Electricians' knives;

Vacuum pumps: Vacuum pumps;

Voltage or current meters: Volt meters; Test lamps; Millivoltmeters; Amp meters;

Wire brushes: Wire brushes;

Wire cutters: Wire cutters;


Technology

Analytical or scientific software: Elevator Controls INTERACT; Troubleshooting software; WORLD Electronics Freedomware;

Calendar and scheduling software: Scheduling software;

Electronic mail software: Microsoft Outlook;

Facilities management software: Computerized maintenance management system CMMS;

Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel;

Word processing software: Microsoft Word;


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  • 51-2031.00 Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
  • 49-9041.00 Industrial Machinery Mechanics
  • 49-9071.00 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
  • 49-9011.00 Mechanical Door Repairers
  • 49-9044.00 Millwrights
  • 49-3042.00 Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines
  • 49-3043.00 Rail Car Repairers
  • 47-2221.00 Structural Iron and Steel Workers


Sources of Additional Information
  • For information about apprenticeships or job opportunities as an elevator and escalator installer or repairer, contact local elevator and escalator contractors, a local chapter of the International Union of Elevator Constructors, a local joint union–management apprenticeship committee, or the nearest office of your state employment service or apprenticeship agency. Apprenticeship information is available from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Apprenticeship program online or by phone at 877-872-5627. Visit Apprenticeship.gov to search for apprenticeship opportunities.
  • For more information about elevator installers and repairers, visit: International Union of Elevator Constructors
  • National Elevator Industry Educational Program
  • For more information about the NAEC Apprenticeship Program, the Certified Elevator Technician program, or the Certified Accessibility and Private Residence Lift Technician program, visit: National Association of Elevator Contractors 
  • For more information about certification as a Qualified Elevator Inspector, visit: National Association of Elevator Safety Authorities International
  • For information about opportunities for military veterans, visit: Helmets to Hardhats
  • Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers

  • Contact Texas Workforce Commission
    Labor Market and Career Information  |  101 E. 15th Street, Annex Room 0252  |  Austin, Texas 78778
    Official Website  |  1-800-822-PLAN (7526)  |  512.936.3200

    ** The information in this report may be derived from many sources like O*NET, BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics), OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook), and Career One Stop.