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.
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- General Maintenance and Repair Workers
Manufacturing
What do they typically do
- Maintain and repair machines, mechanical equipment, and buildings
- Fix or replace faulty electrical switches, outlets, and circuit breakers
- Inspect and diagnose problems and figure out the best way to correct them
- Perform routine preventive maintenance to ensure that machines continue to run smoothly
- Assemble and set up machinery or equipment
- Plan repair work using blueprints or diagrams
- Do general cleaning and upkeep of buildings and properties
- Order supplies from catalogs and storerooms
- Meet with clients to estimate repairs and costs
- Keep detailed records of their work
Number of Jobs
Average Annual
Job Growth +0.9%
Job Openings 4,920
Industry/Employer
Animal Food Manufacturing
Animal Slaughtering and Processing
Apparel Knitting Mills
Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing
Beverage Manufacturing
Building Equipment Contractors
Building Finishing Contractors
Building Foundation/Exterior Contractors
Building Material and Supplies Dealers
Civic and Social Organizations
Coating, Engraving & Heat Treating Metal
Colleges and Universities
Commercial & Service Industry Machinery
Commercial Goods Merchant Wholesalers
Commercial Machinery Repair/Maintenance
Community Care Facility for the Elderly
Converted Paper Product Manufacturing
Death Care Services
Drycleaning and Laundry Services
Educational Support Services
Electrical Equipment Manufacturing
Electronic Equipment Repair/Maintenance
Electronic Instrument Manufacturing
Elementary and Secondary Schools
Emergency and Other Relief Services
Employment Services
Fabric Mills
Facilities Support Services
Fiber, Yarn, and Thread Mills
Fruit, Vegetable, & Specialty Foods Mfg
Furniture and Home Furnishings Retailers
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
Grain and Oilseed Milling
Health and Personal Care Retailers
Home Health Care Services
Individual and Family Services
Insurance Agencies, Brokerages & Support
Junior Colleges
Machine Shops and Threaded Products
Machinery & Supply Merchant Wholesalers
Management & Technical Consulting Svc
Management of Companies and Enterprises
Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers
Medical Equipment and Supplies Mfg
Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing
Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing
Motor Vehicle/Part Merchant Wholesalers
Museums, Parks and Historical Sites
Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying
Nonresidential Building Construction
Nursing Care Facilities
Offices of Physicians
Other Amusement & Recreation Industries
Other Electrical Equipment & Components
Other Food Manufacturing
Other Furniture Related Product Mfg
Other Miscellaneous Retailers
Other Nonferrous Metal Production
Other Personal Services
Other Professional & Technical Services
Other Residential Care Facilities
Other Specialty Trade Contractors
Other Support Activities for Transport
Other Textile Product Mills
Other Wood Product Manufacturing
Performing Arts and Sports Promoters
Pharmaceutical & Medicine Manufacturing
Plastics Product Manufacturing
Power Generation and Supply
Printing and Related Support Activities
Professional and Similar Organizations
Psychiatric & Substance Abuse Hospitals
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills
Religious Organizations
Residential Building Construction
Residential Mental Health Facilities
Rubber Product Manufacturing
RV Parks and Recreational Camps
Sawmills and Wood Preservation
Scientific Research and Development Svc
Semiconductor and Electronic Components
Services to Buildings and Dwellings
Ship and Boat Building
Special Food Services
Spectator Sports
Support Activities for Air Transport
Textile and Fabric Finishing and Fabric
Tobacco Manufacturing
Traveler Accommodation
Turbine and Power Transmission Equipment
Utility System Construction
Veneer and Engineered Wood Products
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Warehousing and Storage
Waste Collection
Waste Treatment and Disposal
Water, Sewage and Other Systems
Education & Training
- Education Most occupations require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.Associated Programs or MajorsLicense
NC Workforce Credentials
- Certified Apartment Maintenance Technician [American National Standards Institute]
Private Training Programs
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