Maintenance and Repair Workers, General

Tools and Technology

Tools Include:

• Adjustable wrenches (Adjustable crescent wrenches)
• Adjustable wrenches (Adjustable hand wrenches)
• Adjustable wrenches (Adjustable slip lock nut wrenches)
• Adjustable widemouth pliers
• Air compressors
• Hex keys (Allen wrenches)
• Welders (Arc welders)
• Augers
• Hammers (Ball peen hammers)
• Specialty wrenches (Basin wrenches)
• Pullers (Bearing pullers)
• Biscuit jointers (Biscuit joiners)
• Blocks or pulleys (Block and tackle equipment)
• Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus (Brazing equipment)
• Levels (Bubble levels)
• Caulking guns
• Punches or nail sets or drifts (Center punches)
• Pullers (Chain pullers)
• Locking pliers (Channel lock pliers)
• Power chippers (Chipping hammers)
• Hole saws (Circle cutters)
• Power saws (Circular saws)
• Hammers (Claw hammers)
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Closet augers)
• Squares (Combination squares)
• Pullers (Comealongs)
• Pullers (Compression sleeve pullers)
• Power saws (Concrete saws)
• Trowels (Concrete trowels)
• Conduit benders
• Wire or cable cutters (Conduit cutters)
• Pipe or tube cutters (Copper cutting machines)
• Power drills (Cordless power drills)
• Pry bars (Crowbars)
• Voltage or current meters (Current testers)
• Blow torches (Cutting torches)
• Hammers (Dead blow hammers)
• Desktop computers
• Diagonal cut pliers (Diagonal cutting pliers)
• Calipers (Dial calipers)
• Gauges or inspection fixtures (Dial indicators)
• Micrometers (Digital micrometers)
• Power drills (Direct tap machines)
• Dollies
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Drain augers)
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Drain cleaning cables)
• Workshop presses (Drill presses)
• Dump trucks
• Respirators (Dust and particulate respirators)
• Power nail guns (Electric nail guns)
• Power planes (Electric planers)
• Power sanders (Electric sanders)
• Hedge clippers (Electric trimmers)
• Pipe wrenches (End pipe wrenches)
• Pullers (Faucet handle pullers)
• Pullers (Faucet stem and cartridge pullers)
• Feeler gauges
• Fish tape (Fish tape pullers)
• Tube end finishers (Flaring tools)
• Screwdrivers (Flat blade screwdrivers)
• Fuse pullers
• Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus (Gas welders)
• Hose cutter (Gasket cutters)
• Grease guns
• Saws (Hacksaws)
• Hammer drills
• Power drills (Hand drills)
• Files (Hand files)
• Grinders (Hand grinders)
• Jacks (Hand jacks)
• Levels (Hand levels)
• Hand sprayers (Hand operated spray guns)
• Saws (Hand saws)
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Hand spinners)
• Hand trucks or accessories (Hand trucks)
• Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers (Handheld computers)
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Heavy duty drain cleaning machines)
• Hex keys (Hex key sets)
• Hex keys (Hex wrenches)
• Pressure or steam cleaners (High pressure water sprayers)
• Hoists (Hoisting equipment)
• Hole saws (Hole cutting tools)
• Offset socket wrenches (Hollow core socket wrenches)
• Hydraulic truck cranes (Hydraulic boom trucks)
• Magnifiers (Inspection mirrors)
• Pneumatic hammer (Jackhammers)
• Power saws (Jig saws)
• Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
• Lathes
• Lawnmowers (Lawn mowers)
• C clamps (Locking C-clamps)
• Locking pliers
• Ratchets (Manual ratchet threader sets)
• Tape measures (Measuring tapes)
• Cold chisels (Metal chisels)
• Saws (Mini hacksaws)
• Pipe or tube cutters (Mini tubing cutters)
• Mitre box (Mitre boxes)
• Needlenose pliers
• Nut drivers
• Pipe wrenches (Offset pipe wrenches)
• Offset socket wrenches
• Ohmmeters
• Oil can (Oil dispensing cans)
• Paint brushes (Paint application brushes)
• Paint rollers (Paint application rollers)
• Paint sprayers (Paint spray guns)
• Personal computers
• Screwdrivers (Phillips head screwdrivers)
• Punches or nail sets or drifts (Pin punches)
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Pipe cleaning equipment)
• Pipe or tube cutters (Pipe cutters)
• Threading dies (Pipe threaders)
• Pipe vises
• Pipe vises (Pipe welding vises)
• Pipe wrenches
• Plumb bobs
• Drain or toilet plunger (Plungers)
• Pipe or tube cutters (Polyvinyl chloride PVC cutters)
• Pipe or tube cutters (Polyvinyl chloride PVC saws)
• Two way radios (Portable two way radios)
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Power drain cleaners)
• Power drills
• Lifts (Power lifts)
• Pipe or tube cutters (Power pipe cutters)
• Power routers
• Power saws
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Pressurized water pigs)
• Safety harnesses or belts (Protective harnesses)
• Pry bars
• Putty knives
• Power saws (Radial arm saws)
• Ratchets (Ratchet wrenches)
• Pipe or tube cutters (Ratcheting polyvinyl chloride PVC cutters)
• Power saws (Reciprocating saws)
• Slings (Rigging equipment)
• Power drills (Right-angle drills)
• Hammer drills (Rotary hammers)
• Mallets (Rubber mallets)
• Rulers
• Protective gloves (Safety gloves)
• Goggles (Safety goggles)
• Safety shoes
• Scaffolding
• Screw extractors (Screw extractor sets)
• Scribers
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Sectional drain cleaning machines)
• Alarm systems (Security alarm systems)
• Sewage pumps
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Sewer rodding machines)
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Sewer tapes)
• Sharpening stones or tools or kits (Sharpening equipment)
• Shears
• End cut pliers (Side cutting pliers)
• Hammers (Sledgehammers)
• Slip or groove joint pliers (Slip joint pliers)
• Snow blowers
• Snowplow attachments (Snowplows)
• Socket sets (Socket wrench sets)
• Pipe or tube cutters (Soil pipe cutters)
• Soldering irons or guns (Soldering equipment)
• Levels (Spirit levels)
• Ladders (Step ladders)
• Pipe wrenches (Straight pipe wrenches)
• Screwdrivers (Straight screwdrivers)
• Straight edges (Straightedges)
• Stud finders (Stud locators)
• Power saws (Table saws)
• Taps or dies (Taps and dies)
• Tensiometers (Tension gauges)
• Power saws (Tile saws)
• Tinners snips (Tin snips)
• Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Toilet augers)
• Torque wrenches
• Backhoes (Tractors with backhoe attachments)
• Trenching machines (Trenchers)
• Pullers (Tub drain removers)
• Tube bending machinery (Tube benders)
• Pipe or tube cutters (Tubing cutters)
• Front end loaders (Two-wheel drive front end loaders)
• Liquid leak detectors (Ultrasonic leak detectors)
• Nut drivers (Universal nut wrenches)
• Utility knives
• Dewatering pumps (Utility pumps)
• Grinding machines (Valve grinding machines)
• Locking pliers (Vise grip pliers)
• Ammeters (Volt-ammeters)
• Ohmmeters (Volt-ohm meters VOM)
• Voltage or current meters (Voltage testers)
• Adjustable widemouth pliers (Water pump pliers)
• Water samplers
• Welders
• Pipe vises (Welding clamps)
• Welders (Welding machines)
• Pipe or tube cutters (Wide roll pipe cutters)
• Wire lug crimping tool (Wire crimpers)
• Wire cutters (Wire cutting tools)
• Stripping tools (Wire strippers)
• Bench vises (Workshop bench vises)
• Workshop cranes

Technologies Include:

• Calendar and scheduling software

• Computerized time management systems

• Electronic mail software

• Microsoft Outlook

• Facilities management software

• Computerized maintenance management system CMMS software

• Industrial control software

• Digital Direct Control DDC Energy Management software

• Internet browser software

• Web browser software

• Office suite software

• Microsoft Office software

• Spreadsheet software

• Microsoft Excel

• Word processing software

• Microsoft Word

The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)