Machinery Maintenance Workers

Key Responsibilities

• Dismantle machines and remove parts for repair, using hand tools, chain falls, jacks, cranes, or hoists.
• Transport machine parts, tools, equipment, and other material between work areas and storage, using cranes, hoists, or dollies.
• Replace, empty, or replenish machine and equipment containers such as gas tanks or boxes.
• Inspect or test damaged machine parts, and mark defective areas or advise supervisors of repair needs.
• Install, replace, or change machine parts and attachments, according to production specifications.
• Read work orders and specifications to determine machines and equipment requiring repair or maintenance.
• Clean machines and machine parts, using cleaning solvents, cloths, air guns, hoses, vacuums, or other equipment.
• Set up and operate machines, and adjust controls to regulate operations.
• Lubricate or apply adhesives or other materials to machines, machine parts, or other equipment according to specified procedures.
• Inventory and requisition machine parts, equipment, and other supplies so that stock can be maintained and replenished.
• Collaborate with other workers to repair or move machines, machine parts, or equipment.
• Remove hardened material from machines or machine parts, using abrasives, power and hand tools, jackhammers, sledgehammers, or other equipment.
• Start machines and observe mechanical operation to determine efficiency and to detect problems.
• Measure, mix, prepare, and test chemical solutions used to clean or repair machinery and equipment.
• Replace or repair metal, wood, leather, glass, or other lining in machines, or in equipment compartments or containers.
• Record production, repair, and machine maintenance information.
• Reassemble machines after the completion of repair or maintenance work.
• Collect and discard worn machine parts and other refuse to maintain machinery and work areas.