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Date: 08/03/2025

Maintenance Workers, Machinery

Lubricate machinery, change parts, or perform other routine machinery maintenance.

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

Work Activities

Work Activities

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

Skills

  • Technology Design

    Making equipment and technology useful for customers.

  • Reading Comprehension

    Reading work-related information.

  • Operations Analysis

    Figuring out what a product or service needs to be able to do.

  • Active Listening

    Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

  • Programming

    Writing computer programs.

  • Writing

    Writing things for co-workers or customers.

  • Speaking

    Talking to others.

  • Monitoring

    Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.

  • Management of Financial Resources

    Making spending decisions and keeping track of what is spent.

  • Operations Monitoring

    Watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working.

  • Operation and Control

    Using equipment or systems.

  • Social Perceptiveness

    Understanding people's reactions.

  • Critical Thinking

    Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

  • Quality Control Analysis

    Testing how well a product or service works.

  • Installation

    Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs.

  • Equipment Selection

    Deciding what kind of tools and equipment are needed to do a job.

  • Instructing

    Teaching people how to do something.

  • Systems Analysis

    Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

  • Persuasion

    Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.

  • Management of Personnel Resources

    Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.

  • Repairing

    Repairing machines or systems using the right tools.

  • Equipment Maintenance

    Planning and doing the basic maintenance on equipment.

  • Systems Evaluation

    Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.

  • Service Orientation

    Looking for ways to help people.

  • Mathematics

    Using math to solve problems.

  • Negotiation

    Bringing people together to solve differences.

  • Complex Problem Solving

    Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

  • Judgment and Decision Making

    Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.

  • Science

    Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.

  • Management of Material Resources

    Managing equipment and materials.

  • Learning Strategies

    Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.

  • Time Management

    Managing your time and the time of other people.

  • Coordination

    Changing what is done based on other people's actions.

  • Active Learning

    Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.

  • Troubleshooting

    Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work.

WorkKeys®

Applied Math
4
Workplace Documents
4
Graphic Literacy
5

Abilities

  • Response Orientation

    Quickly deciding if you should move your hand, foot, or other body part.

  • Visualization

    Imagining how something will look after it is moved around or changed.

  • Peripheral Vision

    Seeing something to your side when your are looking ahead.

  • Depth Perception

    Deciding which thing is closer or farther away from you, or deciding how far away it is from you.

  • Dynamic Flexibility

    Quickly and repeatedly bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching out with your body, arms, and/or legs.

  • Wrist-Finger Speed

    Making fast, simple, repeated movements of your fingers, hands, and wrists.

  • Fluency of Ideas

    Coming up with lots of ideas.

  • Gross Body Equilibrium

    Keeping your balance or staying upright.

  • Speed of Limb Movement

    Quickly moving your arms and legs.

  • Trunk Strength

    Using your lower back and stomach.

  • Extent Flexibility

    Bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching with your body, arms, and/or legs.

  • Hearing Sensitivity

    Telling the difference between sounds.

  • Near Vision

    Seeing details up close.

  • Written Comprehension

    Reading and understanding what is written.

  • Oral Expression

    Communicating by speaking.

  • Far Vision

    Seeing details that are far away.

  • Flexibility of Closure

    Seeing hidden patterns.

  • Perceptual Speed

    Quickly comparing groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.

  • Oral Comprehension

    Listening and understanding what people say.

  • Written Expression

    Communicating by writing.

  • Originality

    Creating new and original ideas.

  • Selective Attention

    Paying attention to something without being distracted.

  • Control Precision

    Quickly changing the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.

  • Gross Body Coordination

    Moving your arms, legs, and mid-section together while your whole body is moving.

  • Information Ordering

    Ordering or arranging things.

  • Explosive Strength

    Jumping, sprinting, or throwing something.

  • Manual Dexterity

    Holding or moving items with your hands.

  • Arm-Hand Steadiness

    Keeping your arm or hand steady.

  • Sound Localization

    Noticing the direction that a sound came from.

  • Spatial Orientation

    Knowing where things are around you.

  • Night Vision

    Seeing at night or under low light.

  • Static Strength

    Lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying.

  • Stamina

    Exercising for a long time without getting out of breath.

  • Memorization

    Remembering words, numbers, pictures, or steps.

  • Speed of Closure

    Quickly knowing what you are looking at.

  • Auditory Attention

    Paying attention to one sound while there are other distracting sounds.

  • Deductive Reasoning

    Using rules to solve problems.

  • Category Flexibility

    Grouping things in different ways.

  • Multilimb Coordination

    Using your arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down.

  • Number Facility

    Adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing.

  • Time Sharing

    Doing two or more things at the same time.

  • Finger Dexterity

    Putting together small parts with your fingers.

  • Speech Clarity

    Speaking clearly.

  • Visual Color Discrimination

    Noticing the difference between colors, including shades and brightness.

  • Inductive Reasoning

    Making general rules or coming up with answers from lots of detailed information.

  • Reaction Time

    Quickly moving your hand, finger, or foot based on a sound, light, picture or other command.

  • Dynamic Strength

    Exercising for a long time without your muscles getting tired.

  • Problem Sensitivity

    Noticing when problems happen.

  • Mathematical Reasoning

    Choosing the right type of math to solve a problem.

  • Glare Sensitivity

    Seeing something even if there is a glare or very bright light.

  • Speech Recognition

    Recognizing spoken words.

  • Rate Control

    Changing when and how fast you move based on how something else is moving.

Knowledge

  • History and Archeology

    Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.

  • Administrative

    Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.

  • Fine Arts

    Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.

  • Psychology

    Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

  • Economics and Accounting

    Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

  • Geography

    Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.

  • Transportation

    Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.

  • Law and Government

    Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

  • Mechanical

    Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

  • Communications and Media

    Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.

  • Chemistry

    Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.

  • Biology

    Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.

  • 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.

  • Design

    Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

  • Medicine and Dentistry

    Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Education and Training

    Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

  • Sales and Marketing

    Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

  • Philosophy and Theology

    Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.

  • Sociology and Anthropology

    Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins.

  • Personnel and Human Resources

    Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

  • 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.

  • Foreign Language

    Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.

  • Therapy and Counseling

    Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.

  • Food Production

    Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.

  • 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.

  • Computers and Electronics

    Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

  • Production and Processing

    Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

  • Physics

    Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes.

  • English Language

    Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

  • Telecommunications

    Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.

  • Mathematics

    Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

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Pay

  • Typical Salary
  • $84,870
    $62,610
    $41,290
    Ohio
    US
    $83,560
    $60,500
    $40,080
  • Typical Hourly Wage
  • $41
    $30
    $20
    Ohio
    US
    $40
    $29
    $19

Ohio Employment Trends

  • Currently Employed 2,120
  • Yearly Projected Openings 200

Typical Education

Personality

Realistic: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.They do well at jobs that need:
  • Attention to Detail
  • Dependability
  • Independence
  • Concern for Others
  • Integrity
  • Self Control

Tools

  • Abrasive drums
  • Abrasive stones
  • Adjustable widemouth pliers
  • Adjustable wrenches
  • Automotive honing machine
  • Blow torch
  • Calipers
  • Compressed air gun
  • Cutting die
  • Deburring tool
  • Dial indicator or dial gauge
  • Dollies
  • Drill bit set
  • Drill press or radial drill
  • Ear plugs
  • Forklifts
  • Grease guns
  • Grinders
  • Hacksaw
  • Hammers
  • Hand reamer
  • Hard hats
  • Hoists
  • Hold down clamps
  • Jacks
  • Ladders
  • Levels
  • Lockout devices
  • Machine guarding
  • Manlift or personnel lift
  • Manual press brake
  • Metal band sawing machine
  • Metal cutters
  • Metal folding machine
  • Metal inert gas welding machine
  • Metal polishing machine
  • Microcontrollers
  • Micrometers
  • Milling machines
  • Pallet trucks
  • Personal computers
  • Plumb bobs
  • Pneumatic hammer
  • Power buffers
  • Power drills
  • Power grinders
  • Power riveter
  • Power saws
  • Punches or nail sets or drifts
  • Respirators
  • Rulers
  • Safety glasses
  • Safety harnesses or belts
  • Scaffolding
  • Screwdrivers
  • Shears
  • Shielded metal arc welding or stick welding machine
  • Sledge hammer
  • Slings
  • Socket sets
  • Soldering iron
  • Spot welding machine
  • Straight edges
  • Tablet computers
  • Taps
  • Threading die hand tool
  • Tracer or duplicating or contouring lathe
  • Tungsten inert gas welding machine
  • Vacuum cleaners
  • Welding or cutting tip
  • Workshop cranes

Technology

  • Calendar and scheduling software
  • Data base user interface and query software
  • Electronic mail software
  • Enterprise resource planning ERP software
  • Facilities management software
  • Internet browser software
  • Office suite software
  • Operating system software
  • Presentation software
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Word processing software

Tags

  • InDemand occupations are considered a priority by the state of Ohio.
  • Apprenticeships are available for this occupation. These programs can help you get hands-on experience and build your skills.
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