Industrial Machinery Mechanics

Description

Repair, install, adjust, or maintain industrial production and processing machinery or refinery and pipeline distribution systems. Exclude millwrights, mobile heavy equipment mechanics, and machinery maintenance workers who perform only routine tasks.

Category

Installlation, Maintenance & Repair

SOC Code

49-9041

Synonyms

Machine repairers, maintenance

Job Tasks

High risk job tasks associated with this job:

• Arc weld aluminum
• Arc weld stainless steel
• Clean up equipment with solvents
• Decompose chlorinated solvents by UV light or heat from welding
• Degrease metal
• Gas weld or cut in a confined space
• Handle agents that cause allergic contact dermatitis or contact urticaria
• Heat or machine chromium alloys
• Heat or machine manganese alloys
• Heat, machine, or spray lead products
• Remove or replace PCB contaminated fluid in transformers
• Use epoxy, isocyanate, or formaldehyde-resin adhesives, finishes, or sealants
• Use n-hexane as a solvent in glues, inks, coatings, or degreasers
• Use solder containing colophony, zinc chloride, ethanolamine, or ammonium chloride flux
• Weld mild steel
• Weld on metal painted with chlorinated polyester paint
• Weld or machine on beryllium-containing alloys
• Work in grease, oil, or tar soaked clothing
• Work with glue solvents
• Worked in pulp and paper mill for years with repeated heavy exposures to irritating gases