Also called: Maintenance Technician, Handyman
Fixes everything in a building: leaky faucets, broken doors, lights, and HVAC filters.
You patch a hole in an apartment wall, unclog a sink, swap light fixtures, and change filters across a school.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. A high school diploma plus on-the-job training; shop classes help, and EPA Section 608 certification is useful for HVAC work.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. Fixing faucets, doors, lights and filters across a building is varied hands-on work robots can't do.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to apartment complexes, schools and hotels for maintenance helper jobs
Classes: Shop class, Electrical CTE.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-9071.
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