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May 20, 2013


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ELECTRIC MOTOR, POWER TOOL, AND RELATED REPAIRERS

Occupation Description:

Repair, maintain, or install electric motors, wiring, or switches.

Specialized Occupations:


	Occupation Description:

	Test, repair, rebuild, and assemble electric motors, generators, and equipment.


	Typical Tasks:

	Records repairs required, parts used, and labor time. Refaces, reams, and polishes commutators and machine parts to specified tolerances, using machine tools. Cuts and forms insulation and inserts insulation into armature, rotor, or stator slots. Inspects parts for wear or damage, or reads work order or schematic drawings to determine required repairs. Tests charges and replaces batteries. Adjusts working parts, such as fan belt tension, voltage output, contacts and springs, using hand tools, and verifies corrections, using gauges. Cuts and removes parts, such as defective coils and insulation.


	Skills:

	Repairing - Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.. Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.. Installation - Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.. Troubleshooting - Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.. Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.. Equipment Maintenance - Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.. Science - Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems..


	Knowledge:

	Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.. Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.. 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.. Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.. 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.. 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..

Battery Repairers (ONET code: 49-2092.03)

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Education & Training:

Post secondary vocational training

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Wage Information:

Region	Average Annual	Average Hourly	Entry Level (hourly)	Mid-Range (hourly)
Statewide Units	$54,596.00	$26.25	$19.39	$22.12 - $31.46
New Haven	$43,523.00	$20.92	$17.07	$18.09 - $23.26
Springfield, MA	$49,911.00	$24.00	$13.84	$14.63 - $29.64

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