Install, service, or repair opening and closing mechanisms of automatic doors and hydraulic door closers. Includes garage door mechanics.

• Automatic-Door Mechanic
• Door-Closer Mechanic
• Overhead Door Installer

• Adjust doors to open or close with the correct amount of effort, and make simple adjustments to electric openers.
• Apply hardware to door sections, such as drilling holes to install locks.
• Assemble and fasten tracks to structures or bucks, using impact wrenches or welding equipment.
• Bore and cut holes in flooring as required for installation, using hand tools and power tools.
• Carry springs to tops of doors, using ladders or scaffolding, and attach springs to tracks in order to install spring systems.
• Clean door closer parts, using caustic soda, rotary brushes, and grinding wheels.
• Collect payment upon job completion.
• Complete required paperwork, such as work orders, according to services performed or required.
• Cover treadles with carpeting or other floor covering materials and test systems by operating treadles.
• Cut door stops and angle irons to fit openings.
• Fabricate replacements for worn or broken parts, using welders, lathes, drill presses, and shaping and milling machines.
• Fasten angle iron back-hangers to ceilings and tracks, using fasteners or welding equipment.
• Inspect job sites, assessing headroom, side room, and other conditions in order to determine appropriateness of door for a given location.
• Install dock seals, bumpers, and shelters.
• Install door frames, rails, steel rolling curtains, electronic-eye mechanisms, and electric door openers and closers, using power tools, hand tools, and electronic test equipment.
• Lubricate door closer oil chambers and pack spindles with leather washers.
• Operate lifts, winches, or chain falls in order to move heavy curtain doors.
• Order replacement springs, sections, and slats.
• Remove or disassemble defective automatic mechanical door closers, using hand tools.
• Repair or replace worn or broken door parts, using hand tools.
• Run low voltage wiring on ceiling surfaces, using insulated staples.
• Set doors into place or stack hardware sections into openings after rail or track installation.
• Set in and secure floor treadles for door activating mechanisms; then connect power packs and electrical panelboards to treadles.
• Study blueprints and schematic diagrams in order to determine appropriate methods of installing and repairing automated door openers.
• Wind large springs with upward motion of arm.

• analyze operation of malfunctioning electrical or electronic equipment
• apply cleaning solvents
• bend tubing or conduit
• clean equipment or machinery
• conduct sequential tests to locate electronic malfunction
• determine installation, service, or repair needed
• diagnose mechanical problems in machinery or equipment
• distinguish colors
• fabricate, assemble, or disassemble manufactured products by hand
• inspect electrical installation for code conformance
• install electrical conduit or tubing
• install electrical fixtures or components
• install electronic equipment, components, or systems
• install electronic power, communication, control, or security equipment or systems
• install or replace meters, regulators, or related measuring or control devices
• install/connect electrical equipment to power circuit
• install/string electrical or electronic cable or wiring
• lubricate machinery, equipment, or parts
• perform safety inspections in industrial, manufacturing or repair setting
• read blueprints
• read schematics
• read technical drawings
• read work order, instructions, formulas, or processing charts
• repair electronic components, equipment, or systems
• repair mechanical controls
• repair or adjust measuring or control devices
• repair or replace electrical wiring, circuits, fixtures, or equipment
• replace electronic components
• solder electrical or electronic connections or components
• test electrical/electronic wiring, equipment, systems or fixtures
• test electronic or electrical circuit connections
• test mechanical products or equipment
• understand service or repair manuals
• understand technical operating, service or repair manuals
• use basic carpentry techniques
• use electrical or electronic test devices or equipment
• use hand or power tools
• use precision measuring devices in mechanical repair work
• use soldering equipment
• use voltmeter, ammeter, or ohmmeter