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O*NET detailed work activityRepair worn, damaged, or defective mechanical parts
Stays humanHands-on work
26 jobs38 tasks
This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.
Part of Repair tools or equipment, under the O*NET work activity group Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 38 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Service and repair domestic electrical or gas appliances, such as clothes washers, refrigerators, stoves, and dryers.
- Adjust, maintain, and repair or replace subassemblies, such as transmissions and crawler heads, using hand tools, jacks, and cranes.
- Disassemble mechanical or electrical locking devices, and repair or replace worn tumblers, springs, and other parts, using hand tools.
- Shape old parts and replacement parts to improve tone or intonation, using hand tools, lathes, or soldering irons.
- Reline or repair ladles and pouring spouts with refractory clay, using trowels.
- Weld, repair, and fabricate equipment or machinery.
- Fit bearings to adjust, repair, or overhaul mobile mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment.
- Maintain, repair, and rebuild aircraft structures, functional components, and parts, such as wings and fuselage, rigging, hydraulic units, oxygen systems, fuel systems, electrical systems, gaskets, or seals.
- Adjust and repair coin, vending, or amusement machines and meters and replace defective mechanical and electrical parts, using hand tools, soldering irons, and diagrams.
- Disassemble and repair mechanical control devices or valves, such as regulators, thermostats, or hydrants, using power tools, hand tools, and cutting torches.
- Perform mechanical overhauls and refrigerant reclaiming.
- Repair or rework parts, using machine tools such as lathes, mills, drills, or grinders.
- Repair hydraulic or air pumps.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Repair and replace damaged or worn parts.
- Repair or replace broken, damaged, or worn parts on timepieces, using lathes, drill presses, and hand tools.
- Repair or replace worn or broken door parts, using hand tools.
- Repair or replace defective parts such as magnetos, water pumps, gears, pistons, and carburetors, using hand tools.
- Repair or replace defective parts, using hand tools, milling and woodworking machines, lathes, welding equipment, grinders, or saws.
- Adjust, repair, or replace malfunctioning components or assemblies, using hand tools or soldering irons.
- Repair or replace musical instrument parts and components, such as strings, bridges, felts, and keys, using hand and power tools.
- Repair, adjust, or replace electrical or mechanical components or parts, using hand tools, power tools, or soldering or welding equipment.
- Replace or repair worn, defective, or damaged components, using hand tools, gauges, and testing equipment.
- Repair or replace broken or malfunctioning components of machinery or equipment.
- Diagnose and repair furnace or air conditioning systems.
- Repair and service air conditioning, heating, engine cooling, and electrical systems.
- Overhaul and test machines or equipment to ensure operating efficiency.
- Repair or replace defective or worn parts such as bearings, pistons, and gears, using hand tools, torque wrenches, power tools, and welding equipment.
- Repair or adjust equipment, machines, or defective components, replacing worn parts, such as gaskets or seals in watertight electrical equipment.
- Repair or service heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems to improve efficiency, such as by changing filters, cleaning ducts, and refilling non-toxic refrigerants.
- Repair or replace defective equipment, components, or wiring.
- Test and repair track circuits.
- Overhaul or replace carburetors, blowers, generators, distributors, starters, and pumps.
- Repair or remove and replace system components.
- Repair shop equipment, metal furniture, or hospital equipment, including welding broken parts or replacing missing parts, or bring item into local shop for major repairs.
- Repair or rebuild transmissions.
- Replace or repair metal, wood, leather, glass, or other lining in machines, or in equipment compartments or containers.
- Repair cracks in wood or metal instruments, using pinning wire, lathes, fillers, clamps, or soldering irons.
- Remove, inspect, repair, and install in-flight refueling stores and external fuel tanks.