What Do Mechanical Door Repairers Do (including Their Typical Day At Work)

Job Description

Mechanical Door Repairers install, service, or repair automatic door mechanisms and hydraulic doors. Includes garage door mechanics. They also wind large springs with upward motion of arm.

Other tasks include:

• Adjust doors to open or close with the correct amount of effort or make simple adjustments to electric openers.
• Order replacement springs, sections, or slats.
• Carry springs to tops of doors, using ladders or scaffolding, and attach springs to tracks to install spring systems.
• Repair or replace worn or broken door parts, using hand tools.
• Complete required paperwork, such as work orders, according to services performed or required.
• Fasten angle iron back-hangers to ceilings and tracks, using fasteners or welding equipment.

We asked Mechanical Door Repairers how satisfied they are with their job. Here is what they said.

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82% of them said they were satisfied with their job and 41% said they find that their job makes the world a better place or helps to make someone else’s life better.

Typical Day At Work

On a daily basis, Mechanical Door Repairers wind large springs with upward motion of arm. They install door frames, rails, steel rolling curtains, electronic-eye mechanisms, or electric door openers and closers, using power tools, hand tools, and electronic test equipment.

A typical day for a Mechanical Door Repairer will also include:

• Complete required paperwork, such as work orders, according to services performed or required.
• Assemble and fasten tracks to structures or bucks, using impact wrenches or welding equipment.
• Order replacement springs, sections, or slats.
• Carry springs to tops of doors, using ladders or scaffolding, and attach springs to tracks to install spring systems.
• Set doors into place or stack hardware sections into openings after rail or track installation.

We asked some Mechanical Door Repairers a few questions to find out what else does their work day look like. Here is what we found.

	Do you have telephone conversations everyday in this job?	87% said yes
	How important is it to work in a team in this job?	29% said very important
	Do you have group discussions everyday in this job?	65% said yes
	Do you talk or work with customers everyday in this job?	44% said yes
	Do you have to deal with angry customers everyday in this job?	7% said yes
	Do you have to make decisions everyday in this job?	50% said yes

Other responsibilities

Besides their typical day, Mechanical Door Repairers also run low voltage wiring on ceiling surfaces, using insulated staples. They may also set in and secure floor treadles for door activating mechanisms; then connect power packs and electrical panelboards to treadles.

On a weekly to monthly basis, Mechanical Door Repairers Operate lifts, winches, or chain falls to move heavy curtain doors. They might also Study blueprints and schematic diagrams to determine appropriate methods of installing or repairing automated door openers.

In addition, they Bore or cut holes in flooring as required for installation, using hand or power tools.

Although specific duties may vary, many of them Cover treadles with carpeting or other floor covering materials and test systems by operating treadles.

To some Mechanical Door Repairers, it is also their responsibility to Prepare doors for hardware installation, such as drilling holes to install locks.

Working life

Standard 40 hour work week

Regular schedule like a 9 to 5

In a typical work week as a Mechanical Door Repairer, you can expect to work 40 hour work week.

Is this right for me

People who are suitable for this job tends to like work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They like working with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery..

They also like following set procedures and routines. They like working with data and details more than with ideas.

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