Install, service, or repair automatic door mechanisms and hydraulic doors. Includes garage door mechanics.
<ul><li>Wind large springs with upward motion of arm.</li><li>Adjust doors to open or close with the correct amount of effort or make simple adjustments to electric openers.</li><li>Carry springs to tops of doors, using ladders or scaffolding, and attach springs to tracks to install spring systems.</li><li>Complete required paperwork, such as work orders, according to services performed or required.</li><li>Repair or replace worn or broken door parts, using hand tools.</li><li>Collect payment upon job completion.</li><li>Fasten angle iron back-hangers to ceilings and tracks, using fasteners or welding equipment.</li><li>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.</li><li>Inspect job sites, assessing headroom, side room, or other conditions to determine appropriateness of door for a given location.</li><li>Assemble and fasten tracks to structures or bucks, using impact wrenches or welding equipment.</li><li>Set doors into place or stack hardware sections into openings after rail or track installation.</li><li>Operate lifts, winches, or chain falls to move heavy curtain doors.</li><li>Remove or disassemble defective automatic mechanical door closers, using hand tools.</li><li>Prepare doors for hardware installation, such as drilling holes to install locks.</li><li>Run low voltage wiring on ceiling surfaces, using insulated staples.</li><li>Fabricate replacements for worn or broken parts, using welders, lathes, drill presses, or shaping or milling machines.</li><li>Cut door stops or angle irons to fit openings.</li><li>Study blueprints and schematic diagrams to determine appropriate methods of installing or repairing automated door openers.</li><li>Install dock seals, bumpers, or shelters.</li></ul>