Salary and Outlook

According to the US Department of Labor, there are 22,800 people employed as mechanical door repairers in the United States. The median annual salary is $43,200. Entry level employees earn approximately $28,340 per year and senior employees earn approximately $65,060 per year.

Estimates do not include other potential benefits such as health insurance, overtime pay, or retirement benefits that may be offered by employers.

Job Duties

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

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