DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA
49-9095 Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers
Occupational Description:
Move or install mobile homes or prefabricated buildings.Percentiles | |||||||||
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Geography | Employment | Emp SE* | Mean | Mean SE* | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
Minnesota | N/A | N/A | N/A | $0.55/hr | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
U S | 2,810 | 303 | $16.73/hr | $0.30/hr | $11.03/hr | $13.18/hr | $16.53/hr | $19.52/hr | $23.48/hr |
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate. |
Tasks for Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers
- Locates and repairs frayed wiring, broken connections, or incorrect wiring, using ohmmeter, soldering iron, tape, and hand tools.
- Repairs plumbing and propane gas lines, using caulking compounds and plastic or copper pipe.
- Removes damaged exterior panels, repairs and replaces structural frame members, and seals leaks, using hand tools.
- Connects electrical system to outside power source and activates switches to test operation of appliances and light fixtures.
- Confers with customer or reads work order to determine nature and extent of damage to unit.
- Connects water hose to inlet pipe of plumbing system and tests operation of toilets and sinks.
- Seals open side of modular units to prepare them for shipment, using polyethylene sheets, nails, and hammer.
- Resets hardware, using chisel, mallet, and screwdriver.
- Refinishes wood surfaces on cabinets, doors, moldings, and floors, using power sander, putty, spray equipment, brush, paints, or varnishes.
- Opens and closes doors, windows, and drawers to test their operation and trims edges to fit, using jack- plane or drawknife.
- Lists parts needed, estimates costs, and plans work procedure, using parts list, technical manuals, and diagrams.
- Repairs leaks with caulking compound or replaces pipes, using pipe wrench.
- Inspects, examines, and tests operation of parts or systems to be repaired and to verify completeness of work performed.