Lifts Technician at Cornerstone Preparatory Academy

GRADE 10

REF: CU/AD/8/1/2020

Qualifications

For appointment to this post a candidate:

• Bachelor’s degree/HND in Engineering or its equivalent from a recognized institution.
• Exemplary work
• 2 years’ experience as Elevator Installer and Repairer or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Detect and disassemble defective units, and repair or replace parts such as locks, gears, cables, and electric
• Inspect wiring connections, control panel hookups, door installations, and alignments and clearances of cars and hoistways to ensure that equipment will operate
• Maintain installed electrical wires, controls and attached conduits along shaft walls on every floor, plastic-covered wires through the conduit cars and hoistways to ensure that equipment operates
• Using test equipment, locate malfunctions in brakes, motors, switches, signal and control systems,
• Maintain a log book that detail records of all repairs and checks performed
• Prepare a scheduled maintenance plan
• Operate elevators to determine power demands, and test power consumption to detect overload
• Read and interpret blueprints to understand and determine the layout of system components, frameworks, and foundations in case of a
• Test all newly installed equipment to ensure that it meets specifications, such as stopping at floors for the set amounts of
• Participate in additional training to keep skills up-to-date.
• Adjust safety controls, counterweights, door mechanisms, and components such as valves, ratchets, seals, and brake
• Assemble, install, repair, and maintain elevators, escalators, moving sidewalks, and dumbwaiters, using hand and power tools, and testing devices such as test lamps, ammeters, and
• Check that guide shoes and rollers are attached to minimize the lateral motion of cars as they travel through
• Check that safety regulations and building codes are met, and complete service reports verifying standards are conformed