Maintenance fitter
Maintenance fitters install, service and repair industrial machinery and equipment.
Typical Salary
£23,000 – £38,000
per year
Working Hours
42–44
hours per week
Day-to-day tasks
As a maintenance fitter, you could:
- install pipework, valves, pumps and motors
- carry out planned maintenance checks
- find and fix faults
- replace worn parts, reset instrument controls and clean machinery
- respond to emergency breakdowns, for example on a factory production line
Skills needed
- practical skills for repairing and maintaining equipment
- the ability to work well with your hands
- problem-solving skills
- the ability to work on your own
- the ability to make decisions about tools and equipment
- to be thorough and pay attention to detail
- the ability to work well with others
- thinking and reasoning skills
- to be able to carry out basic tasks on a computer or hand-held device
How to get into this role
You can get into this job through:
- a college course
- an apprenticeship
- working towards this role
- applying directly
Career progression
You could do further training while you work to become an engineering technician or site supervisor.
Courses that could help you progress include:
- Level 3 (NVQ) Diploma in Engineering Maintenance
- Level 3 Diploma in Installing Engineering Construction Plant and Systems - Mechanical Fitting
- Level 3 Combined Diploma in Process Engineering Maintenance