72406 Elevator constructors and mechanics

What this occupation covers

Elevator constructors and mechanics assemble, install, maintain and repair freight and passenger elevators, escalators, moving walkways and other related equipment. They are employed by elevator construction and maintenance companies.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 12 main duties for this code.

• Read and interpret blueprints to determine layout of system components
• Perform preparatory construction work including steel work, wiring and piping
• Install elevators, escalators, moving walkways, dumbwaiters and related equipment according to specifications
• Connect car frames to counterweights with cables and assemble elevator cars
• Install and wire electric and electronic control system devices
• Install, test and adjust safety control devices
• Test operation of newly installed equipment
• Troubleshoot electrical or mechanical systems failures
• Disassemble defective units and repair or replace worn or suspect parts
• Adjust valves, ratchets, seals, brake linings and other components
• Carry out preventative maintenance programs to ensure public safety.
• Elevator constructors and mechanics may specialize in construction, maintenance or repair.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 12 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 72020 Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades
• 22231 Engineering inspectors and regulatory officers

Excluded from this code

• Elevator constructors foreman/woman (See 72020 Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades)
• Elevator inspector (See 22231 Engineering inspectors and regulatory officers)
• Elevator mechanic foreman/woman (See 72020 Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

apprentice elevator mechanic · dumbwaiter installer-repairer · elevator adjuster · elevator builder · elevator constructor · elevator constructor and mechanic apprentice · elevator constructor-mechanic · elevator erector · elevator installer · elevator maintenance mechanic · elevator mechanic · elevator mechanic (non-construction) · elevator mechanic apprentice · elevator repair mechanic · elevator repairer · escalator installer · escalator installer-repairer · escalator mechanic (non construction) · escalator repairer · escalator repairman/woman · journeyman/woman elevator constructor · journeyman/woman elevator mechanic · moving walkway installer-repairer

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Completion of a four- to five-year apprenticeship program or A combination of over four years of work experience in the trade and some high school, college or industry courses in elevator construction or repair is usually required to be eligible for trade certification.
• Elevator constructor and mechanic trade certification is compulsory in Quebec and Alberta and available, but voluntary, in British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.