Occupation

Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers

Human Advantage 74%

Significant human skills needed

AI Automation Risk Low Risk
2.5 / 10

This occupation requires complex human judgment, social interaction, and creative problem-solving that are difficult to automate.

Move or install mobile homes or prefabricated buildings.

Also Known As: Concrete Craftsman, Crew Member, Custom Home Installer, Delivery Builder, Delivery Crew Member, Delivery Crew Worker, Fabrication and Layout Craftsman, House Trailer Servicer +14 more

Core Tasks

  1. Seal open sides of modular units to prepare them for shipment, using polyethylene sheets, nails, and hammers.
  2. Move and set up mobile homes or prefabricated buildings on owners' lots or at mobile home parks.
  3. Inspect, examine, and test the operation of parts or systems to evaluate operating condition and to determine if repairs are needed.
  4. Connect water hoses to inlet pipes of plumbing systems, and test operation of plumbing fixtures.
  5. Remove damaged exterior panels, repair and replace structural frame members, and seal leaks, using hand tools.
  6. List parts needed, estimate costs, and plan work procedures, using parts lists, technical manuals, and diagrams.
  7. Confer with customers or read work orders to determine the nature and extent of damage to units.
  8. Install, repair, and replace units, fixtures, appliances, and other items and systems in mobile and modular homes, prefabricated buildings, or travel trailers, using hand tools or power tools.
  9. Reset hardware, using chisels, mallets, and screwdrivers.
  10. Repair leaks in plumbing or gas lines, using caulking compounds and plastic or copper pipe.
  11. Locate and repair frayed wiring, broken connections, or incorrect wiring, using ohmmeters, soldering irons, tape, and hand tools.
  12. Open and close doors, windows, and drawers to test their operation, trimming edges to fit, using jackplanes or drawknives.

Supplemental Tasks (2)

  1. Connect electrical systems to outside power sources and activate switches to test the operation of appliances and light fixtures.
  2. Refinish wood surfaces on cabinets, doors, moldings, and floors, using power sanders, putty, spray equipment, brushes, paints, or varnishes.

Education & Training

Job Zone 2 Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
Education: These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
Experience: Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
On-the-Job Training: Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.

Education Level Distribution

Percentage of workers in this occupation with each education level.

Less than a High School Diploma
59%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
40%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)
1%

Technology & Tools

Hot Technologies

  • Microsoft Excel

Software (3)

  • Email software
  • Web browser software

Tools & Equipment (37)

  • Beam type torque wrenches
  • Carpenters' levels
  • Caulking guns
  • Claw hammers
  • Come-along hand winches
  • Cordless nail guns
  • Digital ohmmeters
  • Digital pressure gauges
  • Drawknives
  • Electric air compressors
  • Flat cold chisel
  • Hydraulic jacks
  • Jackplanes
  • Lug nut connectors
  • Measuring tapes
  • Mercury manometers
  • Metal shears
  • Paint brushes
  • Paint spraying equipment
  • Pipe cutters
  • Pipe wrenches
  • Pneumatic staple guns
  • Pocket penetrometers
  • Portable concrete mixers
  • Portable electric drills
  • Portable power sanders
  • Power carpet stretchers
  • Power screwdrivers
  • Ratchet wrenches
  • Rubber mallets
  • Slotted screwdrivers
  • Socket wrench sets
  • Soil torque probes
  • Soldering irons
  • Tracked excavators
  • Trailer moving trucks
  • Water levels

Where This Career Leads

Career progression organized by specialty track and experience level.

Production & Automation Advanced Manufacturing

Zone 1
Sewing Machine Operators 80% match
Zone 2
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers You are here
Zone 3
Potters, Manufacturing 78% match
Zone 4
Biofuels Production Managers 75% match
Zone 5
Microsystems Engineers 73% match

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