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Potential Career Path

Discover high-paying maintenance careers with significant growth potential, vital to the economy, and in-demand. Learn about job opportunities, average salaries, future demand projections, and essential skills for maintenance professionals. Find valuable resources and quotes emphasizing the importance of excellence in this field.

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Potential Career Path

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  1. Potential Career Path Presentation for Students www.mpactlearning.com

  2. Want to pursue a career that: • Has large growth potential • Is vital to the economy • Has significant compensation potential • Is challenging and satisfying • Has new technological improvements • Has increased corporate visibility • Will be experiencing high demand

  3. J Hagar the Horrible

  4. …What about Maintenance?This recently appeared on Yahoo News: • Despite rising unemployment, some lucrative positions are begging for bodies. • Industrial Electrician • Openings: 200,000 jobs for electricians in the next eight years. • Pay: In high-cost-of-living regions, starting salary after graduation can be $70,000 . • Commercial Plumber/Pipe Fitter • Openings: 107,000 job openings in next eight years. • Pay: Varies by region; post-training salary of $56,000 to $95,000 plus benefits. • Heating, Air-Conditioning And Refrigeration Technician (not installers) • Openings: Anecdotally, contractors can't find enough. • Pay: By region, salary after training could reach $80,000 plus benefits.

  5. Future Demand of Maintenance Function Due to retirement of current generation and lack of interest by future generations, analysts predict a 40 - 70% workforce reduction within the next 10 years.

  6. Cool Tools for Maintenance • Computerized Maintenance Management Systems CMMS- provides detailed information, schedules task, optimizes performance • Infrared Cameras – to detect friction points, electrical shorts • Ultrasound listening devices- to detect leaks • Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)-automates and controls machinery

  7. Average Maintenance Technician • Earns $56,000/year • Has a large assortment of career options • With pending retirements: job demand and wages will increase

  8. Classes that are helpful for Maintenance Professionals • Communications • Computer Skills • Math • Technical Training • Physics • Chemistry • Technical Writing • Public Speaking

  9. To learn more about this field Review the following websites: • www.plantservices.com • www.mpactlearning.com • www.reliablityweb.com • www.afe.org • www.boma.org • www.ifma.org • www.smrp.org

  10. P "The society that scorns excellence in plumbing, because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy, because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy - neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.” John Gardner, former Secretary of HEW

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