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Overview
The work involves using grease guns, cleaning oil spills, securing work areas, checking machinery, troubleshooting simple faults and wearing protective gear around moving equipment.
In job descriptions, look for lubrication rounds, grease guns, lubricant types, routine machinery checks, basic repair, industrial tools, machine safety, oil spill cleanup and maintenance records.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Greasers work close to operating machinery, often following lubrication routes or maintenance schedules. The role is practical: reach the right points safely, apply the correct lubricant and notice early signs of wear or leaks.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes lubricant types, grease guns, routine checks, industrial tools, spill cleanup, machine safety, protective gear, basic troubleshooting, technical drawings and maintenance records.
Salary context
Salary context depends on plant size, machine variety, shift coverage, responsibility for inspections, repair duties, exposure to heavy or moving equipment and how independently maintenance rounds are handled.
Career paths
Career paths can move toward industrial maintenance, machine repair, lubrication planning, equipment inspection, rolling stock maintenance, workshop support or a broader mechanic role.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name lubrication schedules, grease points, oil spills, machine checks, protective gear, basic repairs, test runs, spare supplies, drawings and work around live production equipment.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Repair and maintenance of machinery
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include industrial machinery mechanic, moulding machine technician and rotating equipment mechanic.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 2
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants
53-6031.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETMaintenance Workers, Machinery
49-9043.00
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
33.12Repair and maintenance of machinery
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Agricultural and industrial machinery mechanics and repairers (7233)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/23eddde2-5e8b-4953-b275-cdc864e6d976 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 7233.6 |
| ISCO group | 7233 |
| Concept type | Occupation |