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Overview
Rotating equipment mechanics carry out preventive and corrective maintenance so installed turbines, compressors, engines and pumps stay reliable and safe.
In job descriptions, look for rotating equipment, pumps, compressors, turbines, alignment, test data, fault finding, engine repair, protective gear, routine machinery checks and maintenance records.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Work is usually around installed rotating equipment in plants, workshops or service sites. The mechanic checks pumps, compressors, turbines and engines, finds faults, replaces parts, aligns components and records test results.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include troubleshooting, routine machinery checks, engine repair, electromechanics, blueprint reading, safe use of powered tools, test equipment and protective gear.
Salary context
Salary context depends on equipment size, fault complexity, shift or callout patterns, welding or test duties, safety-critical systems and responsibility for keeping production equipment available. This guide does not provide salary amounts.
Career paths
Career paths can move toward senior maintenance mechanic, rotating equipment specialist, reliability technician, service supervisor or planning roles for preventive maintenance.
Good to know
Check whether vacancies name pumps, compressors, turbines, engines, alignment, vibration checks, shutdown work, test data or maintenance records. Those details show the technical level of the role.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 2
Industrial Machinery Mechanics
49-9041.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
The official mapping connects this O*NET occupation to many ESCO occupations.
Millwrights
49-9044.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
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Alternative labels
rotating equipment maintainer
rotating equipment maintenance worker
compression equipment repairer
compressor mechanic
compressor repairman
rotating equipment operator
rotating equipment inspector
compressor inspector
rotating equipment operative
rotating equipment repairer
rotating equipment maintenance operative
rotating equipment repairman
rotating equipment craftsman
Occupation group
Agricultural and industrial machinery mechanics and repairers (7233)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/24119471-6ca1-465b-8f48-b2aec5c60869 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 7233.14 |
| ISCO group | 7233 |
| Concept type | Occupation |