Maintenance Officer
Maintain and repair buildings, grounds and facilities.
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- What's it like to be a Maintenance Officer?
- How to become a Maintenance Officer
- Latest Maintenance Officer jobs
- Top skills and experience for Maintenance Officers
- Is Maintenance Officer the right role for you?
- Maintenance Officer role reviews
What's it like to be a Maintenance Officer?
Maintenance Officers handle a variety of maintenance requests in a large building or group of buildings. They perform scheduled, reactive and preventative maintenance on a property and its buildings, grounds and infrastructure.
Tasks and duties
- Fitting, testing, repairing and replacing fixtures and fittings, including lightbulbs, windows, doors and handrails.
- Performing basic plumbing maintenance and repairs on taps, basins and toilets.
- Performing basic carpentry including hanging and replacing doors and operating power tools.
- Performing minor welds to fabricate or repair fixtures.
- Checking safety equipment such as fire hoses, fire extinguishers, smoke detectors and alarms.
- Cleaning and tidying common areas and grounds.
- Reporting requirements for major repairs to management.
- Clearing gutters and common areas of rubbish and debris.
- Applying and repairing paint and plaster.
- Changing locks on doors and windows.
How to become a Maintenance Officer
You can work as a Maintenance Officer without qualifications. A relevant Vocational Education and Training (VET) certification will provide you with useful skills and knowledge but is not considered essential. Some employers require candidates to undergo a Police check.
- Build your practical skills in a hands–on workplace such as a construction site in an assistant position.
- Consider completing a VET qualification such as the Certificate II in Construction (CPC20112) through a registered training organisation (RTO) or TAFE. While a course of study may be beneficial, developing practical experience will likely be more critical to this role.
- Hold a current Driver’s Licence.
- Undergo Police checks where necessary.
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Skills and experience employers are looking for
Having the right skills and experience can make you an in-demand applicant. Maintenance Officer employers on SEEK are looking for job seekers with expertise in the following areas. Gardening
Handy Person Duties
Plumbing
Preventive Maintenance
Carpentry
Garden Maintenance
Aged Care
Lawn Mowing
Grounds Maintenance
Building Maintenance
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Latest Maintenance Officer reviews
Aug 2019
Facilities Management is a service oriented field that requires extensive customer service
Reviewer's QualificationDiploma of Building Studies
Experience5 – 9 years
Organisation sizeLarge (200+ employees)
SpecialisationFacilities Management
The good thingsIt is good because you work with everyone and on all the fields of the organization which helps you learn new things everyday and that enables you to be a multitasker
The challengesYou have to know people and understand all their different needs
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Jan 2025
Some days overly busy and some days overly quiet
Reviewer's QualificationCertificate II in Horticulture (Amenity)
Experience10+ years
Organisation sizeMedium (20-199 employees)
SpecialisationHealthcare & Medical
The good thingsThe different challenges that come from day to day
The challengesThe politics that come from dealing with multiple staff nationalities
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