How to become a Mechanical Door Repairer

Official title: Mechanical Door Repairers

Also called: Commercial Door Installer, Commercial Installer, Door Installer, Door Serviceman, Garage Door Installer, Garage Door Technician (Garage Door Tech), Installation Technician (Installation Tech), Installer, Overhead Door Technician (Overhead Door Tech), Residential Door Installer

Install, service, or repair automatic door mechanisms and hydraulic doors. Includes garage door mechanics.

Main tasks

• Wind large springs with upward motion of arm.
• Complete required paperwork, such as work orders, according to services performed or required.
• Repair or replace worn or broken door parts, using hand tools.
• Fasten angle iron back-hangers to ceilings and tracks, using fasteners or welding equipment.
• Order replacement springs, sections, or slats.
• Carry springs to tops of doors, using ladders or scaffolding, and attach springs to tracks to install spring systems.
• Install door frames, rails, steel rolling curtains, electronic-eye mechanisms, or electric door openers and closers, using power tools, hand tools, and electronic test equipment.
• Adjust doors to open or close with the correct amount of effort, or make simple adjustments to electric openers.

How to become one

Typical education to start: High school diploma or equivalent

Ways in

• Apprenticeship: Automated Access Systems Technician.
• Apprenticeship: Door-Closer Mechanic.

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: $55,720 a year The middle half earn $46,610 to $65,630.
• About 28,400 people work in this job now, and about 30,300 are projected by 2035. (+6.4%)
• People use generative AI for relatively little of this work so far. Microsoft Research rates its AI applicability as low.

Related jobs

• Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
• Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
• Home Appliance Repairers
• Industrial Machinery Mechanics
• Maintenance Workers, Machinery
• Millwrights

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Questions people ask

How do I become a Mechanical Door Repairer?

Ways in include: Automated Access Systems Technician.

How much does a Mechanical Door Repairer earn in the US?

Median full-time pay is $55,720 a year (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics). The middle half earn $46,610 to $65,630.

Is a Mechanical Door Repairer a growing career in the US?

Yes. Employment is projected to grow 6% by 2035, from about 28,400 to about 30,300 people (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Do you need a degree to become a Mechanical Door Repairer?

Usually not. Only 8% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Ways in include: Automated Access Systems Technician.

Will AI change the work of a Mechanical Door Repairer?

People use generative AI for relatively little of this work so far. Microsoft Research rates its AI applicability as low.

Sources

• Microsoft Research: Working with AI: AI applicability by occupation (2025-12-22 (built on O*NET 29.0)), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-03
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Employment Projections (2025-35 (released 2026-08-27)), Public domain (BLS), retrieved 2026-10-03
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025), Public domain (BLS), retrieved 2026-10-03

Updated 2026-10-03

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