Go to a local hardware store. See how many different tools there are for each job. Pick the area of the store that interests you most and ask an employee more about the tools there.

Visit a hardware store and look around.

Is someone you know (a neighbor, family member, friend, etc.) working on a home improvement DIY project? Volunteer to help in order to get practice using hand tools, taking measurements, problem solving, and more!

Volunteer to help with a home improvement project.

Try these quick projects from Khan Academy that you can do at home. Build a simple motor, a ping pong ball launcher, or something else from the list!

Develop mechanics knowledge with hands-on projects!

Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers

Move or install mobile homes or prefabricated buildings.

Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.

Realistic

Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.

Conventional

Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the fields of humanities, mathematics/statistics, information technology, or health care service.

Investigative

Work involves helping, teaching, advising, assisting, or providing service to others. Social occupations are often associated with social, health care, personal service, teaching/education, or religious activities.

Social

Work involves creating original visual artwork, performances, written works, food, or music for a variety of media, or applying artistic principles to the design of various objects and materials. Artistic occupations are often associated with visual arts, applied arts and design, performing arts, music, creative writing, media, or culinary art.

Artistic

Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertising, finance, management/administration, professional advising, public speaking, politics, or law.

Enterprising

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Miscellaneous Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Other Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Seal open sides of modular units to prepare them for shipment, using polyethylene sheets, nails, and hammers.

Move and set up mobile homes or prefabricated buildings on owners' lots or at mobile home parks.

Inspect, examine, and test the operation of parts or systems to evaluate operating condition and to determine if repairs are needed.

Connect water hoses to inlet pipes of plumbing systems, and test operation of plumbing fixtures.

Remove damaged exterior panels, repair and replace structural frame members, and seal leaks, using hand tools.

List parts needed, estimate costs, and plan work procedures, using parts lists, technical manuals, and diagrams.

Confer with customers or read work orders to determine the nature and extent of damage to units.

Install, repair, and replace units, fixtures, appliances, and other items and systems in mobile and modular homes, prefabricated buildings, or travel trailers, using hand tools or power tools.

Reset hardware, using chisels, mallets, and screwdrivers.

Repair leaks in plumbing or gas lines, using caulking compounds and plastic or copper pipe.

Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers

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What Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers Do

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Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers

Overview

Career

What Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers Do

Other Job Titles Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers May Have

Tasks & Responsibilities May Include

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