Getting a Job in Building Maintenance

Getting a Job in Building Maintenance
Author: Philip Wolny
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2013-07-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1448896142

Building maintenance workers are engaged in operating and maintaining high-tech, computerized power plant systems, as well as light plumbing and electrical work in various types of buildings. This valuable guide instructs readers in how to parlay their handyman skills into a stable, secure, varied, and never boring career in a variety of buildings and institutions. The skills required for each specialty and type of building are spelled out, and proven job search and interview strategies are shared. Invaluable advice concerning workplace dynamics and etiquette, interactions with the public, relations with bosses and coworkers, and employee benefits is also offered. This is an eye-opening peek at all of the great employment possibilities available behind the scenes of nearly every building you pass every day. Devoted as it is to career preparedness, it is also a wonderful resource that satisfies the relevant Common Core Curriculum Standards for the reading of informational texts.

Manager's Guide to Preventive Building Maintenance

Manager's Guide to Preventive Building Maintenance
Author: Ryan Cruzan
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2020-11-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000355330

This book is a comprehensive guide for developing an effective preventive maintenance program for any facility. Topics include facility inspection and assessment, effective lubrication practices, commercial roofing repair, indoor air quality management, applicable government codes, standards and regulations, detailed preventive maintenance procedures, and maintenance scheduling. Specific maintenance approaches are examined for more than 100 types of equipment and building components. Also discussed are the economic value of preventive maintenance, management and motivation of the preventive maintenance team, and setting up a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).

Building Maintenance Management

Building Maintenance Management
Author: Barrie Chanter
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0470691298

This new edition of an informative and accessible book guides building surveyors and facilities managers through the key aspects of property maintenance and continues to be of value to both students and practitioners. With the increasing cost of new-build, effective maintenance of existing building stock is becoming ever more important and building maintenance work now represents nearly half of total construction output in the UK. Building Maintenance Management provides a comprehensive profile of the many aspects of property maintenance. This second edition has been updated throughout, with sections on outsourcing; maintenance planning; benchmarking and KPIs; and current trends in procurement routes (including partnering and the growth of PFI) integrated into the text. There is also a new chapter on the changing context within which maintenance is carried out, largely concerned with its relationship to facilities management. More coverage is given of maintenance organisations and there are major updates to relevant aspects of health and safety and to contract forms.

Occupational Outlook Handbook

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Author: Us Dept of Labor
Publisher: Claitor's Law Books and Publishing
Total Pages: 708
Release: 2008-02-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781579809256

Career guidance, put out by the U. S. Department of Labor.

Scouting

Scouting
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 76
Release: 1993-03
Genre:
ISBN:

Published by the Boy Scouts of America for all BSA registered adult volunteers and professionals, Scouting magazine offers editorial content that is a mixture of information, instruction, and inspiration, designed to strengthen readers' abilities to better perform their leadership roles in Scouting and also to assist them as parents in strengthening families.

Gravel Roads

Gravel Roads
Author: Ken Skorseth
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2000
Genre: Gravel roads
ISBN:

The purpose of this manual is to provide clear and helpful information for maintaining gravel roads. Very little technical help is available to small agencies that are responsible for managing these roads. Gravel road maintenance has traditionally been "more of an art than a science" and very few formal standards exist. This manual contains guidelines to help answer the questions that arise concerning gravel road maintenance such as: What is enough surface crown? What is too much? What causes corrugation? The information is as nontechnical as possible without sacrificing clear guidelines and instructions on how to do the job right.

Plumbing

Plumbing
Author: Steve Muscroft
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 552
Release: 2007-08-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1136373160

Students setting out for a career in plumbing need a clear, concise and comprehensive textbook to help them study for their Technical Certificate and Level 2 NVQ – and this book meets all those needs. Steve Muscroft expertly guides you through each of the key areas and processes in plumbing, from the basics through cold and hot water systems to health and safety and best practice on site. The best way to learn something is to do it for yourself – so along with the theory this book is full of practical advice and guidance on how to get the job done. Every chapter is packed with colour photographs and diagrams to make learning easier. To help reinforce understanding each section features self-test exercises based on the standard City and Guilds assessment method. Steve Muscroft’s Plumbing isn’t just a guide to passing the exam – it goes into much more detail than other textbooks, Extra material on key topics outside the core syllabus, and references to additional resources and organisations make this book a handy companion as you begin your plumbing career. For the price of a spanner, can you afford to be without it!

Buildings and Building Management

Buildings and Building Management
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 620
Release: 1918
Genre: Building
ISBN:

Vols. for 1933-42 include an annual directory number; for 1959- an annual roster of realtors.