Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers

Overview

Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers has a national median salary of $45,990 per year, with +5.8% projected job growth from 2025–2035. The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a high school diploma or equivalent as the typical education needed to enter this occupation.

Description

Move or install mobile homes or prefabricated buildings.

Work Values

• Support
• Relationships
• Independence

Work Styles

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Move and set up mobile homes or prefabricated buildings on owners' lots or at mobile home parks.
• Seal open sides of modular units to prepare them for shipment, using polyethylene sheets, nails, and hammers.
• Repair leaks in plumbing or gas lines, using caulking compounds and plastic or copper pipe.
• Connect water hoses to inlet pipes of plumbing systems, and test operation of plumbing fixtures.
• List parts needed, estimate costs, and plan work procedures, using parts lists, technical manuals, and diagrams.

Work Activities

• Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
• Controlling Machines and Processes
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
• Performing General Physical Activities
• Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
• Handling and Moving Objects
• Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others

Detailed Work Activities

• Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
• Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.
• Performing general physical activities includes doing activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
• Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
• Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
• Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
• Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.

T-A-S-K

Technology, Abilities, Skills & Knowledge

Education

Education Levels of Current Workers

The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a high school diploma or equivalent as the typical education needed to enter this occupation. The chart below shows the highest level of education held by people already working in this field, ages 25 and older. It includes workers who earned more education than the job requires and workers who entered the field under earlier requirements, so the largest bar is not the entry requirement. For example, if someone finished an associate's degree and then started working in this field, they are counted under “Associate's degree” here, but the job itself typically asks for a high school diploma or equivalent.

Certificates

Certifications applicable to Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers:

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