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Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
Keeps factory machines, robots and production lines running.
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Industrial maintenance technicians troubleshoot and repair machinery, motors, controls and robots in plants. When a line goes down, they find the problem fast. Manufacturers in Berks and the Lehigh Valley hire many of them.
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