Skilled trades

General Maintenance and Repair Worker in the United States

144 postings read · sampled 2026-09-01 · source ats

What employers actually ask for

Credentials named in the 144 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.

None. Across 144 postings, no certification or licence was named often enough to call it a requirement. For this role in this market, employers are hiring on demonstrated work rather than credentials — which means money spent on a certificate here is unlikely to be what gets you the interview.

Lower signal for this role

Credentials that barely appeared in this sample. That is not a claim they are worthless — plenty are valuable for a different job, a different city, or a promotion later. It is a claim that employers here mostly did not ask.

BLS / CPR CertificationAmerican Heart Association
1%
1 of 144 postings$70 exam · fee checked 2026-08~5 hrs prepAmerican Heart Association →
Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution
1%
2 of 144 postingsAccredited institution →
CDL-AState DMV / FMCSA
2%
3 of 144 postings$200 exam · fee checked 2026-08~160 hrs prepState DMV / FMCSA →
Journeyman Electrician LicenceState licensing board
2%
3 of 144 postings$150 exam · fee checked 2026-08~8000 hrs prepState licensing board →
OSHA 30-Hour ConstructionOSHA Training Institute
2%
3 of 144 postings$180 exam · fee checked 2026-08~30 hrs prepOSHA Training Institute →
EPA Section 608 Technician CertificationU.S. Environmental Protection Agency
3%
4 of 144 postings$150 exam · fee checked 2026-08~20 hrs prepU.S. Environmental Protection Agency →
OSHA 10-HourOSHA Training Institute
3%
5 of 144 postings$90 exam · fee checked 2026-08~10 hrs prepOSHA Training Institute →
Associate DegreeAccredited institution
5%
7 of 144 postingsAccredited institution →

What the official taxonomy says

O*NET surveys people already doing this job. That describes who got hired over a long window, not what employers are asking for now — where it disagrees with the counts above, the counts are the more current answer.

Education reported by people doing this job

63%reported post-secondary certificate

Post-secondary certificate63%
High school diploma or equivalent25%
Some college, no degree7%

Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

O*NET 49-9071.00 · pulled 2026-09-01 · percentages are of surveyed workers, each rounded separately, so they need not total 100

What it pays

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. A different survey from the postings above, so the two do not share a sample.

$35,350

10th percentile

$49,590

median

$77,180

90th percentile

Who was hiring

Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.

SpaceX · Walmart · Lucid Motors · Pearce Services · Relativity Space · Westgate Resorts · Anduril Industries · Green Thumb Industries · HelloFresh · Nimble Robotics · The Mural Group · Able Services (ABM) · Cresco Labs · DeAngelo Contracting Services · Latitude Inc · Rocket Lab · SkillSource · Action Property Management · Bosch · Boyd Gaming · Charlie's Produce · IonQ · J&J Snack Foods · McWane Inc · Redwood Materials · Stem Xpert · 1X · Antora Energy · Astranis · Collabera · Crestwood Behavioral Health · Curaleaf · Divergent Technologies · Equinox · Fanatics Commerce · Harbinger Motors · Hut 8 · Infojini Inc · Innophos · MAT Holdings · Mental Health Center of Denver · Misfits Market · Otterbein SeniorLife · Phoenix Stamping Group · Renuity · Saronic · Sila Services · SpawGlass · Specialized Recruiters · Thrive Market · Ursa Major Technologies · Via · YWCA Seattle King Snohomish