The University of Vermont

Physical Plant Department

Maintenance Specialists Shop

Maintenance Specialists

Assistant Director, Maintenance: Joe Church
Maintenance Specialists Supervisor: Roland Dion



In 2003, Physical Plant created a Maintenance Specialists team to help service routine minor repair requests for the campus. The Maintenance Specialists perform minor repairs that do not require a skilled trades license. There are several Log Books kept in central locations around campus. Building Contact persons can list tasks in the Log Book for the Maintenance Specialists to handle, without submitting a formal FAMIS Service Request.  The log book is intended to help us help campus customers get small things done in a timely manner, without getting lost among the hundreds of emergency and preventive maintenance tasks that the skilled trades crews handle each day.

Click here for list of  Log Book Locations and Building Contacts

Click here for list of Maintenance Specialists and Buildings Covered

The Maintenance Specialists are available to perform the following routine tasks:

HVAC and PLUMBING TASKS

  • UNPLUG TOILETS
  • UNPLUG SINKS
  • UNPLUG FLOOR DRAINS
  • REPAIR LEAKING FAUCETS
  • REPAIR FLUSH-O-METERS ON TOILETS/URINALS
  • REPLACE/REPAIR SINK TRAPS
  • INVESTIGATE LEAKS IN BUILDINGS
  • KEEP MECHANICAL ROOMS CLEAN

ELECTRICAL TASKS

  • RESPOND TO ELEVATOR CALLS
  • REPLACE BROKEN RECEPTACLE OR SWITCH PLATES
  • REPLACE BULBS (IF LIGHT FIXTURE SPECIALIST NOT IN THE AREA)
  • KEEP ELECTRICAL ROOMS CLEAN
  • TEST EMERGENCY LIGHTING
  • BATTERIES FOR CLOCKS/SMOKE DETECTORS

CARPENTRY/PAINTING TASKS

  • REPLACE CEILING TILES
  • CLEAN, OIL AND ADJUST DOOR HARDWARE
  • REPLACE STAIR TREADS
  • PAINT AND PATCH WALLS, DOOR JAMS (SMALL JOBS)
  • REPLACE FLOOR TILES PER ASBESTOS REQUIREMENTS
  • CHECK OPERATION OF WINDOWS AND REPAIR AS NEEDED

Last modified December 11 2007 09:40 PM

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