Audiovisual Equipment Installers & Repairers

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Electronic Tech (Electronic Technician), Home Theater Installer, Installer, Satellite Installer

What they do:
Install, repair, or adjust audio or television receivers, stereo systems, camcorders, video systems, or other electronic entertainment equipment in homes or other venues. May perform routine maintenance.
On the job, you would:
  • Install, service, and repair electronic equipment or instruments such as televisions, radios, and videocassette recorders.
  • Calibrate and test equipment, and locate circuit and component faults, using hand and power tools and measuring and testing instruments such as resistance meters and oscilloscopes.
  • Confer with customers to determine the nature of problems or to explain repairs.

Knowledge

Engineering and Technology

  • computers and electronics
  • mechanical

Business

  • customer service
  • management

Communications

  • telecommunications

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Skills

Basic Skills

  • talking to others
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Abilities

Hand and Finger Use

  • put together small parts with your fingers
  • hold or move items with your hands

Ideas and Logic

  • notice when problems happen
  • order or arrange things

Verbal

  • listen and understand what people say
  • communicate by speaking

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.

They do well at jobs that need:

  • Attention to Detail
  • Dependability
  • Integrity
  • Initiative
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Stress Tolerance

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Spreadsheet software

  • Microsoft Excel Hot Technology

Mobile location based services software

  • Global positioning system GPS software

Office suite software

  • Microsoft Office software Hot Technology

Education

high school diploma/GED or
some college
usually needed

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Job Outlook

Below Average
New job opportunities are less likely in the future.

Salary:

$44,960
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