Occupational Employment Statistics
49-2097 Electronic Home Entertainment Equipment Installers and Repairers
Repair, adjust, or install audio or television receivers, stereo systems, camcorders, video systems, or other electronic home entertainment equipment.
Trade, Transportation and Utilities | N/A | N/A |
Information | N/A | N/A |
Professional and Business Services | N/A | N/A |
- Keep records of work orders and test and maintenance reports.
- Instruct customers on the safe and proper use of equipment.
- Install, service, and repair electronic equipment or instruments such as televisions, radios, and videocassette recorders.
- Confer with customers to determine the nature of problems or to explain repairs.
- 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.
- Tune or adjust equipment and instruments to obtain optimum visual or auditory reception, according to specifications, manuals, and drawings.
- Make service calls to repair units in customers' homes, or return units to shops for major repairs.
- Compute cost estimates for labor and materials.
- Disassemble entertainment equipment and repair or replace loose, worn, or defective components and wiring, using hand tools and soldering irons.
- Read and interpret electronic circuit diagrams, function block diagrams, specifications, engineering drawings, and service manuals.