Computer, Automated Teller, & Office Machine Repairers

Also called: ATM Technician (Automated Teller Machine Technician), Computer Technician, Copier Technician

Career Cluster: Manufacturing
What they do:
Repair, maintain, or install computers, word processing systems, automated teller machines, and electronic office machines, such as duplicating and fax machines.
On the job, you would:
  • Reassemble machines after making repairs or replacing parts.
  • Converse with customers to determine details of equipment problems.
  • Disassemble machines to examine parts, such as wires, gears, or bearings for wear or defects, using hand or power tools and measuring devices.
KNOWLEDGE

Engineering and Technology
  • computers and electronics
  • mechanical
Arts and Humanities
  • English language
Business
  • customer service
SKILLS

Basic Skills
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
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
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Independence
  • Dependability
  • Persistence
  • Initiative
TECHNOLOGY

You might use software like this on the job:

Electronic mail software
  • Email software
  • Microsoft Outlook
Presentation software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
Operating system software
  • Linux
  • UNIX
EDUCATION


associate's degree or certificate after high school
usually needed
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JOB OUTLOOK

New job opportunities are less likely in the future.

Salary:
High: $69,560.00
Median: $46,860.00
Low: $35,120.00
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