Audiovisual Equipment Installers & Repairers

Also called: Electronic Tech (Electronic Technician), Home Theater Installer, Installer

Career Cluster: Manufacturing
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
Communications
  • telecommunications
Arts and Humanities
  • English language
Business
  • customer service
  • management
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:

Mobile location based services software
  • Global positioning system GPS software
Spreadsheet software
  • Microsoft Excel
Office suite software
  • Microsoft Office software
EDUCATION


high school diploma/GED or some college
usually needed
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JOB OUTLOOK

New job opportunities are less likely in the future.

Salary:
High: $82,150.00
Median: $50,620.00
Low: $36,310.00
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