Household appliances repair technician

Code 7412.6

Household appliances repair technicians use electrical equipment to test resistance or voltage and to identify appliances' malfunctions. They repair small and large electrical or gas home appliances such as vacuum cleaners, washing machines, dishwashers, air conditioners and refrigerators.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • manufacturer's instructions for electrical household appliances
  • electrical household appliances products

Skills and competences

  • apply company policies
  • create solutions to problems
  • install electrical household appliances
  • lift heavy weights
  • maintain records of maintenance interventions
  • maintain equipment
  • maintain customer service
  • provide customer follow-up services
  • provide customer information related to repairs
  • perform maintenance on installed equipment
  • replace defect components
  • repair household appliances
  • use diagnostic tools for electronic repairs
  • use repair manuals

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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences