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2242 – Electronic Service Technicians (Household and Business Equipment)
Electronic service technicians service and repair household and business electronic equipment such as audio and video systems, computers and peripherals, office equipment and other consumer electronic equipment and assemblies. They are employed by electronic service and retail establishments, by wholesale distributors and within service departments of electronic manufacturing companies.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Alarm system technician
- Alarm systems installer
- Amplifier repairer
- Audio stereo technician
- Audio-video repair technician
- Audio-video service technician
- Audiovisual (AV) equipment installer and repairer
- Audiovisual (AV) equipment repair supervisor
- Automatic teller machine (ATM) servicer
- Business machine servicer
- Closed circuit television installer
- Computer equipment installer
- Computer equipment repairer
- Computer equipment technician - household and business equipment
- Computer field service technician
- Computer repair technician
- Computer service technician
- Electronic cash registers servicer
- Electronic equipment installation and repair supervisor
- Electronic equipment repairer
- Electronic games repairer
- Electronic games technician
- Electronic music equipment installer and repairer
- Electronic organ repairer
- Electronic service technician apprentice
- Electronic service technician supervisor
- Electronic service technologist - consumer products
- Electronic typewriters repairer
- Electronics technician - consumer products
- Electronics technician - household and business equipment
- Electronics technician, fire alarms
- Field service technician - household and business equipment
- Field service technician, electronic products
- Fire alarm electronics technician
- Fire alarm systems installer and servicer
- Hearing aid repairer
- Household and business equipment technician
- Installer and repairer - household and business equipment
- Installer and repairer, electronic music equipment
- Installer and repairer, public address (P.A.) systems
- Installer and servicer, fire alarm systems
- Installer, security alarms
- Office equipment service technician
- Office machine repairer
- Photocopier repairer
- Photocopier servicer
- Photocopy machine technician
- Photoelectric sorting machine repairer
- Public address (P.A.) system installer and repairer
- Radio and television service technician
- Radio and television service technician apprentice
- Radio communication equipment repairer
- Radio installation and repair technician
- Radio maintenance technician
- Radio repair supervisor
- Radio repairer
- Radio technician - military
- Repairer, amplifiers
- Repairer, electronic equipment
- Repairer, electronic games
- Repairer, electronic organs
- Repairer, electronic typewriters
- Repairer, hearing aid
- Repairer, photocopiers
- Repairer, radio communication equipment
- Repairer, radios
- Repairer, video cassette recorders
- Satellite antenna servicer
- Security alarms installer
- Security alarms technician
- Service technician - household and business equipment
- Service technician, office equipment
- Service technicians supervisor - household and business equipment
- Servicer, electronic cash registers
- Servicer, photocopy machine
- Stereo repair technician
- Supervisor, electronic equipment installation and repair
- Supervisor, electronic service technician
- Supervisor, radio repair
- Supervisor, service technicians - household and business equipment
- Supervisor, television repair
- Synthesizer repairer
- Technical service representative - household and business equipment
- Technician, alarm system
- Technician, computer equipment - household and business equipment
- Technician, computer field service
- Technician, computer service
- Technician, electronic games - household and business equipment
- Technician, electronics - household and business equipment
- Technician, field service - household and business equipment
- Technician, household and business equipment
- Technician, photocopy machines
- Technician, radio installation and repair
- Technician, radio maintenance
- Technician, security alarms
- Technician, stereo repair
- Technician, video equipment installation and repair - household and business equipment
- Television camera repairer
- Television installation and repair technician
- Television repair supervisor
- Television repairer
- Television servicer
- Television studio equipment repairer
- Totalizator systems technician
- Video camera repairer - household and business equipment
- Video cassette recorder repairer
- Video equipment installation and repair technician - household and business equipment
- Alarm system technician
- Audio-video service technician
- Computer service technician
- Electronic service technician apprentice
- Electronic service technician supervisor
- Field service technician, electronic products
- Office equipment service technician
- Photocopy machine technician
- Radio and television service technician
- Satellite antenna servicer
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Electronic service technicians perform some or all of the following duties:
- Install, maintain and repair household and business electronic equipment, such as televisions, radios, video cassette recorders, stereo equipment, photocopiers, computers and peripherals
- Inspect and test electronic equipment, components and assemblies using multimeters, circuit testers, oscilloscopes, logic probes and other electronic test instruments, tools and equipment
- Diagnose and locate circuit, component and equipment faults
- Adjust, align, replace or repair electronic equipment, assemblies and components following equipment manuals and schematics, and using soldering tools and other hand and power tools
- Complete work orders, test and maintenance reports
- May supervise other electronic equipment service technicians.
Employment requirements
- Completion of a two- to three-year college program in electronics or Completion of a four-year apprenticeship program in electronic servicing and repair or Completion of high school or college courses in electronics and on-the-job training is required.
- Trade certification for electronic technician, consumer products is compulsory in Alberta and available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon.
- Interprovincial trade certification (Red Seal) is also available to qualified electronics technicians, consumer products.
- In Quebec, membership in the regulatory body is required to use the title of Professional Technologist.
Additional information
- Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.
- Red Seal trade certification allows for interprovincial mobility.
Exclusions
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 2 – Natural and Applied Sciences and Related Occupations
- Skill level
- B – Occupations usually require college education or apprenticeship training.
- Major group
- 22 – Technical Occupations Related to Natural and Applied Sciences
- Minor group
- 224 – Technical Occupations in Electronics and Electrical Engineering
- Version
- NOC 2006 Version 1.0