Where a computer hardware repair technician can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a computer hardware repair technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Computer hardware repair technicians install, examine, test and repair computer hardware and peripheral components. They test computers' functionality, identify the problems and replace damaged components and parts.
Also known as computer repairman, computer hardware repairer, computer expert, computer technical support agent, computer technician, computer service and repair technician, computer service agent, computer hardware repairman, computer repairer.
Craft and related trades workers 44 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: consumer electronics repair technician, 75%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- consumer electronics repair technician 75% covered · difficulty 29.3
- office equipment repair technician 72% covered · difficulty 34.2
- household appliances repair technician 66% covered · difficulty 39
- ATM repair technician 65% covered · difficulty 38.5
- mobile phone repair technician 58% covered · difficulty 50.5
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A computer hardware repair technician needs 20 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- test computer hardware constructing
- demonstrate use of hardware communication, collaboration and creativity
- ICT hardware specifications information and communication technologies (icts)
- use ICT hardware working with computers
- repair equipment on site working with machinery and specialised equipment
- hardware components suppliers business, administration and law
- assemble hardware components working with computers
- use repair manuals information skills
- provide customer information related to repairs communication, collaboration and creativity
- implement a virtual private network working with computers
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a computer hardware repair technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- mobile phone repair technician 66% covered · difficulty 40.5
- office equipment repair technician 66% covered · difficulty 41.8
- household appliances repair technician 57% covered · difficulty 49
- ATM repair technician 57% covered · difficulty 49.6
- consumer electronics repair technician 56% covered · difficulty 50.1
- gunsmith 39% covered · difficulty 64.3
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Computer hardware repair technician is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a computer hardware repair technician’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.