Where a consumer electronics repair technician can go next

Table 1 · Within reach

• office equipment repair technician 63% covered · difficulty 42.2
• household appliances repair technician 63% covered · difficulty 41.2
• ATM repair technician 60% covered · difficulty 42.4
• computer hardware repair technician 56% covered · difficulty 50.1

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

• mobile phone repair technician 51% covered · difficulty 56.4

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A consumer electronics repair technician needs 14 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

• set up consumer electronics working with machinery and specialised equipment
• repair equipment on site working with machinery and specialised equipment
• consumer electronics engineering, manufacturing and construction
• use repair manuals information skills
• provide customer information related to repairs communication, collaboration and creativity
• solve technical problems working with computers
• replace defect components working with machinery and specialised equipment
• apply company policies assisting and caring
• provide customer follow-up services assisting and caring
• maintain equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a consumer electronics repair technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

• office equipment repair technician 76% covered · difficulty 27.6
• computer hardware repair technician 75% covered · difficulty 29.3
• household appliances repair technician 73% covered · difficulty 30.4
• mobile phone repair technician 72% covered · difficulty 31.7
• ATM repair technician 65% covered · difficulty 38.6
• power tool repair technician 56% covered · difficulty 46
• gunsmith 51% covered · difficulty 50.1
• watch and clock repairer 51% covered · difficulty 50.3
• sports equipment repair technician 49% covered · difficulty 52
• bicycle mechanic 48% covered · difficulty 53.1

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Consumer electronics 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 consumer electronics 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.