Where a household appliances repair technician can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a household appliances repair technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
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.
Also known as AC repairer, washing machine servicer, refrigerator repairer, window air conditioner repairer, dishwasher repairer, home appliance repairman, dryer repairer, appliance service technician.
Craft and related trades workers 41 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: consumer electronics repair technician, 73%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A household appliances repair technician needs 16 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- repair household appliances working with machinery and specialised equipment
- install electrical household appliances working with machinery and specialised equipment
- manufacturer's instructions for electrical household appliances engineering, manufacturing and construction
- use diagnostic tools for electronic repairs working with machinery and specialised equipment
- electrical household appliances products engineering, manufacturing and construction
- use repair manuals information skills
- provide customer information related to repairs communication, collaboration and creativity
- perform maintenance on installed equipment constructing
- maintain records of maintenance interventions information skills
- replace defect components working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a household appliances repair technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- office equipment repair technician 73% covered · difficulty 32.7
- computer hardware repair technician 66% covered · difficulty 39
- consumer electronics repair technician 63% covered · difficulty 41.2
- mobile phone repair technician 58% covered · difficulty 46.1
- ATM repair technician 56% covered · difficulty 48.2
- power tool repair technician 53% covered · difficulty 50.1
- gunsmith 47% covered · difficulty 55.9
- bicycle mechanic 44% covered · difficulty 58.5
- watch and clock repairer 44% covered · difficulty 58.1
- sports equipment repair technician 44% covered · difficulty 58.6
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Household appliances 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 household appliances 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.