Sports equipment repair technician to consumer electronics repair technician
A sports equipment repair technician already meets 49% of what the consumer electronics repair technician role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
52/ 100
1 How much of what a consumer electronics repair technician is expected to do is already part of a sports equipment repair technician’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the consumer electronics repair technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A consumer electronics repair technician role treats 7 of its required skills as things a sports equipment repair technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- create solutions to problems
- maintain customer service
- maintain equipment
- provide customer follow-up services
- replace defect components
- troubleshoot
What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A consumer electronics repair technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a sports equipment repair technician background worth leading with.
- already held use repair manuals information skills
- already held keep stock records information skills
- already held replace defect components working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held negotiate supplier arrangements communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage a small-to-medium business management skills
- already held assist customers assisting and caring
All 17 carried skills, including the 7 the consumer electronics repair technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn set up consumer electronics required
- still to learn repair equipment on site required
- optional, not held drive vehicles optional
- still to learn consumer electronics required
- still to learn electronics required
- still to learn provide customer information related to repairs required
- optional, not held sell consumer electronics optional
- optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with warranty contracts optional
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- still to learn apply company policies required
- still to learn solve technical problems required
- optional, not held administer appointments optional
- optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a consumer electronics repair technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 set up consumer electronics practise this
- 02 consumer electronics study this
- 03 provide customer information related to repairs practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 17 skills that carry over
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held maintain equipment skill
- already held provide customer follow-up services skill
- already held replace defect components skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held use repair manuals skill
- already held apply technical communication skills skill
- already held assist customers skill
- already held issue sales invoices skill
- already held keep stock records skill
- already held lift heavy weights skill
- already held maintain professional administration skill
- already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- already held manage a small-to-medium business skill
- already held manage schedule of tasks skill
- already held negotiate supplier arrangements skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held report to the team leader optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held sell consumer electronics optional
- optional, not held report to the team leader optional
- optional, not held administer appointments optional
- optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held drive vehicles optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with warranty contracts optional
- optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
20 held skills the consumer electronics repair technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on equipment maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role advise on sporting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role arrange equipment repairs skill
- not needed by the target role features of sporting equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow trends in sporting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
- not needed by the target role issue sport equipment skill
- not needed by the target role keep records of customer interaction skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with suppliers of sporting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain records of maintenance interventions skill
- not needed by the target role maintain work area cleanliness skill
- not needed by the target role make bowstrings skill
- not needed by the target role monitor sports equipment skill
- not needed by the target role perform minor repairs to equipment skill
- not needed by the target role perform test run skill
- not needed by the target role skateboard knowledge
- not needed by the target role sporting equipment usage knowledge
- not needed by the target role use power tools skill
- not needed by the target role use wire hand tools skill
- not needed by the target role water skiing knowledge
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn consumer electronics required
- still to learn electronics required
Other moves recorded from sports equipment repair technician
Common questions about this move
Can a sports equipment repair technician become a consumer electronics repair technician?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A sports equipment repair technician already covers 49% of what a consumer electronics repair technician is expected to do: 17 skills carry over, 7 of which the consumer electronics repair technician role treats as required.
What skills does a sports equipment repair technician need to become a consumer electronics repair technician?
7 required skills are missing, plus 11 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is set up consumer electronics.
How hard is the move from sports equipment repair technician to consumer electronics repair technician?
Its learning distance is 52 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.