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Job Outlook:
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Education: High school diploma or equivalent
Salary
High: $67,300.00
Average: $47,500.00
Hourly
Average: $22.84

What they do:

Repair, adjust, or install all types of electric or gas household appliances, such as refrigerators, washers, dryers, and ovens.

On the job, you would:

  • Bill customers for repair work, and collect payment.
  • Observe and examine appliances during operation to detect specific malfunctions such as loose parts or leaking fluid.
  • Talk to customers or refer to work orders to establish the nature of appliance malfunctions.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

91% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
87% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
85% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
81% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
75% Independence  -  Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
75% Analytical Thinking  -  Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
74% Self-Control  -  Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
72% Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
71% Concern for Others  -  Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
71% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
71% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
67% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
65% Achievement/Effort  -  Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
61% Leadership  -  Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

100% Realistic  -  Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
67% Conventional  -  Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.
56% Investigative  -  Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the fields of humanities, mathematics/statistics, information technology, or health care service.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Values of the Work Environment

61% Independence  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
56% Support  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.

Aptitude

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

72% Arm-Hand Steadiness  -  The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
69% Near Vision  -  The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
69% Oral Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
69% Problem Sensitivity  -  The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
69% Finger Dexterity  -  The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
69% Manual Dexterity  -  The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
66% Oral Comprehension  -  The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
56% Visualization  -  The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
56% Information Ordering  -  The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
56% Extent Flexibility  -  The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
53% Deductive Reasoning  -  The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
53% Written Comprehension  -  The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Skills | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

55% Repairing  -  Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
52% Troubleshooting  -  Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
52% Quality Control Analysis  -  Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

Job Details

Responsibilities
Disassemble equipment for maintenance or repair.
Collect payments for goods or services.
Test electrical circuits or components for proper functioning.
Repair worn, damaged, or defective mechanical parts.
Replace worn, damaged, or defective mechanical parts.
Read work orders or descriptions of problems to determine repairs or modifications needed.
Confer with customers or users to assess problems.
Clean equipment, parts, or tools to repair or maintain them in good working order.
Reassemble equipment after repair.
Adjust equipment to ensure optimal performance.
Maintain repair or maintenance records.
Estimate costs for labor or materials.
Advise others on issues related to repairs, installation, or equipment design.
Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
Clean equipment, parts, or tools to repair or maintain them in good working order.
Observe equipment in operation to detect potential problems.
Observe equipment in operation to detect potential problems.
Test mechanical equipment to ensure proper functioning.
Read technical information needed to perform maintenance or repairs.
Train customers in the use of products.
Assemble mechanical components or machine parts.
Clean equipment, parts, or tools to repair or maintain them in good working order.
Lubricate equipment to allow proper functioning.
Dispose of hazardous materials.
Level machines or equipment.
Connect hoses to equipment or piping.
Inspect systems to determine if they are operating properly.
Adjust equipment to ensure optimal performance.
Level machines or equipment.
Connect hoses to equipment or piping.
Install piping for installation or maintenance activities.
Travel to work sites to perform installation, repair or maintenance work.
Install home appliances.
Confer with coworkers to resolve equipment problems.
Inspect gas systems or components to identify leaks or other potential hazards.
Inspect gas systems or components to identify leaks or other potential hazards.
Cut materials according to specifications or needs.
Install piping for installation or maintenance activities.
Measure distances or dimensions.
Position equipment using hand tools, power tools, or heavy equipment.
Install home appliances.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

97% Telephone  -  How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
96% Contact With Others  -  How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
93% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
91% Deal With External Customers  -  How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
90% Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls  -  How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
89% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
86% Frequency of Decision Making  -  How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
81% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
80% In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment  -  How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)?
78% Structured versus Unstructured Work  -  To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
77% Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions  -  How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions?
76% Indoors, Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
75% Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results  -  What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
72% Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings  -  How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings?
72% Exposed to Contaminants  -  How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
72% Very Hot or Cold Temperatures  -  How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures?
69% Time Pressure  -  How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
68% Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)?
67% Physical Proximity  -  To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
65% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
64% Electronic Mail  -  How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
64% Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People  -  How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements?
62% Outdoors, Exposed to Weather  -  How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions?
61% Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling  -  How much does this job require kneeling, crouching, stooping or crawling?
57% Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body  -  How much does this job require bending or twisting your body?
56% Coordinate or Lead Others  -  How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
56% Spend Time Standing  -  How much does this job require standing?
54% Level of Competition  -  To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures?
52% Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting  -  How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions?
52% Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions  -  How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
52% Exposed to Hazardous Conditions  -  How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions?
51% Frequency of Conflict Situations  -  How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job?
51% Importance of Repeating Same Tasks  -  How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job?
57% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Tasks & Values

78% Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment  -  Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.
77% Performing for or Working Directly with the Public  -  Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
77% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
76% Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge  -  Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
76% Handling and Moving Objects  -  Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
75% Making Decisions and Solving Problems  -  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
70% Performing General Physical Activities  -  Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
69% Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events  -  Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
65% Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment  -  Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
64% Communicating with People Outside the Organization  -  Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
62% Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials  -  Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
60% Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work  -  Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
59% Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates  -  Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
59% Processing Information  -  Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
58% Documenting/Recording Information  -  Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
57% Analyzing Data or Information  -  Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
57% Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings  -  Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
56% Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships  -  Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
56% Training and Teaching Others  -  Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
55% Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment  -  Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles.
55% Scheduling Work and Activities  -  Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
51% Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People  -  Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.

Getting Started

Education:
69%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
20%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)

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