Home Appliance Repairers

What Does a Home Appliance Repairers Do?

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

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Bill customers for repair work, and collect payment.
• 2Observe and examine appliances during operation to detect specific malfunctions such as loose parts or leaking fluid.
• 3Talk to customers or refer to work orders to establish the nature of appliance malfunctions.
• 4Refer to schematic drawings, product manuals, and troubleshooting guides to diagnose and repair problems.
• 5Trace electrical circuits, following diagrams, and conduct tests with circuit testers and other equipment to locate shorts and grounds.
• 6Replace worn and defective parts such as switches, bearings, transmissions, belts, gears, circuit boards, or defective wiring.
• 7Provide repair cost estimates, and recommend whether appliance repair or replacement is a better choice.
• 8Disassemble appliances so that problems can be diagnosed and repairs can be made.

Required Skills

• Critical Thinking
• Speaking
• dESCO ESC
• Intac International Wintac
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Windows
• Microsoft Word
• Parts database software
• RazorSync
• Route mapping software

Home Appliance Repairers Salary