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Intro
Electronic service technicians service and repair household and business electronic equipment such as audio and video systems, computers and peripherals, office equipment and other consumer electronic equipment and assemblies. They are employed by electronic service and retail establishments, by wholesale distributors and within service departments of electronic manufacturing companies.
Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.
Main Duties
Electronic service technicians perform some or all of the following duties:
- Install, maintain and repair household and business electronic equipment, such as televisions, radios, video cassette recorders, stereo equipment, photocopiers, computers and peripherals
- Inspect and test electronic equipment, components and assemblies using multimeters, circuit testers, oscilloscopes, logic probes and other electronic test instruments, tools and equipment
- Diagnose and locate circuit, component and equipment faults
- Adjust, align, replace or repair electronic equipment, assemblies and components following equipment manuals and schematics, and using soldering tools and other hand and power tools
- Complete work orders, test and maintenance reports
- May supervise other electronic equipment service technicians.
Employment Requirements
- Completion of a two- to three-year college program in electronics
or
Completion of a four-year apprenticeship program in electronic servicing and repair
or
Completion of high school or college courses in electronics and on-the-job training is required. - Trade certification for electronics technicians (consumer products) is available, but voluntary, in Ontario, British Columbia and the Yukon.
All Titles
- alarm system technician
- alarm systems installer
- amplifier repaireramplifier repairman, amplifier repairwoman, repairman, amplifiers, repairwoman, amplifiers
- audio stereo technician
- audio-video repair technician
- audio-video service technician
- audiovisual (AV) equipment installer and repaireraudiovisual (AV) equipment installer and repairman, audiovisual (AV) equipment installer and repairwoman
- audiovisual (AV) equipment repair supervisor
- automatic teller machine (ATM) servicer
- business machine servicer
- closed circuit television installer
- computer equipment installer
- computer equipment repairercomputer equipment repairman, computer equipment repairwoman
- computer equipment technician – household and business equipment
- computer field service technician
- computer repair technician
- computer service technician
- electronic cash registers servicer
- electronic equipment installation and repair supervisor
- electronic equipment repairerelectronic equipment repairman, electronic equipment repairwoman, repairman, electronic equipment, repairwoman, electronic equipment
- electronic games repairerelectronic games repairman, electronic games repairwoman, repairman, electronic games, repairwoman, electronic games
- electronic games technician
- electronic music equipment installer and repairerelectronic music equipment installer and repairman, electronic music equipment installer and repairwoman, installer and repairman, electronic music equipment, installer and repairwoman, electronic music equipment
- electronic organ repairerelectronic organ repairman, electronic organ repairwoman, repairman, electronic organs, repairwoman, electronic organs
- electronic products field service technician
- electronic service technician apprentice
- electronic service technician supervisor
- electronics technician – consumer products
- electronics technician – household and business equipment
- electronics technician, fire alarms
- field service technician – household and business equipment
- field service technician, electronic products
- fire alarm electronics technician
- fire alarm systems installer and servicer
- hearing aid repairerhearing aid repairman, hearing aid repairwoman, repairman, hearing aid, repairwoman, hearing aid
- household and business equipment technician
- installer and repairer – household and business equipmentinstaller and repairman – household and business equipment, installer and repairwoman – household and business equipment
- installer and repairer, electronic music equipment
- installer and repairer, public address (P.A.) systemsinstaller and repairman, public address (P.A.) systems, installer and repairwoman, public address (P.A.) systems, public address (P.A.) system installer and repairman, public address (P.A.) system installer and repairwoman
- installer and servicer, fire alarm systems
- installer, security alarms
- office equipment service technician
- office machine repaireroffice machine repairman, office machine repairwoman
- photocopier repairerphotocopier repairman, photocopier repairwoman, repairman, photocopiers, repairwoman, photocopiers
- photocopier servicer
- photocopy machine technician
- photoelectric sorting machine repairerphotoelectric sorting machine repairman, photoelectric sorting machine repairwoman
- public address (P.A.) system installer and repairer
- radio and television service technician
- radio and television service technician apprentice
- radio communication equipment repairerradio communication equipment repairman, radio communication equipment repairwoman, repairman, radio communication equipment, repairwoman, radio communication equipment
- radio installation and repair technician
- radio maintenance technician
- radio repair supervisor
- radio repairerradio repairman, radio repairwoman, repairman, radios, repairwoman, radios
- repairer, amplifiers
- repairer, electronic equipment
- repairer, electronic games
- repairer, electronic organs
- repairer, hearing aid
- repairer, photocopiers
- repairer, radio communication equipment
- repairer, radios
- repairer, video cassette recordersrepairman, video cassette recorders, repairwoman, video cassette recorders, video cassette recorder repairman, video cassette recorder repairwoman
- satellite antenna servicer
- security alarms installer
- security alarms technician
- service technician – household and business equipment
- service technician, office equipment
- service technicians supervisor – household and business equipment
- servicer, electronic cash registers
- servicer, photocopy machine
- stereo repair technician
- supervisor, electronic equipment installation and repair
- supervisor, electronic service technician
- supervisor, radio repair
- supervisor, service technicians – household and business equipment
- supervisor, television repair
- synthesizer repairersynthesizer repairman, synthesizer repairwoman
- technical service representative – household and business equipment
- technician, alarm system
- technician, computer equipment – household and business equipment
- technician, computer field service
- technician, computer service
- technician, electronic games – household and business equipment
- technician, electronics – household and business equipment
- technician, field service – household and business equipment
- technician, household and business equipment
- technician, photocopy machines
- technician, radio installation and repair
- technician, radio maintenance
- technician, security alarms
- technician, stereo repair
- technician, video equipment installation and repair – household and business equipment
- television camera repairertelevision camera repairman, television camera repairwoman
- television installation and repair technician
- television repair supervisor
- television repairertelevision repairman, television repairwoman
- television servicer
- television studio equipment repairertelevision studio equipment repairman, television studio equipment repairwoman
- totalizator systems technician
- video camera repairer – household and business equipmentvideo camera repairman – household and business equipment, video camera repairwoman – household and business equipment
- video cassette recorder repairer
- video equipment installation and repair technician – household and business equipment
Exclusions
- Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians (2241)
- Telecommunications installation and repair workers (7246)