Home Appliance Repairers: Career & Application Guide

What do home appliance repairers do?

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

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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.
Refer to schematic drawings, product manuals, and troubleshooting guides to diagnose and repair problems.
Trace electrical circuits, following diagrams, and conduct tests with circuit testers and other equipment to locate shorts and grounds.
Replace worn and defective parts such as switches, bearings, transmissions, belts, gears, circuit boards, or defective wiring.
Provide repair cost estimates, and recommend whether appliance repair or replacement is a better choice.
Disassemble appliances so that problems can be diagnosed and repairs can be made.
Respond to emergency calls for problems such as gas leaks.
Service and repair domestic electrical or gas appliances, such as clothes washers, refrigerators, stoves, and dryers.

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