Description
Install, repair, or adjust audio or television receivers, stereo systems, camcorders, video systems, or other electronic entertainment equipment in homes or other venues. May perform routine maintenance.
- • Disassemble entertainment equipment and repair or replace loose, worn, or defective components and wiring, using hand tools and soldering irons.
- • Install, service, and repair electronic equipment or instruments such as televisions, radios, and videocassette recorders.
- • Calibrate and test equipment, and locate circuit and component faults, using hand and power tools and measuring and testing instruments such as resistance meters and oscilloscopes.
- • Confer with customers to determine the nature of problems or to explain repairs.
- • Tune or adjust equipment and instruments to obtain optimum visual or auditory reception, according to specifications, manuals, and drawings.
- • Instruct customers on the safe and proper use of equipment.
- • Compute cost estimates for labor and materials.
- • Read and interpret electronic circuit diagrams, function block diagrams, specifications, engineering drawings, and service manuals.
- • Keep records of work orders and test and maintenance reports.
- • Make service calls to repair units in customers' homes, or return units to shops for major repairs.
- • Position or mount speakers, and wire speakers to consoles.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
