Description
Install, diagnose, or repair communications, sound, security, or navigation equipment in motor vehicles.
- • Splice wires with knives or cutting pliers, and solder connections to fixtures and equipment.
- • Diagnose or repair problems with electronic equipment, such as sound, navigation, communication, and security equipment, in motor vehicles.
- • Inspect and test electrical or electronic systems to locate and diagnose malfunctions, using visual inspections and testing instruments, such as oscilloscopes and voltmeters.
- • Install equipment and accessories, such as stereos, navigation equipment, communication equipment, and security systems.
- • Estimate costs of repairs, based on parts and labor charges.
- • Confer with customers to determine the nature of malfunctions.
- • Run new speaker and electrical cables.
- • Cut openings and drill holes for fixtures and equipment, using electric drills and routers.
- • Replace and clean electrical or electronic components.
- • Remove seats, carpeting, and interiors of doors and add sound-absorbing material in empty spaces, reinstalling interior parts.
- • Record results of diagnostic tests.
- • Build fiberglass or wooden enclosures for sound components, and fit them to automobile dimensions.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
