Occupation

Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

Human Advantage 69%

Significant human skills needed

AI Automation Risk Moderate Risk
3.2 / 10

Some tasks in this role may be augmented by AI, but human oversight and interpersonal skills remain important.

Repair, test, adjust, or install electronic equipment, such as industrial controls, transmitters, and antennas.

Also Known As: Access Control Installer, Aerial Erector, Aerial Installer, Amplifier Mechanic, Automation Mechanic, Automation Technician, Certified Control Systems Technician (CCST), Commercial Control Technician +56 more

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Core Tasks

  1. Test faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test equipment or software, and applying knowledge of the functional operation of electronic units and systems.
  2. Maintain equipment logs that record performance problems, repairs, calibrations, or tests.
  3. Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly.
  4. Inspect components of industrial equipment for accurate assembly and installation or for defects, such as loose connections or frayed wires.
  5. Install repaired equipment in various settings, such as industrial or military establishments.
  6. Operate equipment to demonstrate proper use or to analyze malfunctions.
  7. Enter information into computer to copy program or to draw, modify, or store schematics, applying knowledge of software package used.
  8. Perform scheduled preventive maintenance tasks, such as checking, cleaning, or repairing equipment, to detect and prevent problems.
  9. Calibrate testing instruments and installed or repaired equipment to prescribed specifications.
  10. Repair or adjust equipment, machines, or defective components, replacing worn parts, such as gaskets or seals in watertight electrical equipment.
  11. Consult with customers, supervisors, or engineers to plan layout of equipment or to resolve problems in system operation or maintenance.
  12. Maintain inventory of spare parts.
  13. Study blueprints, schematics, manuals, or other specifications to determine installation procedures.
  14. Examine work orders and converse with equipment operators to detect equipment problems and to ascertain whether mechanical or human errors contributed to the problems.
  15. Coordinate efforts with other workers involved in installing or maintaining equipment or components.
  16. Develop or modify industrial electronic devices, circuits, or equipment, according to available specifications.
  17. Determine feasibility of using standardized equipment or develop specifications for equipment required to perform additional functions.
  18. Advise management regarding customer satisfaction, product performance, or suggestions for product improvements.
  19. Send defective units to the manufacturer or to a specialized repair shop for repair.

Supplemental Tasks (1)

  1. Sign overhaul documents for equipment replaced or repaired.

Education & Training

Job Zone 3 Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
Education: Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
Experience: Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
On-the-Job Training: Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.

Education Level Distribution

Percentage of workers in this occupation with each education level.

Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)
46%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)
32%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
22%

Technology & Tools

Hot Technologies

  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Word

Software (17)

  • Circuit evaluation software
  • Computer aided design CAD software
  • Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
  • Database software
  • Email software
  • Internet browser software
  • Maintenance management software
  • Operating system software
  • Programmable logic controller PLC software
  • Rockwell RSLogix
  • SAP Maintenance
  • Word processing software

Tools & Equipment (134)

  • Adjustable wrenches
  • Air blowers
  • Air compressors
  • Ammeters
  • Bead blasters
  • Block and tackle equipment
  • Bulb extractors
  • Cable locating meters
  • Cable winches
  • Cement cutters
  • Chart recorders
  • Clamp sticks
  • Cold chisels
  • Comealongs
  • Computer diagnostic devices
  • Conduit benders
  • Cutting torches
  • Desktop computers
  • Desoldering stations
  • Dial indicators
  • Digital clamp meters
  • Drill bit sets
  • Drill presses
  • Electric hacksaws
  • Feeler gauges
  • Fiber optic fault locators
  • Fish tapes
  • Forklifts
  • Frequency meters
  • Function generators
  • Fuse pullers
  • Generators
  • Ground resistance testers
  • Ground straps
  • Ground testers
  • Growlers
  • Hacksaws
  • Hammers
  • Hex keys
  • High-voltage detectors
  • Hoists
  • Hole saws
  • Hotsticks
  • Hydraulic boom trucks
  • Hydraulic booms
  • Hydraulic pipe benders
  • Hydrometers
  • Impact wrenches
  • Infrared thermometers
  • Insulation testers
  • Jackhammers
  • Jacks
  • Knockout punches
  • Ladders
  • Laptop computers
  • Laser printers
  • Lift trucks
  • Light fixture testers
  • Light meters
  • Lineman's pliers
  • Load testers
  • Low voltage detectors
  • Lumen meters
  • Manlifts
  • Megohmmeters
  • Metal inert gas MIG welders
  • Micrometers
  • Multimeters
  • Needlenose pliers
  • Nut drivers
  • Ohmmeters
  • Oscilloscopes
  • Overhead cranes
  • Personal computers
  • Personnel lifts
  • Phase rotation meters
  • Pipe benders
  • Pipe cutters
  • Pipe threaders
  • Plotters
  • Polyvinyl chloride PVC benders
  • Portable welding equipment
  • Power conduit benders
  • Power drills
  • Power grinders
  • Power saws
  • Power screwdrivers
  • Programmable logic controllers PLC
  • Proportional integral derivative PID controllers
  • Pullers
  • Punches
  • Rectifiers
  • Rubber insulating gloves
  • Rubber insulating mats
  • Safety belts
  • Safety harnesses
  • Safety lines
  • Sandblasters
  • Scaffolding
  • Scanners
  • Scope meters
  • Screw starters
  • Screwdrivers
  • Side cross cutters
  • Signal analyzers
  • Slide lock pliers
  • Socket wrench sets
  • Soldering irons
  • Soldering stations
  • Spline key wrenches
  • Staging equipment
  • Static proof dust cleaners
  • Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA equipment
  • Tachometers
  • Tack welding equipment
  • Tape measures
  • Teach pendants
  • Temporary protective grounds
  • Termination tools
  • Test lamps
  • Threading taps
  • Torque wrenches
  • Touch screens
  • Two way radios
  • Utility knives
  • Vernier calipers
  • Voltmeters
  • Wattmeters
  • Wheatstone bridges
  • Winches
  • Wire crimpers
  • Wire strippers
  • Wire tracers
  • Wire winches

Where This Career Leads

Career progression organized by specialty track and experience level.

Equipment Operation & Maintenance Advanced Manufacturing

Zone 3
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment You are here

Industrial Machinery Advanced Manufacturing

Zone 3
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment You are here

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