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Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers

  • Bright Outlook
  • Rapid Growth

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.

What you’d do

  • 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.
  • Position or mount speakers, and wire speakers to consoles.
  • Instruct customers on the safe and proper use of equipment.
  • Make service calls to repair units in customers' homes, or return units to shops for major repairs.
  • Read and interpret electronic circuit diagrams, function block diagrams, specifications, engineering drawings, and service manuals.
  • Tune or adjust equipment and instruments to obtain optimum visual or auditory reception, according to specifications, manuals, and drawings.

Skills that matter

  • Quality Control Analysis
  • Repairing
  • Troubleshooting
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Equipment Maintenance
  • Installation

How to get there

Medium preparation: usually vocational school, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree

Also called

  • Electronic Tech (Electronic Technician)
  • Home Theater Installer
  • Installer
  • Satellite Installer
  • A/V Installation Tech (Audio Visual Installation Technician)
  • A/V Installer (Audio Visual Installer)

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