Job Description:

• 1) Installs, services, and repairs stoves, refrigerators, dishwashing machines, and other electrical household or commercial appliances, using handtools, test equipment, and following wiring diagrams and manufacturer's specifications: Connects appliance to power source and test meters, such as wattmeter, ammeter, or voltmeter.

• 2) Observes readings on meters and graphic recorders.

• 3) Examines appliance during operating cycle to detect excess vibration, overheating, fluid leaks, and loose parts.

• 4) Disassembles appliance and examines mechanical and electrical parts.

• 5) Traces electrical circuits, following diagram, and locates shorts and grounds, using ohmmeter.

• 6) Calibrates timers, thermostats, and adjusts contact points.

• 7) Cleans and washes parts, using wire brush, buffer, and solvent, to remove carbon, grease, and dust.

• 8) Replaces worn or defective parts, such as switches, pumps, bearings, transmissions, belts, gears, blowers, and defective wiring.

• 9) Repairs and adjusts appliance motors.

• 10) Reassembles appliance, adjusts pulleys, and lubricates moving parts, using handtools and lubricating equipment.

• 11) May be known according to appliance repaired as Clothes-Drier Repairer; Coffee-Maker Servicer; Dishwashing-Machine Repairer; Electric-Range Servicer; Electric-Refrigerator Servicer; Washing-Machine Servicer.