Job description Gas Appliance Servicer - Customer Service in Ontario
Find out what work is like for a gas appliance servicer - customer service in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Appliance servicers and repairers (NOC 72421).
Appliance servicers and repairers
Description
Appliance servicers and repairers service and repair domestic and commercial appliances. They are employed by repair shops, appliance service companies and repair departments of retail and wholesale establishments, or they may be self-employed. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.
Job duties
Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Appliance servicers and repairers have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:
- Small electrical appliance servicers and repairers
- Repair small electrical appliances, such as lawn and garden equipment and power tools
- Consult customer or refer to work order to establish nature of the appliance malfunction
- Observe operation of appliance and conduct voltage, resistance and other tests using electrical test equipment
- Refer to schematic drawings or product manuals and replace or repair parts or components using hand tools and soldering equipment
- Prepare estimates and written accounts of work performed.
- Major appliance repairers/technicians
- Repair major electrical or gas appliances, such as domestic and commercial dishwashing equipment, stoves, laundry equipment and refrigerators in customer's home, in customer's place of business or in repair shop
- Consult customer or refer to work order to establish nature of the appliance malfunction
- Diagnose faults by checking controls, condensers, timer sequences, fans and other components using test equipment such as meters and gauges to measure resistance, current, voltage, pressure, temperature, flue gases and flow rates
- Refer to schematic diagrams or product manuals and disassemble appliance using hand tools
- Use shop equipment and specialized diagnostic and programming apparatus to repair, adjust and reprogram appliances
- Replace components and subcomponents and reassemble appliance using hand tools and soldering and brazing equipment
- Prepare estimates and written accounts of work performed
- May plan service routes.
Related job titles
Here are some other related job titles that are found in the same occupational category (NOC 72421), and a list of similar occupations:
- appliance servicer
- appliance service technician
- appliance service technician apprentice
- commercial foodservice appliance technician
- commercial laundry appliance technician
- dishwasher repairer
- refrigerator repairer
- service technician - electrical appliances
- service technician - gas appliances
- stove repairer
- vacuum cleaner repairer
- washing machine servicer
- window air conditioner repairer
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