Data Processing Equipment Repairers

Repair, maintain, and install computer hardware such as peripheral equipment and word processing systems.

Job Task

• Replaces defective components and wiring.
• Tests faulty equipment and applies knowledge of functional operation of electronic units and systems to diagnose cause of malfunction.
• Aligns, adjusts, and calibrates equipment according to specifications.
• Calibrates testing instruments.
• Adjusts mechanical parts, using hand tools and soldering iron.
• Converses with equipment operators to ascertain problems with equipment before breakdown or cause of breakdown.
• Tests electronic components and circuits to locate defects, using oscilloscopes, signal generators, ammeters, and voltmeters.
• Maintains records of repairs, calibrations, and tests.
• Enters information into computer to copy program from one electronic component to another, or to draw, modify, or store schematics.

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