Home Appliance Repairers: Salary, Job Description, How To Become One, and Quiz

Job description

Home Appliance Repairers repair, adjust, or install all types of electric or gas household appliances, such as refrigerators, washers, dryers, and ovens.

• Bill customers for repair work, and collect payment.
• Observe and examine appliances during operation to detect specific malfunctions such as loose parts or leaking fluid.
• Talk to customers or refer to work orders to establish the nature of appliance malfunctions.
• Refer to schematic drawings, product manuals, and troubleshooting guides to diagnose and repair problems.

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Salary

Home Appliance Repairers with little to no experience tend to make between $23150 and $30410 while the more experienced ones can earn over $50100 per year.

One of the easiest ways to increase your salary as a Home Appliance Repairer is to move to a higher paying state like CT. Right now, the highest paying states for Home Appliance Repairers are CT, AK, NJ, CA and NH.

However, a higher pay at CT doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the living expenses at CT might be twice as high than where you are currently at now.

Three other factors that can increase your salary as a Home Appliance Repairer is the degree you hold, the industry you work in, and lastly the company you work for.

Requirements

We asked other Home Appliance Repairers what degree they had when they got the job and most of them said they had a High School Diploma followed by a Post-Secondary Certificate.

Other than that, we also asked them what did they major in and here are the most popular majors that came up.

Pros and Cons

Here are some of the pros and cons of being a Home Appliance Repairer.

What is the job like

47% of Home Appliance Repairers said they were satisfied with their job and 44% said they feel like their job is making other people’s lives better.

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Eugene Smith

Used to own a Service company in Calgary, Canada

A typical day starts with checking the work schedule, reading notes, understanding problems you have to face with and of course planning your route. But before going to the client’s house, we are ALWAYS checking if we have available parts on hand, in order to be able to fix the appliance on the first visit. … Read More

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Is this right for me

You can read more about these career personality types here.

People who are suitable for this job tends to like work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They like working with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery..

They also like following set procedures and routines. They like working with data and details more than with ideas.

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