Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles

Overview

Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles has a national median salary of $48,420 per year, with -14.5% projected job growth from 2025–2035. The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a high school diploma or equivalent as the typical education needed to enter this occupation.

Description

Install, diagnose, or repair communications, sound, security, or navigation equipment in motor vehicles.

Work Values

• Support
• Independence
• Relationships

Work Styles

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Estimate costs of repairs, based on parts and labor charges.
• Install equipment and accessories, such as stereos, navigation equipment, communication equipment, and security systems.
• Inspect and test electrical or electronic systems to locate and diagnose malfunctions, using visual inspections and testing instruments, such as oscilloscopes and voltmeters.
• Diagnose or repair problems with electronic equipment, such as sound, navigation, communication, and security equipment, in motor vehicles.
• Confer with customers to determine the nature of malfunctions.

Work Activities

• Getting Information
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
• Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
• Handling and Moving Objects
• Working with Computers
• Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
• Processing Information
• Thinking Creatively
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work

Detailed Work Activities

• Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
• Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
• Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
• Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
• Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.
• Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
• Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
• Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.

T-A-S-K

Technology, Abilities, Skills & Knowledge

Education

Education Levels of Current Workers

The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a high school diploma or equivalent as the typical education needed to enter this occupation. The chart below shows the highest level of education held by people already working in this field, ages 25 and older. It includes workers who earned more education than the job requires and workers who entered the field under earlier requirements, so the largest bar is not the entry requirement. For example, if someone finished an associate's degree and then started working in this field, they are counted under “Associate's degree” here, but the job itself typically asks for a high school diploma or equivalent.

Certificates

Certifications applicable to Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles:

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