Mechanic and Repair Technologies/Technicians
Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
Prepares you to apply technical knowledge and skills to operate, maintain, and repair electrical and electronic equipment. Covers electrical circuitry, simple gearing, linkages and lubrication of machines and appliances, and the use of testing equipment.
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Programs within this field
Colleges may offer this field under 8 more specific program names. The program you choose affects the courses you take.
- Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair Technology/Technician, General
- Prepares you to apply technical knowledge and skills to operate, maintain, and repair electrical and electronic equipment. Covers electrical circuitry, simple gearing, linkages and lubrication of machines and appliances, and the use of testing equipment.
- Business Machine Repair
- Prepares you to apply technical knowledge and skills to maintain and repair a variety of office machines, such as typewriters, word processing and dictation machines, calculators, data processing equipment, duplicating machines, and mailing machines. Covers diagnostic techniques, the use of testing equipment, and the principles of mechanics, electricity, and electronics as they relate to the repair of business machines.
- Communications Systems Installation and Repair Technology/Technician
- Prepares you to apply technical knowledge and skills to assemble, install, operate, maintain, and repair one- and two- way communications equipment and systems, including television cable systems and mobile or stationary communication devices. Covers diagnostic techniques, the use of testing equipment and the principles of mechanics, electricity, and electronics as they relate to the repair of communications systems.
- Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician
- Prepares you to apply technical knowledge and skills to assemble, install, operate, maintain, and repair computers and related instruments. Covers power supplies, number systems, memory structure, buffers and registers, microprocessor design, peripheral equipment, programming, and networking.
- Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician
- Prepares you to apply technical knowledge and skills to assemble, install, operate, maintain, and repair electrical/electronic equipment used in industry and manufacturing. Covers installing, maintaining and testing various types of equipment.
- Appliance Installation and Repair Technology/Technician
- Prepares you to apply technical knowledge and skills to repair, install, and service major gas, electric, and microwave consumer appliances such as stoves, refrigerators, dryers, water heaters, washers, dishwashers, and commercial units such as ice makers and coffee makers.
- Security System Installation, Repair, and Inspection Technology/Technician
- Prepares you to apply technical knowledge and skills to install and repair household, business, and industrial security alarms, sensors, video and sound recording devices, identification systems, protective barriers, and related technologies.
- Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians, Other
- Electrical and electronics equipment installation and repair technologies not listed above.
Also called Electric Motor System Technician, Electric Motor Winder, Electrical Rewind Mechanic, Winder Electrician
Also called Appliance Service Technician
Where it can lead
Careers this field can lead to
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