Computer, Automated Teller, & Office Machine Repairers

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Job Outlook:
None
Education: None
Salary
High: $64,090.00
Average: $47,120.00
Hourly
Average: $22.66

What they do:

Repair, maintain, or install computers, word processing systems, automated teller machines, and electronic office machines, such as duplicating and fax machines.

On the job, you would:

  • Maintain records of equipment maintenance work or repairs.
  • Reassemble machines after making repairs or replacing parts.
  • Converse with customers to determine details of equipment problems.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

87% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
82% Analytical Thinking  -  Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
78% Independence  -  Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
77% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
77% Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
70% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
69% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
69% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
66% Self-Control  -  Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
66% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
66% Achievement/Effort  -  Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
57% Innovation  -  Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
55% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
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Strengths

100% Realistic  -  Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
67% Conventional  -  Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.
61% Investigative  -  Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the fields of humanities, mathematics/statistics, information technology, or health care service.
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Values of the Work Environment

56% Support  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.

Aptitude

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

72% Near Vision  -  The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
69% Oral Comprehension  -  The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
66% Oral Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
66% Problem Sensitivity  -  The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
63% Speech Clarity  -  The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
63% Written Comprehension  -  The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
63% Finger Dexterity  -  The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
63% Speech Recognition  -  The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
60% Information Ordering  -  The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
60% Visualization  -  The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
53% Deductive Reasoning  -  The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
53% Arm-Hand Steadiness  -  The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
53% Inductive Reasoning  -  The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
53% Control Precision  -  The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
53% Manual Dexterity  -  The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

Job Details

Responsibilities
Confer with customers or users to assess problems.
Reassemble equipment after repair.
Travel to work sites to perform installation, repair or maintenance work.
Install programs onto computer or computer-controlled equipment.
Train customers in the use of products.
Test mechanical systems to ensure proper functioning.
Assemble mechanical components or machine parts.
Test mechanical equipment to ensure proper functioning.
Maintain repair or maintenance records.
Install programs onto computer or computer-controlled equipment.
Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
Order materials, supplies, or equipment.
Install electrical components, equipment, or systems.
Calibrate equipment to specifications.
Align equipment or machinery.
Test electrical circuits or components for proper functioning.
Adjust equipment to ensure optimal performance.
Replace worn, damaged, or defective mechanical parts.
Repair worn, damaged, or defective mechanical parts.
Document operational activities.
Disassemble equipment to inspect for deficiencies.
Clean equipment, parts, or tools to repair or maintain them in good working order.
Adjust equipment to ensure optimal performance.
Lubricate equipment to allow proper functioning.
Enter codes or other information into computers.
Read technical information needed to perform maintenance or repairs.
Lay cables to connect equipment.
Connect electrical components or equipment.
Analyze test or performance data to assess equipment operation.
Maintain work equipment or machinery.
Train others in operational procedures.
Calibrate equipment to specifications.
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Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

98% Telephone  -  How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
89% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
88% Electronic Mail  -  How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
86% Indoors, Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
86% Structured versus Unstructured Work  -  To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
84% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
81% Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls  -  How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
81% Time Pressure  -  How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
80% Deal With External Customers  -  How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
77% Contact With Others  -  How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
76% Frequency of Decision Making  -  How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
75% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
73% Spend Time Standing  -  How much does this job require standing?
67% Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results  -  What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
66% Importance of Repeating Same Tasks  -  How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job?
64% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
63% Physical Proximity  -  To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
55% Frequency of Conflict Situations  -  How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job?
55% In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment  -  How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)?
55% Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions  -  How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions?
55% Exposed to Contaminants  -  How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
53% Coordinate or Lead Others  -  How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
59% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Tasks & Values

91% Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment  -  Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles.
84% Making Decisions and Solving Problems  -  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
82% Communicating with People Outside the Organization  -  Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
78% Working with Computers  -  Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
75% Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials  -  Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
73% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
72% Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment  -  Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
71% Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge  -  Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
61% Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment  -  Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.
61% Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events  -  Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
56% Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings  -  Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
55% Thinking Creatively  -  Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
54% Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates  -  Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
52% Handling and Moving Objects  -  Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.

Getting Started

Education:
33%
Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)
31%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)

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