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Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers
Repair, maintain, or install computers, word processing systems, automated teller machines, and electronic office machines, such as duplicating and fax machines.
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What do Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers do?
Converse with customers in order to determine details of equipment problems.
Reassemble machines after making repairs or replacing parts.
Travel to customers' stores or offices to service machines, or to provide emergency repair service.
Reinstall software programs or adjust settings on existing software in order to fix machine malfunctions.
Advise customers concerning equipment operation, maintenance and programming.
Test new systems in order to ensure that they are in working order.
Assemble machines according to specifications, using hand tools, power tools, and measuring devices.
Operate machines in order to test functioning of parts and mechanisms.
Maintain records of equipment maintenance work and repairs.
Install and configure new equipment, including operating software and peripheral equipment.
Maintain parts inventories, and order any additional parts needed for repairs.
Update existing equipment, performing tasks such as installing updated circuit boards or additional memory.
Align, adjust, and calibrate equipment according to specifications.
Test components and circuits of faulty equipment in order to locate defects, using oscilloscopes, signal generators, ammeters, voltmeters, or special diagnostic software programs.
Repair, adjust, or replace electrical and mechanical components and parts, using hand tools, power tools, and soldering or welding equipment.
Complete repair bills, shop records, time cards, and expense reports.
Disassemble machine to examine parts such as wires, gears, and bearings for wear and defects, using hand tools, power tools, and measuring devices.
Clean, oil, and adjust mechanical parts to maintain machines' operating efficiency and to prevent breakdowns.
Enter information into computers to copy programs from one electronic component to another, or to draw, modify, or store schematics.
Read specifications such as blueprints, charts, and schematics in order to determine machine settings and adjustments.
Lay cable and hook up electrical connections between machines, power sources, and phone lines.
Analyze equipment performance records in order to assess equipment functioning.
Fill machines with toners, inks, or other duplicating fluids.
Train new repairers.
Calibrate testing instruments.