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