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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Install, diagnose, or repair communications, sound, security, or navigation equipment in motor vehicles. | Splice wires with knives or cutting pliers, and solder connections to fixtures and equipment. | |||
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Diagnose or repair problems with electronic equipment, such as sound, navigation, communication, and security equipment, in motor vehicles. | ||||
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Inspect and test electrical or electronic systems to locate and diagnose malfunctions, using visual inspections and testing instruments such as oscilloscopes and voltmeters. | ||||
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Install equipment and accessories such as stereos, navigation equipment, communication equipment, and security systems. | ||||
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Estimate costs of repairs based on parts and labor charges. | ||||
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Confer with customers to determine the nature of malfunctions. | ||||
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Run new speaker and electrical cables. | ||||
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Cut openings and drill holes for fixtures and equipment, using electric drills and routers. | ||||
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Replace and clean electrical or electronic components. | ||||
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Remove seats, carpeting, and interiors of doors; add sound-absorbing material in empty spaces; and reinstall interior parts. | ||||
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Record results of diagnostic tests. | ||||
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Build fiberglass or wooden enclosures for sound components, and fit them to automobile dimensions. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Electronic Equipment Installers/Repairers Motor Vehicle
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
- Knowledges
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- Abilites
- Tools and Technology
- Education and Experience
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. | |||
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Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. | |||
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Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. | |||
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Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. | |||
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Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Sales and Marketing | Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems. | |||
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Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. | |||
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Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. | |||
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Transportation | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Repairing | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Installation | Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Equipment Selection | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. | |||
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Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. | |||
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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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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 there is a problem. | |||
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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. | |||
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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. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |||
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Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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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. | |||
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Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. | |||
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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). | |||
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Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). | |||
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Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. | |||
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Time Sharing | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). | |||
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Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. | |||
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Hearing Sensitivity | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. | |||
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Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
Harris Tech BassBox software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Harris Tech X.over Pro | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Installogy software | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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LinearTeam WinISD | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Microsoft Internet Explorer | Internet browser software | |||
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MobileToys MAIDXL | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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True Audio WinSpeakerz | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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WHE Term-PAK | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Adjustable widemouth pliers | Adjustable widemouth pliers | |||
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Carpet knives | Razor knives | |||
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Circuit testers | Circuit tester | |||
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Clip and staple pullers | Pullers | |||
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Desktop computers | Desktop computers | |||
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Door panel fastener removal tools | Trim or molding tools | |||
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Flat blade screwdrivers | Screwdrivers | |||
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Glue guns | Glue guns | |||
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Hammers | Hammers | |||
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Heat guns | Heat guns | |||
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Multimeters | Multimeters | |||
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Notebook computers | Notebook computers | |||
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Offset screwdrivers | Screwdrivers | |||
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Oscilloscopes | Oscilloscopes | |||
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Panel tools | Trim or molding tools | |||
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Phillips head screwdrivers | Screwdrivers | |||
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Polarity testers | Multimeters | |||
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Power drills | Power drills | |||
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Radio removal tools | Removal jig | |||
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Rasps | Rasps | |||
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Ratchets | Ratchets | |||
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Socket wrench sets | Socket sets | |||
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Socket wrenches | Sockets | |||
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Soldering irons | Soldering irons or guns | |||
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Spreader spatulas | Spatulas | |||
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Torx drivers | Torx keys | |||
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Trim removal tools | Trim or molding tools | |||
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Tubing cutters | Pipe or tube cutters | |||
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Tucking tools | Trim or molding tools | |||
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Utility knives | Utility knives | |||
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Window handle removal tools | Pullers | |||
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Wire crimpers | Wire lug crimping tool | |||
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Wire cutters | Wire cutters | |||
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Wire strippers | Stripping tools | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in Personnel Services, Engineering-related Technologies, Vocational Home Economics, Construction Trades, Mechanics and Repairers, Precision Production Trades) | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | Up to and including 1 month | |||
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Related Work Experience | Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Assembler | |||
Auto Electrician | |||
Auto Phone Installer | |||
Auto Radio Mechanic | |||
Automatic Window Seat and Top Lift Repairer | |||
Automotive Electrician | |||
Automotive Technician | |||
Burglar Alarm Installer | |||
Car Alarm Installer | |||
Car Audio Installer | |||
Car Electronics Installer | |||
Car Stereo Installer | |||
Electrical Harness Installer | |||
Electrical Tryout Person | |||
Electrician | |||
Electronic Equipment Installer | |||
Electronic Technician | |||
Equipment Installer | |||
GPS Car Navigation Installer | |||
Generator Man | |||
Generator Rebuilder | |||
Generator Worker | |||
Installation Manager | |||
Installation Technician | |||
Installer | |||
Mechanic | |||
Mobile Electronics Installation Specialist | |||
Mobile Electronics Installer | |||
Radio Technician | |||
Security Systems Installer | |||
Tape Deck Installer | |||
Wirer | |||
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