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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Repair, clean, and adjust mechanisms of timing instruments, such as watches and clocks. Includes watchmakers, watch technicians, and mechanical timepiece repairers. | Oil moving parts of timepieces. | |||
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Repair or replace broken, damaged, or worn parts on timepieces, using lathes, drill presses, and hand tools. | ||||
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Clean, rinse, and dry timepiece parts, using solutions and ultrasonic or mechanical watch-cleaning machines. | ||||
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Disassemble timepieces and inspect them for defective, worn, misaligned, or rusty parts, using loupes. | ||||
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Reassemble timepieces, replacing glass faces and batteries, before returning them to customers. | ||||
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Test timepiece accuracy and performance, using meters and other electronic instruments. | ||||
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Fabricate parts for watches and clocks, using small lathes and other machines. | ||||
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Estimate repair costs and timepiece values. | ||||
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Perform regular adjustment and maintenance on timepieces, watch cases, and watch bands. | ||||
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Adjust timing regulators, using truing calipers, watch-rate recorders, and tweezers. | ||||
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Record quantities and types of timepieces repaired, serial and model numbers of items, work performed, and charges for repairs. | ||||
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Gather information from customers about a timepiece's problems and its service history. | ||||
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Test and replace batteries and other electronic components. | ||||
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Demagnetize mechanisms, using demagnetizing machines. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Watch Repairers
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
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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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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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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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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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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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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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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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Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. | |||
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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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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. | |||
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Equipment Selection | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. | |||
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Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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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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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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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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Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |||
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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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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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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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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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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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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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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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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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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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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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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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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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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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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) | |||
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Related Work Experience | Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years | |||
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On-the-Job Training | Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Antique Clock Repairer | |||
Antique Clocks Repairer | |||
Auto Clocks Repairer | |||
Blocker and Polisher | |||
Caser | |||
Chronometer Repairer | |||
Clock Maker | |||
Clock Mechanic | |||
Clock Repair Technician | |||
Clock Repairer | |||
Clock Smith | |||
Clockmaker | |||
Clockmaker Apprentice | |||
Clocksmith | |||
Crowner | |||
Dial Printer | |||
Electric Clock Mechanic | |||
Horologist | |||
Horologist Apprentice | |||
Pallet Stone Inserter | |||
Pallet Stone Positioner | |||
Screwhead Polisher | |||
Time Clock Inspector | |||
Time Clock Mechanic | |||
Time Piece Repairer | |||
Watch Caser | |||
Watch Mechanic | |||
Watch Repair Person | |||
Watch Repairer Apprentice | |||
Watch and Clock Repairer | |||
Watchmaker | |||
Watchmaker Apprentice | |||
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