Appliance installers and repairers need to:

Communicate

• Speak clearly so listeners can understand.
• Understand spoken information.
• Listen to others and ask questions.
• Read and understand work-related materials.
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• Understand written information.
• Write clearly so other people can understand.

Reason and Problem Solve

• Analyze ideas and use logic to determine their strengths and weaknesses.
• Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
• Follow guidelines to arrange objects or actions in a certain order.
• Use reasoning to discover answers to problems.
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• Recognize the nature of a problem.
• Combine several pieces of information and draw conclusions.
• Think of new ideas about a topic.
• Judge the costs and benefits of a possible action.
• Concentrate and not be distracted while performing a task.

Manage Oneself, People, Time, and Things

• Manage the time of self and others.

Work with People

• Look for ways to help people.

Work with Things

• Repair machines or systems.
• Maintain equipment on a routine basis. Determine when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
• Determine the causes of technical problems and find solutions for them.
• Inspect and evaluate the quality of products.
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• Watch gauges, dials, and output to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Determine the tools and equipment needed to do a job.
• Install equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.

Perceive and Visualize

• Imagine how something will look if it is moved around or its parts are rearranged.
• Identify a pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in distracting material.