Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers
Install, repair, or adjust audio or television receivers, stereo systems, camcorders, video systems, or other electronic entertainment equipment in homes or other venues. May perform routine maintenance.
Most important skills
- Troubleshooting
- Repairing
- Quality Control Analysis
- Speaking
- Complex Problem Solving
- Installation
- Equipment Maintenance
- Judgment and Decision Making
Key knowledge
- Computers and Electronics
- Customer and Personal Service
- Telecommunications
- Mechanical
- English Language
- Engineering and Technology
- Administration and Management
- Building and Construction
What the work involves
- Disassemble entertainment equipment and repair or replace loose, worn, or defective components and wiring, using hand tools and soldering irons.
- Install, service, and repair electronic equipment or instruments such as televisions, radios, and videocassette recorders.
- Calibrate and test equipment, and locate circuit and component faults, using hand and power tools and measuring and testing instruments such as resistance meters and oscilloscopes.
- Confer with customers to determine the nature of problems or to explain repairs.
- Tune or adjust equipment and instruments to obtain optimum visual or auditory reception, according to specifications, manuals, and drawings.
- Instruct customers on the safe and proper use of equipment.
- Read and interpret electronic circuit diagrams, function block diagrams, specifications, engineering drawings, and service manuals.
- Keep records of work orders and test and maintenance reports.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Realistic, Conventional, Investigative.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) (38.4% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (46.7%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (26.5%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 3: Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | Very low | Lower on contact with others than 92% of occupations compared | 38% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | Very high | Higher on dealing with the public than 90% of occupations compared | — |
| Teamwork | Low | Lower on teamwork than 75% of occupations compared | — |
| Freedom to make decisions | Moderate | Lower on freedom to make decisions than 51% of occupations compared | — |
| Time pressure | Moderate | Lower on time pressure than 53% of occupations compared | 36% of surveyed respondents chose “Every day” |
| Conflict situations | Very low | Lower on conflict situations than 87% of occupations compared | 35% of surveyed respondents chose “Never” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Low | Lower on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 62% of occupations compared | 33% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Consequence of error | Very low | Lower on consequence of error than 82% of occupations compared | — |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: moderate
- Conflict situations: very low
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: low
- Consequence of error: very low
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0%
- Occasional contact with others: 32.98%
- Contact with others about half the time: 9.78%
- Contact with others most of the time: 19.64%
- Constant contact with others: 37.61%
n = 15, Incumbent 08/2023
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 0%
- Fairly important: 0%
- Important: 2.29%
- Very important: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Extremely important: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
n = 15, Incumbent 08/2023
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 7.75%
- Fairly important: 3.37%
- Important: 22.91%
- Very important: 19.65%
- Extremely important: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
n = 15, Incumbent 08/2023
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 0%
- Limited freedom: 18.79%
- Some freedom: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- A lot of freedom: 30.35%
n = 15, Incumbent 08/2023
Time pressure
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 16.51%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 20.57%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 27.23%
- Every day: 35.69%
n = 15, Incumbent 08/2023
Conflict situations
- Never: 35.26%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 25.96%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 19.23%
- Once a week or more but not every day: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Every day: 0%
n = 15, Incumbent 08/2023
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Once a year or more but not every month: 26.82%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 32.52%
- Once a week or more but not every day: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Every day: 0%
n = 15, Incumbent 08/2023
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Fairly serious: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Serious: 4%
- Very serious: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Extremely serious: 1.87%
n = 15, Incumbent 08/2023
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