Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment
Install, adjust, or maintain mobile electronics communication equipment, including sound, sonar, security, navigation, and surveillance systems on trains, watercraft, or other mobile equipment.
Most important skills
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
- Operations Monitoring
- Quality Control Analysis
- Reading Comprehension
- Monitoring
- Complex Problem Solving
- Repairing
Key knowledge
- Engineering and Technology
- Computers and Electronics
- Mathematics
- Public Safety and Security
- Mechanical
- Design
- English Language
- Telecommunications
What the work involves
- Inspect and test electrical systems and equipment to locate and diagnose malfunctions, using visual inspections, testing devices, and computer software.
- Reassemble and test equipment after repairs.
- Splice wires with knives or cutting pliers, and solder connections to fixtures, outlets, and equipment.
- Install new fuses, electrical cables, or power sources as required.
- Locate and remove or repair circuit defects such as blown fuses or malfunctioning transistors.
- Adjust, repair, or replace defective wiring and relays in ignition, lighting, air-conditioning, and safety control systems, using electrician's tools.
- Refer to schematics and manufacturers' specifications that show connections and provide instructions on how to locate problems.
- Maintain equipment service records.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Realistic, Conventional, Investigative.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- Post-Secondary Certificate (47.7% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (21.5%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months (38.7%)
- 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 Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment 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 | Low | Lower on contact with others than 73% of occupations compared | 56% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | Very low | Lower on dealing with the public than 91% of occupations compared | 61% of surveyed respondents chose “Not important at all” |
| Teamwork | Very low | Lower on teamwork than 90% of occupations compared | 44% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | Very low | Lower on freedom to make decisions than 81% of occupations compared | 38% of surveyed respondents chose “Limited freedom” |
| Time pressure | Very high | Higher on time pressure than 90% of occupations compared | 63% of surveyed respondents chose “Every day” |
| Conflict situations | Low | Lower on conflict situations than 64% of occupations compared | 44% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Moderate | Lower on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 55% of occupations compared | 34% of surveyed respondents chose “Never” |
| Consequence of error | High | Higher on consequence of error than 79% of occupations compared | 52% of surveyed respondents chose “Very serious” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: very high
- Conflict situations: low
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: moderate
- Consequence of error: high
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: 25.08%
- Contact with others about half the time: 1.98%
- Contact with others most of the time: 16.48%
- Constant contact with others: 56.46%
n = 17, Incumbent 08/2019
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 60.82%
- Fairly important: 1.98%
- Important: 16.48%
- Very important: 7.64%
- Extremely important: 13.08%
n = 17, Incumbent 08/2019
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 10.43%
- Fairly important: 28.92%
- Important: 5.03%
- Very important: 11.73%
- Extremely important: 43.89%
n = 17, Incumbent 08/2019
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 5.94%
- Very little freedom: 1.98%
- Limited freedom: 38.12%
- Some freedom: 22.81%
- A lot of freedom: 31.15%
n = 17, Incumbent 08/2019
Time pressure
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 0%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 15.46%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 21.12%
- Every day: 63.42%
n = 17, Incumbent 08/2019
Conflict situations
- Never: 15.77%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 44.44%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 7.79%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 25.82%
- Every day: 6.17%
n = 16, Incumbent 08/2019
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 33.75%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 22.72%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 0%
- Once a week or more but not every day: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Every day: 14.11%
n = 16, Incumbent 08/2019
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 2.21%
- Fairly serious: 20.89%
- Serious: 4.42%
- Very serious: 51.7%
- Extremely serious: 20.77%
n = 16, Incumbent 08/2019
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