Household Appliance Repairer Salary
in Idaho, United States

• Repairs portable, household electrical appliances, such as fans, heaters, vacuum cleaners, toasters, and flatirons, on assembly line: refers to inspector's checklist, or defect-symbol marked on appliance, to identify defective or malfunctioning part.
• Disassembles appliance to remove defective part, using power screwdrivers, soldering iron, and handtools.
• Installs new part, and reassembles appliance.
• Records nature of repair in log or on mechanical counting device.
• Maintains stock of replacement parts.
• May determine repair requirements by connecting appliance to power source or examining parts for defects while disassembling.
• May file or bend parts to remove burrs or to improve alignment and fit.
• May hold appliance against buffing or polishing wheel to remove scratches from metal surfaces.
• May touch up paint defects, using brush or spray gun.
• May be designated according to part repaired as heating-element repairer; or appliance repaired as electric-frying-pan repairer; food-mixer repairer; toaster-element repairer; vacuum-cleaner repairer.

Household Appliance Repairer Job Prevalence in Idaho, United States

Job family: Home Appliance Repairers

Job family population: 32,250

Estimated population of Household Appliance Repairer jobs: 3,047

Rate of error: 3.9%