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.
Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment is Also Know as
In different settings, Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment is titled as
- Critical Systems Technician
- Electronic Bench Technician
- Electronics Mechanic
- Locomotive Electrician
- Power Technician (Power Tech)
- Ship Yard Electrical Person
Education and Training of Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment
Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment is categorized in Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
Experience Required for Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment
Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
Education Required for Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment
Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
Degrees Related to Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment
- Bachelor in Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technic
- Associate Degree Courses in Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technic
- Masters Degree Courses in Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technic
Training Required for Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment
Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
Related Ocuupations
Some Ocuupations related to Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment in different industries are
- Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
- Calibration Technologists and Technicians
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Lighting Technicians
- Avionics Technicians
- Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers
- Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
- Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
- Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles
- Robotics Technicians
- Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers
- Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
- Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
- Power Distributors and Dispatchers
- Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
- Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- Electricians
- Electrical Engineers
- Millwrights
What Do Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment do?
- 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.
- Cut openings and drill holes for fixtures, outlet boxes, and fuse holders, using electric drills and routers.
- Measure, cut, and install frameworks and conduit to support and connect wiring, control panels, and junction boxes, using hand tools.
- Install electrical equipment such as air-conditioning, heating, or ignition systems and components such as generator brushes and commutators, using hand tools.
- Install fixtures, outlets, terminal boards, switches, and wall boxes, using hand tools.
- Repair or rebuild equipment such as starters, generators, distributors, or door controls, using electrician's tools.
- Confer with customers to determine the nature of malfunctions.
- Estimate costs of repairs based on parts and labor requirements.
Qualities of Good Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment
- 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.
- Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- 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 that there is a problem.
- 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.
- Visual Color Discrimination: The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
- 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.
- Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Control Precision: The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
- Multilimb Coordination: The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
- Extent Flexibility: The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
- 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).
- Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Far Vision: The ability to see details at a distance.
- Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
- Visualization: The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
- Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- 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.
- Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Trunk Strength: The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.
- Depth Perception: The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.
- Perceptual Speed: The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
- Time Sharing: The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).
- Auditory Attention: The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
- Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
- Hearing Sensitivity: The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.
- Gross Body Equilibrium: The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position.
- Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
- Reaction Time: The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
- Mathematical Reasoning: The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
- Number Facility: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
- Speed of Closure: The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.
- Static Strength: The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
- Dynamic Strength: The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.
- Gross Body Coordination: The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.
- Stamina: The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.
- Memorization: The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
- Wrist-Finger Speed: The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
- Response Orientation: The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part.
- Rate Control: The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.
- Explosive Strength: The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object.
- Peripheral Vision: The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead.
- Night Vision: The ability to see under low-light conditions.
- Glare Sensitivity: The ability to see objects in the presence of a glare or bright lighting.
- Sound Localization: The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated.
- Spatial Orientation: The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you.
- Speed of Limb Movement: The ability to quickly move the arms and legs.
- Dynamic Flexibility: The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs.
Tools Used by Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment
- Adjustable hand wrenches
- Analog ohmmeters
- Ball end hex key sets
- Bench ammeters
- Bench voltmeters
- Breaker bars
- Cabinet-tip screwdrivers
- Cable cutters
- Center punches
- Circuit testing devices
- Clamp ammeters
- Clamp voltmeters
- Conduit fitting and reaming screwdrivers
- Cutting torches
- Diagonal-cutting pliers
- Digital multimeters
- Digital ohmmeters
- Drive ratchets
- Industrial overhead cranes
- Insulation resistance testers
- Keystone-tip screwdrivers
- Laptop computers
- Light emitting diode LED voltage tester
- Longnosed pliers
- Machinist's hammers
- Measuring tapes
- Neon voltage testers
- Nut wrenches
- Overhead workshop cranes
- Parallel pin punches
- Personal computers
- Pinch bars
- Plasma welders
- Pump pliers
- Rubber-grip hacksaws
- Series solenoid voltage testers
- Side cutting pliers
- Spinner handle drives
- Square-recess tip screwdrivers
- Stepladders
- Straight locking pliers
- Tablet computers
- Torpedo levels
- Utility knives
- Volt-ammeters
- Wheeled forklifts
- Wire cutting tools
- Wire stripping tools
Technology Skills required for Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Autodesk Revit
- Fluke Corporation FlukeView Forms
- IBM Lotus 1-2-3
- IBM Lotus Notes
- Linux
- Megger PowerDB
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
- Trimble SketchUp Pro