Domestic Appliance Service Engineer Careers

WORK ENVIRONMENT:-

As a domestic appliance service engineer, you will set up and repair household application like washing machines, cookers and fridge freezers. You will also handle items like hi-fi equipment and televisions.

Your duties and responsibilities will comprise:

• Setting up new applications in the customers residence
• Visiting the customer to complete scheduled safety inspection
• Be present at call-outs in case of emergency repairs

• Presenting quotas for insurance purposes
• Managing replacement where faulty equipment is being repaired
• Keeping stock of parts
• Recording work details, handling the payments and preparing invoices
• Maintaining the business accounts

You will make use of a variety of hand and power tools and equipment in your work, and testing instruments, and electrical measurement together with automated uncomplimentary equipment.

You may be concerned with restoration, safe removal and reprocessing of older applications with the electrical waste regulations.

QUALIFICATION, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:-

Every time you don't need the qualification to do this job, but in practice you will require some type of recognized training. It may be difficult to get public liability insurance without skills.

You may take the college courses like:

• BTECH National Award/Diploma/Certificate in Electronic or Electrical Engineering
• Advanced Electrical and Electronic Principles EAL Diploma

You are required to complete Apprenticeship to get into this career. The range of apprenticeship available in your area will depend on the skills the employer requires from the worker and local jobs market.

You are expected to have driving license and normal color vision for electrical work.

Prior qualification and familiarity in one of the following areas will give you an advantage when you are searching the job:

• Plumbing or gas servicing
• Mechanical engineering
• Electronics or electrics
• Refrigeration

Visit the associated job profile for more information about working in these areas.

Check Domestic Appliance Service Association i.e. DASA website for more information

TRAINING DETAILS:-

You will be trained under the supervision of experienced staff. You can take the following National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs):

• Mechanical Engineering Services, Plumbing (Level 2 and 3)
• Electronics and Electrical Servicing (Level 2 and 3)
• Domestic Natural Gas Installation and Maintenance (Level 2 and 3)

For further information about National Vocational Qualifications check the associated job profiles.

If your job comprises servicing electrical appliances you necessitate the 17th Edition IEE Wiring Regulations: City and Guilds 2382 and City and Guilds Inspection, Testing and Installations (2391/2)

If you are repairing gas application you will have to to be on Gas Safe Register which is also known as Corgi Registration. For more information perceive the Gas Safe Register Website.

The Direct Admission for Students Abroad i.e. DASA presents the membership scheme for individual service engineer in cooperation with the information of codes of practices.

SKILLS and KNOWLEDGE:-

• basic practical and it skills
• excellent decision making and problem solving skills
• excellent customer and communication skills
• awareness of electrical waste and health and safety regulations
• capable of writing reports
• ability to work without supervision

SALARY AND OTHER BENEFITS:-

• Preliminary salaries can be between £ 13,000 and £ 15,000 every year.
• Qualified engineers can be paid between £ 18,000 and £ 24,000.
• Engineers with professional skills, like gas servicing, can be paid over £ 23,000 every year.

WORKING CONDITIONS:-

You will generally work for 38 to 40 hours per week. You might have on-call duties to cover up weekends and evenings.

You will mainly work in the customer's residence and do some repairs in the workshops. Accordingly, you are likely to pay out time on street.

DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES:-

You can get jobs with the contractors, manufacturers, local authorities, public utility companies, servicing contractors and retailers.

Jobs are announced through contacting the companies directly or through Job center.

If you're having the experience you can enter into the regional service coordination, management regional services, technical sales or training. You will be able to start your own business.

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