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Career Description

This is an ideal career for a logical thinker. As an electrotechnology assembler, you use your knowledge of electrical wiring to make, fit or repair electrical machines, instruments, appliances or tools. You may also service electronic equipment such as radio communication equipment, two-way radios, CB radios, radio broadcast and studio equipment, video arcade machines, fire and security alarm systems, and home entertainment equipment.

What you do every day

Depending on your place of work and the variety of work performed, it is likely no two days will be the same. After disassembling the tool, machine or appliance for repair, you identify the problem and decide on the parts and materials needed for the job. If the problem is a wiring fault, you select and cut the faulty wires, or replace a whole wiring system, according to the wiring diagrams of the appliance, tool or machine.

You may have to make, alter, or assemble some of the metal parts that need replacement. You reassemble the tool, appliance or instrument, ensuring that all electrical wires are correctly connected to a power supply, and test for proper working order, and safety. Examples of some of the tools you may repair will be used in industry and include air compressors, nail guns, drills, or grinders.

Personality that best fit this career

Successful Electrotechnology Assmeblers have a high aptitude for mechanics and electronics. You naturally enjoy tinkering with machines and tools, pulling them apart and reassembling them. You utilise your advanced understanding of mathematics and technical information to diagnose the problem. You will need to have normal colour vision (as the wires are different colours), along with good hand-eye coordination. You are able to work as a part of a team, performing precise and detailed work.

Best thing about this career  

You get to pull things apart and put them back together, while getting paid for it. You know your employment is relatively secure as working machinery and tools will always require servicing and repairing. You can further improve the demand and the price for your services by specialising and being one of only a few who can repair and service a particular machine. It is also a rewarding feeling helping people in their everyday activities to perform their best in their specific trades or businesses.

Worst thing about this career  

This can be a greasy dirty job, your clothes get filthy and you can smell of the cleaning liquids. Occasionally you deal with difficult customers who offer no thanks for the work you perform. When the building industry slows, your flow of work and income slows too.