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Career Details :: Gas Appliance Repairers
Description
Repair and install gas appliances and equipment, such as ovens, dryers, and water heaters.
Experience
A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Education
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
Training
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Tasks
- Measures, cuts, and threads pipe and connects it to feeder lines and equipment or appliance, using rule and hand tools.
- Assembles new or reconditioned appliances.
- Tests and examines pipelines and equipment to locate leaks and faulty connections and to determine pressure and flow of gas.
- Dismantles meters and regulators, and replaces defective pipes, thermocouples, thermostats, valves, and indicator spindles, using hand tools.
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Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Repairing & Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
- Performing General Physical Activities
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, Material
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Provide a Service to Others
- Consequence of Error
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
- Hazardous Situations
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