{"id":1497,"date":"2010-11-05T16:01:21","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T03:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/?p=1497"},"modified":"2021-01-22T00:57:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T11:57:52","slug":"appliance-technician-what-do-they-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/project-advice\/advice-other\/appliance-technician-what-do-they-do.html","title":{"rendered":"Appliance Technicians &#8211; what do they do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1148.16px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/apprep2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7096\" src=\"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Appliance-Technicians.jpg\" alt=\"Appliance Technicians - what do they do?\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Appliance-Technicians-200x100.jpg 200w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Appliance-Technicians-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Appliance-Technicians-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Appliance-Technicians-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Appliance-Technicians-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Appliance-Technicians-800x400.jpg 800w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Appliance-Technicians-1000x500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Appliance-Technicians.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>An appliance technician is a tradesperson who is installs, maintains and repairs appliances, parts and systems.\u00a0 Technicians will have a general and wide rage of knowledge about appliance repair and be able to work on different types of machines and fixtures.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Some appliance technicians may specialise in a particular range of expertise, such as plumbing and electrical, or in the type of appliance the service, for example, ovens and fridges.<\/p>\n<p>An appliance technician may be self-employed, work for a repair shop or contract to a retail store.<\/p>\n<p>A technician may need to take an appliance apart to diagnose the problem before providing any parts and completing repairs. Then they will put it back together.\u00a0 This work may be done in your home or in their workshop.<\/p>\n<p>Performing maintenance on small appliances such as microwaves and vacuum cleaners is one of the tasks a technician may perform. This kind of work is often done in a repair store. Some jobs will only need simple repairs, like changing a belt on a vacuum cleaner while others might need further investigating to find and fix a fault.<\/p>\n<p>Larger appliances require routine maintenance by trained appliance technicians. They may also install or fix washers, dryers, ovens and dishwashers. Technicians may also need to do repairs on damaged electrical systems or gas ranges.<\/p>\n<p>Appliance technicians should have an understanding of electricity and physics to stop accidents while doing repair work. Appliance technicians may receive special training to work on refrigerators and freezers, learning about the proper handling and disposal of dangerous refrigerants.<\/p>\n<h3>An appliance technician will use many tools including:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Cutters<\/li>\n<li>Strippers<\/li>\n<li>Scissors<\/li>\n<li>Blades<\/li>\n<li>Crimp tools<\/li>\n<li>Modular plugs<\/li>\n<li>Adaptors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/apprep.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1620\" src=\"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/apprep-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Appliance Technician\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Appliance technicians service a range of brands including; Fisher and Paykel, Sunbeam, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Delonghi, Breville, Sharp, Kenwood &amp; Whirlpool. A professional technician will be able to service dishwashers, fridges, freezers, ovens, microwaves, washing machines and dryers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/post-job\">Hire an Appliance Technician<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An appliance technician is a tradesperson who is  &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":7096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[990],"tags":[945],"class_list":["post-1497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice-other","tag-945"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Appliance Technicians - what do they do?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/project-advice\/advice-other\/appliance-technician-what-do-they-do.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Appliance Technicians - what do they do?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An appliance technician is a tradesperson who is ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/builderscrack.co.nz\/blog\/project-advice\/advice-other\/appliance-technician-what-do-they-do.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Builderscrack Blog - Home Repair &amp; 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