Entry Level Qualification 

Class 8

Career Fields 

Mechanic & Technician

For Specially Abled 

Career Entrance Exam 

No Entrance Exam

About Career 

1. As a Domestic Appliance Repair Technician, you will be repairing all sorts of domestic / home appliances, electrical/electronic equipment and devices like televisions, set-top boxes, dish antenna, broadband receivers and routers, music systems, home theatre systems, refrigerators, washing machines, microwave ovens, over-toaster-grillers, mixers- grinders, kitchen chimneys, and all sorts of electronic and electrical equipment.

2. You may work at an appliance servicing center or visit customers’ homes to carry out your repair and maintenance work. You need to dismantle parts of the appliances, identify the defects or defective parts, repair it or replace the defective parts and then test it to check whether the appliances are working properly or not.

3. Once the repair work is completed, you will fill up service delivery forms with the details of what the problem/s was and what repair work was done. You will get the customers to sign this form and then submit the forms to your office. You may also have to enter the service details to computers.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

As a Domestic Appliance Repair Technician, you will be engaged with one or more of the following roles and responsibilities: -

1. Operating, inspecting, or testing equipment or machinery to find machine malfunctions, short circuits or loose connections and remove defective parts.

2. Performing routine maintenance checks, such as inspecting motors, circuits, belts, fluid levels, replacing filters etc.

3. Diagnosing electrical, electronics, and mechanical problems and determining how to fix them.

4. Repairing machines or equipment using tools like electrical or electronic testing devices, electrical power tools, etc.

5. Cleaning or lubricating shafts, bearings, gears, or other parts of machinery.

6. Installing or suggesting extra equipment to improve the energy efficiency of domestic devices.

7. Estimating costs to repair machinery, appliances or regular devices.

Career Entry Pathway 

Class 8 in school – NSQF Training and Certificate for ‘Electrician Domestic’ or ‘Repair & Maintenance of Domestic Electronic Appliances’ or similar courses.

After completing Class 8 in school, you can go for National Skill Qualifications Framework (NSQF) Level 2 Training and Certificate for ‘Electrician Domestic’ or Level 3 Training and Certificate for ‘Repair & Maintenance of Domestic Electronic Appliances’ or similar courses. The total training hours are 700, 3865 and 520 respectively.

After Class 10, you can go for training at an Industrial Training Institute (ITI), National Skill Training Institute (NSTI), Regional Vocational Training Institute (RVTI), National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI), Industrial Training Center (ITC) or other vocational institutes for the trade of ‘Mechanic – Consumer Electronics / Electrical Appliances’, ‘Mechanic – General Electronics’, ‘Mechanic (Electrical Domestic Appliances)’ or related trades.

After Class 10, you can go for training at an Industrial Training Institute (ITI), National Skill Training Institute (NSTI), Regional Vocational Training Institute (RVTI), National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI), Industrial Training Center (ITC) or other vocational institutes for the trade of ‘Mechanic - Radio / Television’ or ‘Mechanic – Watch / Clock’ or related trades.

After Class 10, you can go for training at an Industrial Training Institute (ITI), National Skill Training Institute (NSTI), Regional Vocational Training Institute (RVTI), National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI), Industrial Training Center (ITC) or other vocational institutes for the trade of ‘Instrument Mechanic’ or ‘Mechanic – Refrigeration and Air Conditioning’ or related trades. Both the courses are of 2 years with 4 semesters, 6 months each.

After Class 10, you can go for National Skill Qualifications Framework (NSQF) Level 5 Training and Certificate for ‘Mechanic Radio, Audio, Video System and Appliances’ or similar courses. The total number of training hours is 3120. The course is of 2 years with both Basic and On-Job-Training (OJT).

Required Qualification & Competencies 

After Class 8:

1. You can go forNSQF Training and Certificate for related trades.

2. You can complete Class 10 with or without Science and Mathematics, then go for NSQF / ITI Training courses.

Various private / public vocational training establishments across India offer the following or similar courses:

1. Electronics Mechanic

2. Mechanic Consumer Electronics Appliances  

3. Mechanic –cum-Operator Electronics Communication System

4. Mechanic Industrial Electronics

5.  Mechanic Repair and Maintenance of Electronics Test Equipment

6. Mechanic (Electrical Domestic Appliances)

7. Electronics Trade

Competencies Required

1. You should have interests for Realistic Occupations. Realistic occupations involve more practical and hands-on activities than paperwork or office work. Realistic occupations often involve physical activities for getting things done using various tools and equipment. 

2. You should have interests for Conventional Occupations. Conventional occupations involve repetitive and routine tasks as well as fixed processes or procedures for getting things done. These occupations involve working more with data, systems, and procedures and less with ideas or creativity.

3. You should have Machine Repair and Maintenance Skills - performing repair and maintenance of different machines, equipment, and devices.

4. You should have Active Listening Skills- giving full attention to what other people are saying, understanding the points being made by others, asking questions, etc.

5. You should have Problem Solving Skills - analysis and understanding of problems, evaluating various options to solve the problems and using the best option to solve the problems.

6. You should have Manual Dexterity –ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

7.  You are always or mostly careful about your actions and behavior.

8. You are practical always or in most situations.

9. You are calm always or in most situations.

10. You are always or mostly organized in your day-to-day life and activities.

Career - Job Opportunities & Profiles 

You may get a job with a service partner of a domestic appliances company (like LG, Sony, Philips, Whirlpool, Voltas etc) or small-scale appliance repair shops. Companies outsource their services from small to medium scale service firms.

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1. Home Appliance Maintenance and Repair Technician

2. Domestic Electronics Repair – Field Professional

3. Appliance Installation and Repair - Domestic

4. Field Technician - Troubleshoot, service & maintenance of home appliances

Career Growth

With experience, you can get promotions to various senior level roles progressively. From being a technician, you can become a Senior Technician, Services Specialist etc. However, for getting promoted to higher level jobs, you will need further educational qualifications such as higher / senior secondary degree, graduation etc. apart from training in different types of domestic appliances and related technologies.

Salary Offered  

1. In the entry level, you may earn about Rs 4,000 – Rs 9,000 or more per month as salary.

2. With 1-5 years of experience, you may earn about Rs. 6,000-10,000 or more a month.

3. With 6-10 years of experience, you may earn about Rs. 10,000 – 20,000 or more per month.

4. Senior technicians may earn anywhere between Rs. 15,000 – 35,000 per month or even more in salaries and commissions.

Famous Personalities 

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Work Activities 

1. Installing, repairing and maintaining equipment, devices, and products - Installing, servicing, repairing, and maintaining equipment, devices, and products for usages in homes, workplaces and industrial settings.

2. Inspecting equipment, systems, structures, and materials - Inspecting equipment, systems, structures, and materials to ascertain quality, performance, defects, causes of errors, etc.

3. Communicating with customers – Communicating with potential and existing customers of your organisation in writing, verbally or otherwise.

4. Getting Information and learning – Observing, hearing, reading, using computers, or otherwise obtaining information and learning from it.

5. Analysing and interpreting data and information – Analyzing data and information to find facts, trends, reasons behind situations, etc.; interpreting data to aid in decision making.

6. Making decisions and solving problems –  Analyzing data and information; evaluating alternative decisions and results of decisions; taking the right decisions and solving problems.

7. Addressing grievances and resolving conflicts – Handling complaints and grievance to resolve; resolving conflicts among co-workers or others at the workplace or outside in relation to your work.