They replace faulty parts or make adjustments, such as focusing and converging the picture or correcting the color balance of a television set. They may also make recordings and listen to playbacks to detect problems. Some install and repair automobile radios. Employment Electronic home entertainment equipment repairers held about 34,000 jobs in 1994. Most repairers work in electronic repair shops and service centers or in stores that sell and service electronic home entertainment products.
Employment is distributed in much the same way as the population.
Job Outlook Employment of electronic home entertainment equipment repairers is expected to decline through the year 2005. Improvements in reliability and ease of servicing should reduce service requirements even though the amount of equipment in use is expected to increase. Job opportunities should be good, nevertheless, due to the need to replace the many electronic home entertainment equipment repairers who transfer to higher paying occupations requiring a knowledge of electronics, such as computer and office machine repairer. The information in the Occupational Outlook Handbook was created by the Department of Labor.