Business machine repairers fix such things as cash registers. That is because some companies use computers and business machines for important business all the time. For example, it would be very important for a hospital to have its computer fixed right away. Repairers usually work in clean, cool places with a lot of light. Sometimes, though, they must repair machines in places that are not as nice, such as factories.
Many repairers have to do a lot of lifting and stooping in their jobs.
Repairers must work safely because they work around electricity. They also work around things that could get hot and burn them. Jobs There were about 138,000 computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers in 1998. About 3 out of 5 fixed computers and automated teller equipment. The others fixed other office machines.