Watch and Clock Repairers

People in this career often have these skills:

• Repairing - Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.

People in this career often know a lot about:

• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

People in this career often have talent in:

• Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

• Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

People in this career often do these activities:

• Clean equipment, parts, or tools to repair or maintain them in good working order.
• Adjust equipment to ensure optimal performance.
• Reassemble equipment after repair.
• Inspect mechanical equipment to locate damage, defects, or wear.
• Disassemble equipment to inspect for deficiencies.

• Lubricate equipment to allow proper functioning.
• Estimate costs for labor or materials.
• Replace worn, damaged, or defective mechanical parts.
• Repair worn, damaged, or defective mechanical parts.
• Test mechanical equipment to ensure proper functioning.
• Maintain work equipment or machinery.
• Order materials, supplies, or equipment.
• Confer with customers or users to assess problems.
• Test electrical circuits or components for proper functioning.
• Repair electronic equipment.
• Record information about parts, materials or repair procedures.
• Clean workpieces or finished products.
• Fabricate parts or components.

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