Q: 7332 Appliance servicers and repairers  如果以后就业选择这个方向，工作的机会多么，有没有什么本地工会保护主义这样，相关的学院专业是什么。

还有7332 Appliance servicers and repairers 这个专业对女孩来说行么，我苦倒不怕，只怕工作环境会不会跟汽修一样全是五大三粗的汉子，这样对女孩来说不利，您明白？

A; 这个电器修理方向，不存在本地工会保护主义，但需要相当年工作经验积累(先从学徒做起)。

主要做的工作有：

Appliance servicers and repairers service and repair domestic and commercial appliances. They are employed by repair shops, appliance service companies and repair departments of retail and wholesale establishments, or they may be self-employed.

具体的工种有：
• appliance service technician
• appliance service technician apprentice
• appliance servicer
• commercial foodservice appliance technician
• commercial laundry appliance technician
• dishwasher repairer
• refrigerator repairer
• service technician - electrical appliances
• service technician - gas appliances
• stove repairer
• vacuum cleaner repairer
• washing machine servicer
• window air conditioner repairer

这种职业又分小家电与大家电两种：

小家电职责是：
• Repair small electrical appliances, such as lawn and garden equipment and power tools
• Consult customer or refer to work order to establish nature of the appliance malfunction
• Observe operation of appliance and conduct voltage, resistance and other tests using electrical test equipment
• Refer to schematic drawings or product manuals and replace or repair parts or components using hand tools and soldering equipment
• Prepare estimates and written accounts of work performed.

大家电职责是：(女生不太适合)
• Repair major electrical or gas appliances, such as domestic and commercial dishwashing equipment, stoves, laundry equipment and refrigerators in customer's home, in customer's place of business or in repair shop
• Consult customer or refer to work order to establish nature of the appliance malfunction
• Diagnose faults by checking controls, condensers, timer sequences, fans and other components using test equipment such as meters and gauges to measure resistance, current, voltage, pressure, temperature, flue gases and flow rates
• Refer to schematic diagrams or product manuals and disassemble appliance using hand tools
• Use shop equipment and specialized diagnostic and programming apparatus to repair, adjust and
reprogram appliances
• Replace components and subcomponents and reassemble appliance using hand tools and soldering and brazing equipment
• Prepare estimates and written accounts of work performed
• May plan service routes.

本职位雇佣要求：
• Small appliance小家电 repairers usually require some specialized college or high school courses or several months of on-the-job training.
• Major appliance大家电 repairers/technicians require some secondary school education and completion of a college program in appliance repair
or Completion of a three- or four-year apprenticeship program in appliance repair.
• Appliance service technician, or appliance serviceperson, trade certification is compulsory in Alberta and available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
• A provincial gas fitter licence, or gas appliance technician certificate, may be required for gas appliance service technicians.
• Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified appliance service technicians upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.

学习方向：

主要是在college学习，参加Trades and Apprenticeship Programs中的Appliance Service Technician 课程。