72421 Appliance servicers and repairers

What this occupation covers

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. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 12 main duties for this code.

• 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.
• 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
• 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.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 12 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 72020 Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades
• 22311 Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment)
• 72302 Gas fitters
• 72402 Heating, refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics
• 72429 Other small engine and small equipment repairers
• 73200 Residential and commercial installers and servicers

Excluded from this code

• Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades (See 72020 Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades)
• Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment) (See 22311 Electronic service technicians (household and business equipment))
• Gas fitters (See 72302 Gas fitters)
• Heating, refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics (See 72402 Heating, refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics)
• Other small engine and small equipment repairers (See 72429 Other small engine and small equipment repairers)
• Residential and commercial installers and servicers (See 73200 Residential and commercial installers and servicers)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

after-sales service technician - electrical appliances · air conditioner repairer - window unit · appliance repairer apprentice · appliance service technician · appliance service technician apprentice · appliance servicer · apprentice appliance service technician · commercial bakery appliance technician · commercial foodservice appliance technician · commercial laundry appliance technician · dishwasher repairer · domestic refrigerator repairer · domestic refrigerator servicer · domestic window air conditioner mechanic · domestic window air conditioner repairer · electric appliance service technician · electric dryer repairer · electric fireplace servicer · electric household appliance servicer · electric lawn mower repairer · electric refrigerator servicer · electric stove repairman/woman · electric stove serviceman/woman · electric tool repairer

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school and training courses or a vocational program is usually required.
• Small appliance repairers usually require some specialized college or high school courses or several months of on-the-job training.
• Major appliance 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, 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.