73209 Other repairers and servicers

What this occupation covers

Other repairers and servicers repair and service a wide variety of products, such as cameras, scales, musical instruments, coin machines, vending machines, sporting goods and other miscellaneous products and equipment. They are employed by product specialty repair shops and service establishments.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 5 main duties for this code.

• Inspect products to determine the requirement for repair
• Repair or replace defective or worn-out parts and components using hand, power or specially designed tools
• Test and adjust repaired products for proper functioning
• Perform routine maintenance
• May calibrate products using hand tools.

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 5 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.

• 72014 Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers
• 72999 Other technical trades and related occupations

Excluded from this code

• Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers (See 72014 Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers)
• Locksmith (See 72999 Other technical trades and related occupations)

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.

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Employment requirements

• Some secondary school education is usually required.
• Completion of college or other courses relevant to a particular equipment or product repair or Completion of several months of on-the-job training is usually required.