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Other Repairers and Servicers

On this page

  • Job description
  • Advancement and mobility
  • Hourly wage
  • Job prospects for 2024-2028
  • Sectors of activity
  • Training and requirements
  • Main skills and characteristics
  • Personality profiles (RIASEC)
  • Additional information

Job description

These individuals repair and maintain various products (cameras, musical instruments, vending machines, sporting goods, etc.).

Environment

  • Controlled ambient temperature
  • Equipment, machinery, tools

Main tasks

  • Inspect products to determine what repairs are required.
  • Repair or replace defective or worn parts or components.
  • Check and adjust repaired products to ensure proper operation.
  • Perform routine maintenance.
  • Calibrate products as required.

Advancement and mobility

  • There is some mobility among the jobs in this group.
  • Experience provides access to supervisory positions.

Hourly wage

The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.
Minimum
$18.04
Median
$25.00
Maximum
$28.50

Job prospects for 2024-2028

Les 2 champs de sélection ci-dessous vous permettent de comparer 2 régions. Les données des régions seront automatiquement mises à jour à la sélection. Par défaut, la province de Québec est sélectionnée pour la première région.

Job prospects for 2024-2028

Job prospects

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available

Total jobs for 2023

All of Québec

2,500

All of Québec

na

Gender distribution

All of Québec

Not available.
5.1% Female
94.9% Male

Not available.
  • 5.1% Female
  • 94.9% Male

Job types

All of Québec

Not available.
Full time
Part time

Not available.
  • Full time
  • Part time

Yearly wage on 2020

All of Québec

$44,800

All of Québec

Other characteristics

All of Québec

  • Non traditional for women
  • None

All of Québec

  • Non traditional for women
  • None

Sectors of activity

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Retail Trade
    NAICS 44, 45
    54% of jobs
  2. Other Services (except Public Administration)
    NAICS 81
    13% of jobs
  3. Wholesale Trade
    NAICS 41
    7% of jobs
  4. Construction
    NAICS 23
    5% of jobs
  5. Miscellaneous Manufacturing
    NAICS 339
    3% of jobs
  6. Others
    18% of jobs

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Retail Trade
    NAICS 44, 45
    54% of jobs
  2. Other Services (except Public Administration)
    NAICS 81
    13% of jobs
  3. Wholesale Trade
    NAICS 41
    7% of jobs
  4. Construction
    NAICS 23
    5% of jobs
  5. Miscellaneous Manufacturing
    NAICS 339
    3% of jobs
  6. Others
    18% of jobs

Training and requirements

Formation

No specific training

Sometimes required

  • A secondary school diploma is usually required.
  • Collegial product-specific training is usually required.

WAP

This occupation is targeted by a Workplace Apprenticeship Program

  • Road vehicule disassembler

Main skills and characteristics

Skills

  • Repair
  • Troubleshooting
  • Quality control analysis
  • Critical thought
  • Judgment and decision-making
  • Time management
  • Equipment selection
  • Active listening
  • Oral expression
  • Service oriented
  • Solving complex problems
  • Monitoring operations
  • Active learning
  • Reading comprehension
  • Equipment maintenance
  • Result evaluation
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Abilities

  • Digital dexterity
  • Manual dexterity
  • Hearing sensitivity
  • Hand-arm stability
  • Auditory attention
  • Control accuracy
  • Near vision
  • Deductive reasoning
  • Inductive reasoning
  • Awareness of issues
  • Visualization
  • Selective attention
  • Oral comprehension
  • Verbal skills
  • Information organization
  • Processing flexibility
  • Classification
  • Limb coordination
  • Speech recognition
  • Speech clarity
More Less abilities

Knowledge and attributes

  • Critical thinking
  • Focussed on results
  • Capacity to work in a team
  • Versatility
  • Rigour
  • Respect standards and regulations
  • Sense of observation
  • Patience
  • Knowledge of design
  • Knowledge of mechanics

Interests

  • Work in transportation and maintenance
  • Make, build, install
  • Work manually

Personality profiles (RIASEC)

Realistic
People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
Investigative
People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Conventional
People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Additional information

Official name of the NOC 73209

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More Less job titles

Skill type

Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations

Related occupations

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

See also

  • Glossary (PDF 229 Kb)
  • Québec emploi

See also

Non traditional

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Last update: January 29, 2026

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