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Career: Watch Repairers
Job Description
Repair, clean, and adjust mechanisms of timing instruments, such as watches and clocks.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
100
|
Oil moving parts of timepieces. |
100
|
Repair or replace broken, damaged, or worn parts on timepieces, using lathes, drill presses, and hand tools. |
100
|
Clean, rinse, and dry timepiece parts, using solutions and ultrasonic or mechanical watch-cleaning machines. |
100
|
Estimate repair costs and timepiece values. |
100
|
Gather information from customers about a timepiece's problems and its service history. |
98
|
Disassemble timepieces and inspect them for defective, worn, misaligned, or rusty parts, using loupes. |
97
|
Reassemble timepieces, replacing glass faces and batteries, before returning them to customers. |
97
|
Fabricate parts for watches and clocks, using small lathes and other machines. |
96
|
Perform regular adjustment and maintenance on timepieces, watch cases, and watch bands. |
96
|
Record quantities and types of timepieces repaired, serial and model numbers of items, work performed, and charges for repairs. |
94
|
Adjust timing regulators, using truing calipers, watch-rate recorders, and tweezers. |
89
|
Test and replace batteries and other electronic components. |
88
|
Test timepiece accuracy and performance, using meters and other electronic instruments. |
83
|
Demagnetize mechanisms, using demagnetizing machines. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
71
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
69
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
68
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
68
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
66
|
Thinking Creatively
|
60
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
60
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
52
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
48
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
48
|
Getting Information
|
48
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
46
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
46
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
46
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
43
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
42
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
41
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
40
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
38
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
36
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
36
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
35
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
35
|
Processing Information
|
35
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
34
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
33
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
32
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
31
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
29
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
27
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
26
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
25
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
24
|
Interacting With Computers
|
23
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
22
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
20
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
20
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
19
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
18
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
11
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
10
|
Developing and Building Teams
|