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Career Guidance Skills working with machinery and specialised equipment S8.8 - installing, maintaining and repairing electrical, electronic and precision equipment S8.8.2 - maintaining electrical, electronic and precision equipment Maintain computer hardware
Description
Diagnose and detect malfunctions in computer hardware components and systems and remove, replace, or repair these components when necessary. Execute preventative equipment maintenance tasks, such as storing hardware components in clean, dust free, and non-humid spaces.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 1 occupations
- Optional in 1 occupations
- Total: 2 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 2 (Professionals)
Essential for
- ICT teacher secondary schoolICT teachers at secondary schools provide education to students, commonly children and young adults, in a secondary school setting. They are usually subject teachers, specialised a…
Optional for
- Computer hardware engineering technicianComputer hardware engineering technicians collaborate with computer hardware engineers to develop computer hardware, such as motherboards, routers, and microprocessors. Computer ha…
Related skills
- Hardware testing methods
- Hardware architectures
- Computer technology
- Monitor developments in field of expertise
- Identify cross-curricular links with other subject areas
- Electrical engineering
- CAD software
- Maintain students’ discipline
- Liaise with educational staff
- Align components
- Install operating system
- Manage resources for educational purposes
- Java (computer programming)
- Microsoft Visual C++
Last updated on February 19, 2026
