Profession sports equipment repair technician

Sports equipment repair technicians maintain and repair recreational sports equipment such as tennis rackets, archery tools and camping equipment. They use specialised hand tools or mechanical tools to restore damaged parts.

Personality Type

• Artistic / Realistic

Knowledge

• Sporting equipment usage

  Have knowledge of the correct operation and maintenance of sporting equipment.

• Features of sporting equipment

  Types of sporting, fitness and recreational equipment and sporting supplies and their characteristics.

Skills

• Perform test run

  Perform tests putting a system, machine, tool or other equipment through a series of actions under actual operating conditions in order to assess its reliability and suitability to realise its tasks, and adjust settings accordingly.

• Use power tools

  Operate power driven pumps. Use hand tools or power tools. Use vehicle repair tools or safety equipment.

• Use repair manuals

  Apply the information, such as periodic maintenance charts, step by step repair instructions, troubleshooting information and overhaul procedures to perform routine maintenance and repairs.

• Provide customer follow-up services

  Register, follow-up, solve and respond to customer requests, complaints and after-sales services.

• Perform minor repairs to equipment

  Conduct routine maintenance on equipment. Recognise and identify minor defects in equipment and make repairs if appropriate.

• Replace defect components

  Remove defective parts and replace them with functioning components.

• Troubleshoot

  Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.

• Maintain equipment

  Regularly inspect and perform all required activities to maintain the equipment in functional order prior or after its use.

• Maintain records of maintenance interventions

  Keep written records of all repairs and maintenance interventions undertaken, including information on the parts and materials used, etc.

• Identify customer's needs

  Use appropriate questions and active listening in order to identify customer expectations, desires and requirements according to product and services.

• Maintain customer service

  Keep the highest possible customer service and make sure that the customer service is at all times performed in a professional way. Help customers or participants feel at ease and support special requirements.

• Advise on equipment maintenance

  Advise customers on the appropriate products, methods and, if necessary, interventions to ensure proper maintenance and prevent premature damage of an object or an installation.

• Create solutions to problems

  Solve problems which arise in planning, prioritising, organising, directing/facilitating action and evaluating performance. Use systematic processes of collecting, analysing, and synthesising information to evaluate current practice and generate new understandings about practice.

• Follow trends in sporting equipment

  Follow material developments and trends within a specific sport. Keep up-to-date about athletes, gear and equipment manufacturers.

• Arrange equipment repairs

  Arrange for equipment repairs when necessary.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB