Automotive Electronics Installers

An Automotive Electronics Installer installs electronic equipment such as radios, sound systems or GPS systems in cars, trucks, and buses.

About this Career

Average Salary

£29,504

New workers start at around £18,524. Normal pay is £29,504 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £45,006

Annual Openings

228

Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons in London, and do not distinguish between full and part-time jobs

Daily Tasks

  • Repairs and services air conditioning, heating and engine-cooling systems.
  • Installs additional electrical amenities such as radio/CD players, aerials.
  • Checks condition of electrical/electronic systems and carries out servicing tasks.
  • Diagnoses faults in electrical/electronic circuitry, removes faulty components and fits replacements.
  • Carries out routine maintenance checks on oil and air filters, brakes and other vehicle parts/systems.
  • Reassembles, tests, adjusts and tunes the appropriate parts, systems or entire engine.
  • Removes, dismantles, repairs and replaces defective parts and prepares new parts using appropriate tools.
  • Visually checks, test drives or uses test equipment to diagnose engine and mechanical faults.

Skills Employers are looking for

Skills Importance
Active Learning 74%
Reading Comprehension 70%
Critical Thinking 65%
Learning Strategies 54%
Active Listening 54%
Speaking 51%
Mathematics 51%
Monitoring 50%
Writing 49%
Science 38%