Repair, adjust, refinish, and tune musical stringed instruments.
Strings instrument and adjusts truss and bridge of instrument to obtain specified string tension and height.
Repairs broken parts, using glue, clamp, and handpress.
Disassembles instrument or bow, using hand tools.
Removes cracked, worn, or broken parts of instrument, using heated knife and hand tools.
Assembles instruments according to specifications, using hand tools.
Tests tubes and pickups in electronic amplifier units, and solders parts and connections.
Plays instrument to determine pitch.
Carves wood replacement parts, such as wedges or plugs, according to the shape and dimensions of the instrument or bow.
Inspects musical instruments
, such as cellos, violins, guitars, and mandolins, to determine defects.
Reassembles instrument or bow with new or repaired part, using glue, hairs, yarn, resin, and clamps.
Refinishes instruments to protect and decorate them, using hand tools, buffing tools, and varnish.
Adjusts string tension to tune instrument, using hand tools and electronic tuning device.
Repairing -- Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
Quality Control Analysis -- Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
Equipment Selection -- Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
Technology Design -- Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
Monitoring -- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Troubleshooting -- Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
Wrist-Finger Speed -- The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
Manual Dexterity -- The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Finger Dexterity -- The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
Hearing Sensitivity -- The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.
Information Ordering -- The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material -- Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
Handling and Moving Objects -- Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events -- Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment -- Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People -- Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
Getting Information -- Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment -- Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles.
Controlling Machines and Processes -- Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards -- Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
Thinking Creatively -- Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.