Appliance Repair School: What to Consider Before Enrolling

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There are numerous options, free and paid, for appliance repair schools for individuals considering an appliance repair career, but not all are created equal nor deliver. With years of industry and practical experience behind me, I wanted to provide a series of questions to guide these individuals’ decisionmaking before they enroll in an appliance repair …

How to Start an Appliance Repair Business

A few years ago I decided to start a major appliance repair business, and I succeeded.  Here’s a recap of how I did it: 1.  I looked for appliance repair training, including books, appliance repair training schools, free appliance repair training, and online appliance repair training courses: The best appliance repair book I found was Troubleshooting and Repairing …

Trust Your Stuff

Let’s face it before you can know everything about repairing appliances, you will have to run service calls. Especially early in your career as an appliance repair technician, you will have gaps in your knowledge and encounter repair situations you’ve never seen before. All I wanted during this phase of startup was to do a …

What’s So Great About Appliance Repair?

OK, I have been in the appliance repair business for over a year now, successfully running service calls and making money, but it’s time to stop and think, do I really like it? I invested some time (3 months) and money (home study training, promotional materials, and inventory) into learning to be an appliance repair technician and starting my own …