Comparing Options for Appliance Repair Schooling [2022]

With the new year here and some readers potentially considering a career switch into appliance repair, I wanted to provide a fresh overview of the top appliance repair schools out there, their unique features, their drawbacks, and their costs. I examined the four significant entities offering training programs: Penn Foster, Master Samurai Tech, Uncle Harry’s …

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 …

Free Appliance Repair Training vs. Paid Training

Free resources are available on the internet, and some of them are very helpful, but paid training can catapult you onto the next level that free training can’t. Free appliance repair training takes longer to accumulate the knowledge that paid training can condense into a much shorter period of time. There is a huge amount of free …

The YouTube Revolution is Changing the Appliance Repair Business

Fact 1.  YouTube Has Changed  the entire “How To” World It is undeniable that the millions of YouTube videos have changed the “How To” world.  Appliance repair is just one of many service business affected by all this content. Plumbing and electrical issues, HVAC work and  medical problems all  look easily solved when you view …

Free Training Resources

Free training can backfill your paid training, but it’s hit and miss unless you know where to look. Here are some good resources: YouTube Videos (search on “appliance repair training”) Repair Forums (try appliantology.org) Free Online Service Manuals (a good free source is appliancejunk.com) Parts Sites (repairclinic.com has videos & partselect.com has DIY installation advice) You …