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Overview
Sports equipment repair technicians maintain and repair items such as tennis rackets, archery bows, bowstrings and camping equipment, using hand tools or mechanical tools to restore damaged parts.
In job descriptions, look for equipment maintenance, minor repairs, customer advice, stock records, supplier contact and knowledge of how sporting goods are used and adjusted.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Repair work often happens at a service bench, in a sports shop workshop or in a rental-equipment setting. The technician inspects damage, chooses parts or adjustments, repairs rackets, bows, strings or camping items, and explains care to the customer.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes sporting equipment usage, minor repair, equipment maintenance records, bowstring work and clear customer advice. Some roles add stock handling, supplier contact or rental equipment issue.
Salary context
Pay is usually shaped by repair complexity, customer responsibility, sales or rental duties and whether the role handles specialist archery, racket or outdoor equipment. Workshop independence and trusted diagnosis matter more than the shop title alone.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward senior workshop responsibility, specialist repair for archery or racket sports, rental fleet maintenance, supplier liaison or broader sporting-goods service roles.
Good to know
Ask which equipment categories are repaired in-house, which repairs are sent out, how parts are ordered and how customer records are kept.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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Occupation group
Handicraft workers not elsewhere classified (7319)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1d70e660-1114-41c6-926a-053541460d88 |
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| ESCO code | 7319.2 |
| ISCO group | 7319 |
| Concept type | Occupation |