Senior High School Specialized Subject: Consumer Electronics Servicing

Consumer Electronics Servicing is one of the specialized subjects under the technical-vocational livelihood (TVL) career track. Some examples of the things that you will learn from taking this subject include:

 

• Maintain and Repair Audio – Video Products and System
  • Maintain and repair audio-video products and systems
    • Work safety requirements
    • Tools, equipment and devices for repairing audio-video products and system
    • Service manual
  • Pre-Testing procedure in diagnosing faults in audio- video products
  • Common symptom/defects of video products & systems
  • Troubleshooting guide for video products & systems
  • Reading schematic diagram
  • Procedure in repairing audio video products
  • Assembling and testing audio-video products

• Service and Repair Cellular Phones
  • Parts of a low-end cellular phone
  • Schematic diagram of a low-end cellular phone
  • Identifying cellular phone for feature enhancement
  • Common symptoms/defects of a low-end cellular phone
  • Pre-testing procedure in a cellular phone
  • Troubleshooting procedure
  • Tools for maintaining and repairing a low-end cellular phone unit
  • Maintenance and repair procedure
  • Procedure for assembling and disassembling a low-end cellular phone unit
  • Procedure for testing an assembled low-end cellular phone unit
  • Procedure for assembling and disassembling a low-end cellular phone unit

While studying, you will also be asked to demonstrate what you have learned by participating in class activities that may include the following:

• Preparing tools, test instruments, and personal protective equipment
• Identifying the system defects / faults using appropriate tools and equipment
• Diagnosing the identified defects/faults
• Observing safety precautions
• Replacing defective parts/ components with their appropriate equivalent
• Soldering repaired parts/ components
• Substituting parts based on manufacturer’s specifications
• Identifying the parts of a cellular phone unit to be repaired
• Performing troubleshooting based on diagnosis
• Performing final test for reassembled units in conformity with manufacturer’s specifications
• Testing the components using appropriate tools and equipment
• Identifying software applications according to their uses based on the manual’s specifications
• Identifying software application based on model and specification of a unit
• Installing additional software in accordance with the service manual

These examples only cover the scope of the specialized subjects under the technical-vocational livelihood career track. For the scope of the core and contextualized subjects under the senior high school curriculum, please refer to their respective lists.