Appliance technical reviewer
Vacant post: Domestic appliance engineer
This post is currently vacant. Washing machine, dishwasher, tumble dryer, oven, hob, range cooker, microwave and refrigeration pages have not been reviewed by a domestic appliance engineer, and none of them claims to have been. Appliance repair has no statutory register in the UK, so there is no credential to check even when the post is filled — what the role would bring is trade experience in judging which faults an owner can safely tackle and which belong inside the cabinet. Until then, that judgement follows what the manufacturer publishes, and where a manufacturer publishes nothing we leave the gap visible rather than guessing on their behalf. Microwaves are the category where filling this post would change the most, because they are the one appliance here whose service documentation says in terms that unplugging it does not make the inside safe.
What reviewing would mean here
The reviewer checks the severity rating and every do-it-yourself step on the pages they sign off, and re-reviews them at least every 18 months. Where a page says a fault needs a registered engineer, that decision is theirs rather than the writer’s.
That is the policy, and this post is not currently filled, so no page on this site carries a reviewer byline or claims to have been checked by an engineer. Severity is set from what the manufacturer publishes. You can see which sources were used at the foot of every code page.