Occupation
Tire Repairers and Changers
Repair and replace tires.
$37,710 medianBright outlookHigh school
O*NET 31.0 · 49-3093.00
A typical week, in the words of people in the job
- 01Unbolt and remove wheels from vehicles, using lug wrenches or other hand or power tools.
- 02Identify tire size and ply and inflate tires accordingly.
- 03Raise vehicles, using hydraulic jacks.
- 04Place wheels on balancing machines to determine counterweights required to balance wheels.
- 05Glue tire patches over ruptures in tire casings, using rubber cement.
- 06Remount wheels onto vehicles.
- 07Seal punctures in tubeless tires by inserting adhesive material and expanding rubber plugs into punctures, using hand tools.
- 08Replace valve stems and remove puncturing objects.
- 09Reassemble tires onto wheels.
- 10Hammer required counterweights onto rims of wheels.
- 11Buff defective areas of inner tubes, using scrapers.
- 12Rotate tires to different positions on vehicles, using hand tools.
Task statements ranked by how many workers report them · O*NET 31.0
What the posting will be called
Lube Technician (Lube Tech)Service Technician (Service Tech)Tire InstallerTire Shop MechanicAlignment Technician (Alignment Tech)Tire Alignment Technician (Tire Alignment Tech)Tire ChangerTire RepairerTire Technician (Tire Tech)Truck Tire Service Operator
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Knowledge the job leans on
MechanicalCustomer and Personal ServiceAdministration and ManagementProduction and ProcessingEducation and TrainingPublic Safety and SecuritySales and MarketingEnglish Language
Skills that carry over from service
Time ManagementService OrientationOperation and ControlOperations MonitoringTroubleshootingRepairingComplex Problem SolvingQuality Control Analysis