Automotive Specialty Technicians

• Estimate costs of vehicle repair.
• Troubleshoot fuel, ignition, and emissions control systems, using electronic testing equipment.
• Repair, overhaul, or adjust automobile brake systems.
• Test electronic computer components in automobiles to ensure proper operation.
• Repair or replace defective ball joint suspensions, brake shoes, or wheel bearings.
• Align wheels, axles, frames, torsion bars, and steering mechanisms of automobiles, using special alignment equipment and wheel-balancing machines.
• Tune automobile engines to ensure proper and efficient functioning.
• Repair, replace, or adjust defective fuel injectors, carburetor parts, and gasoline filters.
• Rebuild, repair, or test automotive fuel injection units.
• Change spark plugs, fuel filters, air filters, and batteries in hybrid electric vehicles.
• Install or repair air conditioners and service components, such as compressors, condensers, and controls.
• Install, adjust, or repair hydraulic or electromagnetic automatic lift mechanisms used to raise and lower automobile windows, seats, and tops.
• Repair or rebuild clutch systems.
• Repair or replace automobile leaf springs.
• Replace defective mufflers and tailpipes.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Automotive Specialty Technicians.

• Troubleshooting - Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
• Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Equipment Maintenance - Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Automotive Specialty Technicians.