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Tire Repairers and Changers

  • Transportation, Distribution and Logistics

Tasks

What tasks do Tire Repairers and Changers perform?

  • Raise vehicles, using hydraulic jacks.

  • Remount wheels onto vehicles.

  • Place wheels on balancing machines to determine counterweights required to balance wheels.

  • Unbolt and remove wheels from vehicles, using lug wrenches or other hand or power tools.


Knowledge

What do Tire Repairers and Changers need to know?

  • Mechanical

    Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

  • Customer and Personal Service

    Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

  • Administration and Management

    Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.


Skills

What skills do Tire Repairers and Changers need?

  • Time Management

    Managing one's own time and the time of others.

  • Service Orientation

    Actively looking for ways to help people.

  • 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.



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