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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