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O*NET detailed work activityInstall vehicle parts or accessories
Stays humanHands-on work
8 jobs16 tasks
This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.
Part of Assemble equipment or components, under the O*NET work activity group Handling and Moving Objects. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 16 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Remount wheels onto vehicles.
- Install new tires and tubes.
- Install and adjust speed and gear mechanisms.
- Install and adjust brakes and brake pads.
- Rotate tires to different positions on vehicles, using hand tools.
- Install, repair, and replace equipment or accessories, such as handlebars, stands, lights, and seats.
- Install motorcycle accessories.
- Fit and secure windows, vinyl roofs, and metal trim to vehicle bodies, using caulking guns, adhesive brushes, and mallets.
- Install or repair accessories.
- Repair, fabricate, and install steel or wood fittings, using blueprints, shop sketches, and instruction manuals.
- Retrofit vehicle fuel systems with aftermarket products, such as vapor transfer devices, evaporation control devices, swirlers, lean burn devices, and friction reduction devices, to enhance combustion and fuel efficiency.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Fit and weld replacement parts into place, using wrenches and welding equipment, and grind down welds to smooth them, using power grinders and other tools.
- Remove seats, carpeting, and interiors of doors and add sound-absorbing material in empty spaces, reinstalling interior parts.
- Reassemble frames and reinstall engines after repairs.
- Dismount, mount, and repair or replace tires.
- Install, adjust, or repair hydraulic or electromagnetic automatic lift mechanisms used to raise and lower automobile windows, seats, and tops.