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O*NET detailed work activityRepair non-engine automotive or vehicle components
Stays humanHands-on work
10 jobs22 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 Repair vehicle components, under the O*NET work activity group Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 22 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Diagnose and repair vehicle heating and cooling systems.
- Repair ships, bridge foundations, or other structures below the water line, using caulk, bolts, and hand tools.
- Install, adjust, or repair hydraulic or electromagnetic automatic lift mechanisms used to raise and lower automobile windows, seats, and tops.
- Examine car roofs for wear and damage, and repair defective sections, using roofing material, cement, nails, and waterproof paint.
- Repair leaks in valve seats or bellows of automotive heater thermostats, using soft solder, flux, and acetylene torches.
- Repair car upholstery.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Replace defective parts, using hand tools, arbor presses, flexible power presses, or power tools.
- Repair or replace other parts, such as headlights, horns, handlebar controls, gasoline or oil tanks, starters, or mufflers.
- Install, repair, or replace safety glass and related materials, such as back glass heating elements, on vehicles or equipment.
- Repair or adjust motorcycle subassemblies, such as forks, transmissions, brakes, or drive chains, according to specifications.
- Disassemble malfunctioning equipment and remove, repair, or replace defective parts, such as motors, clutches, or transformers.
- Repair, reline, replace, and adjust brakes.
- Replace or adjust motorized or manual window-raising mechanisms.
- Set starter locks and align and repair steering or throttle controls, using gauges, screwdrivers, or wrenches.
- Inspect, repair, and maintain automotive and mechanical equipment and machinery, such as pumps and compressors.
- Install or repair accessories.
- Remove damaged exterior panels, and repair and replace structural frame members.
- Tear down, repair, and rebuild faulty assemblies, such as power systems, steering systems, and linkages.
- Repair or adjust seats, doors, or windows.
- Repair or replace parts such as pistons, rods, gears, valves, and bearings.
- Repair, fabricate, and install steel or wood fittings, using blueprints, shop sketches, and instruction manuals.
- Repair window sash frames, attach weather stripping and channels to frames, and replace window glass, using hand tools.