List of Career Duties Under Automotive Service Business Sector
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LIST OF CAREER DUTIES UNDER AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE BUSINESS SECTOR
Bonder Automobile Brakes Career Duties
- Tend machines that apply adhesive bond asbestos lining to automobile brakeshoes for installation by Brake Repairer automotive ser.
- Select stock lining to fit brakeshoes removed from vehicle
- Feed lining between rollers of machine that applies bonding adhesive
- Secure brakeshoes in bonding press after adhesive has set
- Position coated lining on shoe locks press
- Move lever to activate press that heats and bonds lining to shoe automatically releases after specified time
- Remove bonded shoe from press, using asbestos gloves
- May rivet linings to brakeshoes be designated Riveter, Automobile Brakes automotive ser. .
Brake Adjuster Career Duties
- Adjust hydraulic brakes on automotive vehicles, like automobiles, buses, and trucks
- Observe level of brake fluid in master cylinder of braking system adds brake fluid to prescribed level
- Raise vehicle, using power hoist or jack
- Turn toothed wheel on brakeshoe adjustment turnbuckle to set specified distance between brakeshoes brakedrum, using handtool.
Brake drum lathe Operator Career Duties
- Sets up operates brakedrum lathe to resurface automotive brakedrums, and operates grinding machine to grind brakeshoe linings
- Clamp hub and drum on lathe spindle adjusts cutting tool to machine drum surface
- Start spindle feeds tool into drum by hand, or adjusts automatic feed mechanism
- Measure drum to verify specified dimensions, using calipers, drum gauge, or micrometer
- Clamp brakeshoe on grinder grinds lining to specified arc as determined by new diameter of drum
- May replace defective brake cylinders fill master brake cylinder with brake fluid
- May mount wheel on axle adjust drumshoe clearance.
Brake Mechanic Career Duties
- Repair overhauls brake systems in automobiles, buses, trucks, and other automotive vehicles
- Push handle of hydraulic jack or pushes hoist control to raise vehicle axle
- Remove wheels, using wrenches, wheel puller and sledgehammer
- Replace defective brakeshoe units or attaches new linings to brakeshoes
- Measure brakedrum to define amount of wear, using feeler gauge
- Insert vacuum gauge into power-brake cylinder, starts engine, and reads gauge to detect brake-line leaks
- Repair or replaces leaky brake cylinders
- Repair or replaces defective air compressor in airbrake systems
- Replace wheel on axle adjusts drumshoe clearance, using wrench
- Fill master brake cylinder with brake fluid, pumps brake pedal, or uses pressure tank, and opens valves on hydraulic brake system to bleed air from brake lines
- Close valves refills master brake cylinder
- May be designated according to specialty as Brake Repairer, Air automotive ser. , Brake Repairer, Bus automotive ser. , Brake Repairer, Hydraulic automotive ser. .
Brake repair Mechanic Career Duties
- Repair overhauls brake systems in automobiles, buses, trucks, and other automotive vehicles
- Push handle of hydraulic jack or pushes hoist control to raise vehicle axle
- Remove wheels, using wrenches, wheel puller and sledgehammer
- Replace defective brakeshoe units or attaches new linings to brakeshoes
- Measure brakedrum to define amount of wear, using feeler gauge
- Insert vacuum gauge into power-brake cylinder, starts engine, and reads gauge to detect brake-line leaks
- Repair or replaces leaky brake cylinders
- Repair or replaces defective air compressor in airbrake systems
- Replace wheel on axle adjusts drumshoe clearance, using wrench
- Fill master brake cylinder with brake fluid, pumps brake pedal, or uses pressure tank, and opens valves on hydraulic brake system to bleed air from brake lines
- Close valves refills master brake cylinder
- May be designated according to specialty as Brake Repairer, Air automotive ser. , Brake Repairer, Bus automotive ser. , Brake Repairer, Hydraulic automotive ser. .
Brake Repairer Career Duties
- Repair overhauls brake systems in automobiles, buses, trucks, and other automotive vehicles
- Push handle of hydraulic jack or pushes hoist control to raise vehicle axle
- Remove wheels, using wrenches, wheel puller and sledgehammer
- Replace defective brakeshoe units or attaches new linings to brakeshoes
- Measure brakedrum to define amount of wear, using feeler gauge
- Insert vacuum gauge into power-brake cylinder, starts engine, and reads gauge to detect brake-line leaks
- Repair or replaces leaky brake cylinders
- Repair or replaces defective air compressor in airbrake systems
- Replace wheel on axle adjusts drumshoe clearance, using wrench
- Fill master brake cylinder with brake fluid, pumps brake pedal, or uses pressure tank, and opens valves on hydraulic brake system to bleed air from brake lines
- Close valves refills master brake cylinder
- May be designated according to specialty as Brake Repairer, Air automotive ser. , Brake Repairer, Bus automotive ser. , Brake Repairer, Hydraulic automotive ser. .
Brakeshoe Repairer Career Duties
- Repair overhauls brake systems in automobiles, buses, trucks, and other automotive vehicles
- Push handle of hydraulic jack or pushes hoist control to raise vehicle axle
- Remove wheels, using wrenches, wheel puller and sledgehammer
- Replace defective brakeshoe units or attaches new linings to brakeshoes
- Measure brakedrum to define amount of wear, using feeler gauge
- Insert vacuum gauge into power-brake cylinder, starts engine, and reads gauge to detect brake-line leaks
- Repair or replaces leaky brake cylinders
- Repair or replaces defective air compressor in airbrake systems
- Replace wheel on axle adjusts drumshoe clearance, using wrench
- Fill master brake cylinder with brake fluid, pumps brake pedal, or uses pressure tank, and opens valves on hydraulic brake system to bleed air from brake lines
- Close valves refills master brake cylinder
- May be designated according to specialty as Brake Repairer, Air automotive ser. , Brake Repairer, Bus automotive ser. , Brake Repairer, Hydraulic automotive ser. .
Bumper Straightener Career Duties
- Repair damaged automobile bumpers preparatory to replating
- Select specified make model bumper from storage yard
- Position bumper in hydraulic press starts press to restore original shape to bumper, using templates to verify contours
- Remove smaller dents, using sledgehammer
- Position bumper in bench vise grinds out hammer marks, dimples, scratches, and rust areas, using portable grinding wheel
- May cut and weld sections from several bumpers to form single salvageable unit, using flame cutting welding equipment.
Bus Inspector Career Duties
- Examine adjusts or repairs engines, chassis, electrical systems, and interior furnishings of buses
- Start engine listens for indications of malfunctions
- Test engine components, like carburetors, distributors, radiators and fuel pumps, for defining causes of malfunctions, using timers, gauges and other testing devices
- Inspect chassis for defects in parts, like universal joints, drive shaft, and air-suspension units
- Inspect electrical systems and equipment [Electrician, Automotive automotive ser. ] interior furnishings
- May be designated according to specialty as Chassis Inspector automotive ser. , Electrical Inspector automotive ser. , Engine Inspector automotive ser. .
Car wash Attendant Automatic Career Duties
- Perform any combination of following duties in automatic car wash
- Direct patron to entrance of wash station or guides automobile onto wheel track of automatic mechanism
- Clean front & rear of vehicle, using brush detergent
- Activate wash mechanism observes operation to detect equipment malfunctions
- Notify supervisor when malfunctions occur
- Receive payment from customer or issues change for coin-operated equipment
- Fill detergent and wax tanks, lubricates equipment, and replaces spray jets hoses as needed
- May vacuum interior of automobile.