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Employment Percentage
-16.91699605
SOC ID
49-3093
SOC Title
Tire Repairers and Changers
ONET ID
49-3093.00
ONET Concat ID
49309300
Median Salary
30988.9
Ed Level High School
68.290001
Ed Level Certificate
26.4
Ed Level Some College
0.88
Ed Level Associates
2.03
Ed Level Bachelors
0
Ed Level Masters
2.41
Ed Level Doctors
0
Typical Ed Level
a high school diploma or less
Career Description
Repair and replace tires.
Core Tasks
  • 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.
  • Identify tire size and ply and inflate tires accordingly.
  • Reassemble tires onto wheels.
  • Replace valve stems and remove puncturing objects.
  • Hammer required counterweights onto rims of wheels.
  • Seal punctures in tubeless tires by inserting adhesive material and expanding rubber plugs into punctures, using hand tools.
  • Locate punctures in tubeless tires by visual inspection or by immersing inflated tires in water baths and observing air bubbles.
  • Inspect tire casings for defects, such as holes or tears.
  • Assist mechanics and perform various mechanical duties, such as changing oil or checking and replacing batteries.
  • Glue tire patches over ruptures in tire casings, using rubber cement.
  • Rotate tires to different positions on vehicles, using hand tools.
  • Clean and tidy up the shop.
  • Order replacements for tires or tubes.
  • Buff defective areas of inner tubes, using scrapers.
  • Separate tubed tires from wheels, using rubber mallets and metal bars or mechanical tire changers.
  • Inflate inner tubes and immerse them in water to locate leaks.
  • Clean sides of whitewall tires.
Start Annual Earnings
25925.53
Top Annual Earnings
53112.75
EMSI Career Title Slug
tire-repairer-and-changer