Tire Repairer / Changer

Repair and replace tires.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Alignment Technician (Alignment Tech); Lube Technician (Lube Tech); Service Technician (Service Tech); Tire Alignment Technician (Tire Alignment Tech); Tire Changer; Tire Installer; Tire Repairer; Tire Shop Mechanic; Tire Technician (Tire Tech); Truck Tire Service Operator

Tasks

• Unbolt and remove wheels from vehicles, using lug wrenches or other hand or power tools.
• Place wheels on balancing machines to determine counterweights required to balance wheels.
• Identify tire size and ply and inflate tires accordingly.
• Raise vehicles, using hydraulic jacks.
• Reassemble tires onto wheels.
• Glue tire patches over ruptures in tire casings, using rubber cement.
• Remount wheels onto vehicles.
• Seal punctures in tubeless tires by inserting adhesive material and expanding rubber plugs into punctures, using hand tools.
• Replace valve stems and remove puncturing objects.
• Apply rubber cement to buffed tire casings prior to vulcanization process.
• Hammer required counterweights onto rims of wheels.
• Buff defective areas of inner tubes, using scrapers.
• Rotate tires to different positions on vehicles, 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.

Knowledge

• Customer and Personal Service
• Mechanical
• Administration and Management
• Production and Processing
• Education and Training
• Public Safety and Security

Abilities

• Static Strength
• Manual Dexterity
• Multilimb Coordination
• Trunk Strength
• Extent Flexibility
• Near Vision
• Information Ordering
• Arm-Hand Steadiness
• Oral Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Problem Sensitivity
• Deductive Reasoning
• Inductive Reasoning
• Finger Dexterity
• Control Precision