According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Raise vehicles, using hydraulic jacks. | 92% |
| Remount wheels onto vehicles. | 91% |
| Unbolt and remove wheels from vehicles, using lug wrenches or other hand or power tools. | 90% |
| Place wheels on balancing machines to determine counterweights required to balance wheels. | 90% |
| Identify tire size and ply and inflate tires accordingly. | 90% |
| Replace valve stems and remove puncturing objects. | 87% |
| Hammer required counterweights onto rims of wheels. | 87% |
| Reassemble tires onto wheels. | 86% |
| Seal punctures in tubeless tires by inserting adhesive material and expanding rubber plugs into punctures, using hand tools. | 86% |
| Inspect tire casings for defects, such as holes or tears. | 86% |
| Locate punctures in tubeless tires by visual inspection or by immersing inflated tires in water baths and observing air bubbles. | 86% |
| Glue tire patches over ruptures in tire casings, using rubber cement. | 85% |
| Assist mechanics and perform various mechanical duties, such as changing oil or checking and replacing batteries. | 85% |
| Rotate tires to different positions on vehicles, using hand tools. | 83% |
| Clean and tidy up the shop. | 82% |
| Buff defective areas of inner tubes, using scrapers. | 80% |
| Roll new rubber treads, known as camelbacks, over tire casings and mold the semi-raw rubber treads onto the buffed casings. | 80% |
| Order replacements for tires or tubes. | 80% |
| Prepare rims and wheel drums for reassembly by scraping, grinding, or sandblasting. | 80% |
| Apply rubber cement to buffed tire casings prior to vulcanization process. | 79% |
| Separate tubed tires from wheels, using rubber mallets and metal bars or mechanical tire changers. | 79% |
| Inflate inner tubes and immerse them in water to locate leaks. | 79% |
| Patch tubes with adhesive rubber patches or seal rubber patches to tubes, using hot vulcanizing plates. | 78% |
| Place tire casings and tread rubber assemblies in tire molds for the vulcanization process and exert pressure to ensure good adhesion. | 73% |
| Drive automobile or service trucks to industrial sites to provide services or respond to emergency calls. | 68% |
| Clean sides of whitewall tires. | 62% |
