Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics

KNOWLEDGE

• Mechanical
  Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.


• Customer and Personal Service
  Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.


• Computers and Electronics
  Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.


• English Language
  Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

SKILLS

• Repairing
  Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.


• Troubleshooting
  Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.


• Operations Monitoring
  Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.


• Equipment Maintenance
  Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.


• Operation and Control
  Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

ABILITIES

• Arm-Hand Steadiness
  The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.


• Control Precision
  The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.


• Finger Dexterity
  The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.


• Manual Dexterity
  The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.


• Near Vision
  The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

PERSONALITY

People interested in this work, will do well at jobs that need;