Description
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul motorcycles, scooters, mopeds, dirt bikes, or similar motorized vehicles.
Interests
- Realistic
- Conventional
- Investigative
Work Values
- Independence
- Support
- Working Conditions
Work Styles
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Persistence
- Initiative
Tasks
- Mount, balance, change, or check condition or pressure of tires.
- Replace defective parts, using hand tools, arbor presses, flexible power presses, or power tools.
- Dismantle engines and repair or replace defective parts, such as magnetos, carburetors, or generators.
- Connect test panels to engines and measure generator output, ignition timing, or other engine performance indicators.
- Listen to engines, examine vehicle frames, or confer with customers to determine nature and extent of malfunction or damage.
Work Activities
- Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
- Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
- Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
Detailed Work Activities
- Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.
- Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
- Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
- Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
- Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
- Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
- Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
Technology Skills
- Spreadsheet software
- Data base user interface and query software
- Point of sale POS software
- Office suite software
- Operating system software
Abilities
- Deductive Reasoning
- Finger Dexterity
- Inductive Reasoning
- Manual Dexterity
- Arm-Hand Steadiness
Skills
- Repairing
- Troubleshooting
- Equipment Maintenance
- Active Learning
- Active Listening
Knowledge
- Mechanical
- English Language
- Customer and Personal Service
- Computers and Electronics
- Mathematics
Most Common Education Level
The “Most Common Education Level” refers to the level of education held by the majority of workers in a given occupation. For example, if the highest percentage of workers in a role have an Associate’s Degree, that suggests this is the typical educational requirement. Knowing this helps you plan how many years of education you may need to pursue that career.
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Income Percentile
The income percentiles show how earnings are distributed within a profession. The 10th percentile means that 10% of workers earned less than that amount. The median (50th percentile) indicates that half of workers earned more, and half earned less. The 90th percentile reflects what the top 10% of earners in the field make.
| Income Percentile | Annual Income |
|---|---|
| Low (10%) | $38,875 |
| Median (50%) | $48,637 |
| High (90%) | $68,993 |
Income by Experience
This table shows how income typically grows with experience—from entry level (0–2 years), to mid-level (3–5 years), to senior level (6–8 years), to expert level (8+ years).
| Experience | Income |
|---|---|
Entry Level  | $53,796 |
| Mid Level | $65,500 |
| Senior Level | N/A |
| Expert Level | N/A |
Employability
There are currently 16,000 jobs in this career path. Over the next 10 years, that number is expected to increase to 16,400 positions, reflecting a projected growth of 3%.
The Projected Job Growth figure refers to the expected increase or decrease in employment within a specific career field over a certain period of time.
Projected Job Growth of 3%
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