DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA
49-3093 Tire Repairers and Changers
Occupational Description:
Repair and replace tires.| Percentiles | |||||||||
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| Geography | Employment | Emp SE* | Mean | Mean SE* | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
| Minnesota | 1,470 | 160 | $12.56/hr | $0.39/hr | $9.09/hr | $10.38/hr | $12.08/hr | $14.15/hr | $16.52/hr |
| U S | 94,740 | 2,084 | $12.46/hr | $0.09/hr | $8.45/hr | $9.62/hr | $11.52/hr | $14.37/hr | $18.23/hr |
| *SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate. | |||||||||
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Tasks for Tire Repairers and Changers
- Remounts wheel onto vehicle.
- Locates puncture in tubeless tire by visual inspection or by immersing inflated tire in water bath and observing air bubbles.
- Seals puncture in tubeless tire by inserting adhesive material and expanding rubber plug into puncture, using hand tools.
- Removes wheel from vehicle by hand or by use of power hoist.
- Separates tubed tire from wheel, using rubber mallet and metal bar or mechanical tire changer.
- Patches tube with adhesive rubber patch or seals rubber patch to tube, using hot vulcanizing plate.
- Unbolts wheel, using lug wrench.
- Inflates inner tube and immerses it in water to locate leak.
- Glues boot (tire patch) over rupture in tire casing, using rubber cement.
- Cleans sides of white wall tires.
- Buffs defective area of inner tube, using scraper.
- Raises vehicle, using hydraulic jack.
- Hammers required counterweights onto rim of wheel.
- Rotates tires to different positions on vehicle, using hand tools.
- Places wheel on balancing machine to determine counterweights required to balance wheel.
- Reassembles tire onto wheel.
- Removes inner tube from tire and inspects tire casing for defects, such as holes and tears.