Tire Changer / Technician
Quick Facts
Median Salary$36,880
Most Common EducationHigh school or GED
Projected 10-Year Growth+19.04%
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What They Do
A Tire Changer or Technician replaces and repairs tires for cars, trucks, or equipment such as tractors and construction vehicles.
Core Tasks:
- Raise vehicles, using hydraulic jacks.
- Remount wheels onto vehicles.
- Place wheels on balancing machines to determine counterweights required to balance wheels.
- Unbolt and remove wheels from vehicles, using lug wrenches or other hand or power tools.
- Identify tire size and ply and inflate tires accordingly.
- Reassemble tires onto wheels.
- Replace valve stems and remove puncturing objects.
- Hammer required counterweights onto rims of wheels.
- Seal punctures in tubeless tires by inserting adhesive material and expanding rubber plugs into punctures, 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.
- Assist mechanics and perform various mechanical duties, such as changing oil or checking and replacing batteries.
- Glue tire patches over ruptures in tire casings, using rubber cement.
- Rotate tires to different positions on vehicles, using hand tools.
- Clean and tidy up the shop.
- Order replacements for tires or tubes.
- Buff defective areas of inner tubes, using scrapers.
- Separate tubed tires from wheels, using rubber mallets and metal bars or mechanical tire changers.
- Inflate inner tubes and immerse them in water to locate leaks.
- Clean sides of whitewall tires.
What to expect as a Tire Changer / Technician
1Earn a High school or GED Diploma
22% of people achieve this level of education.
2Gain skills and experience
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3Land a job
2627 openings for Tire Changers / Technicians
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