Automotive Specialty Technicians

<ul><li>Inspect vehicles for damage and record findings so that necessary repairs can be made.</li><li>Estimate costs of vehicle repair.</li><li>Troubleshoot fuel, ignition, and emissions control systems, using electronic testing equipment.</li><li>Repair, overhaul, or adjust automobile brake systems.</li><li>Test electronic computer components in automobiles to ensure proper operation.</li><li>Repair or replace defective ball joint suspensions, brake shoes, or wheel bearings.</li><li>Tune automobile engines to ensure proper and efficient functioning.</li><li>Align wheels, axles, frames, torsion bars, and steering mechanisms of automobiles, using special alignment equipment and wheel-balancing machines.</li><li>Repair, replace, or adjust defective fuel injectors, carburetor parts, and gasoline filters.</li><li>Rebuild, repair, or test automotive fuel injection units.</li><li>Change spark plugs, fuel filters, air filters, and batteries in hybrid electric vehicles.</li><li>Install or repair air conditioners and service components, such as compressors, condensers, and controls.</li><li>Install, adjust, or repair hydraulic or electromagnetic automatic lift mechanisms used to raise and lower automobile windows, seats, and tops.</li><li>Repair or rebuild clutch systems.</li><li>Repair or replace automobile leaf springs.</li><li>Replace defective mufflers and tailpipes.</li></ul>