Diagnose, inspect, adjust, repair, or overhaul recreational vehicles including travel trailers. May specialize in maintaining gas, electrical, hydraulic, plumbing, or chassis/towing systems as well as repairing generators, appliances, and interior components. Includes workers who perform customized van conversions.
<ul><li>Explain proper operation of vehicle systems to customers.</li><li>Locate and repair frayed wiring, broken connections, or incorrect wiring, using ohmmeters, soldering irons, tape, or hand tools.</li><li>Repair plumbing or propane gas lines, using caulking compounds and plastic or copper pipe.</li><li>Confer with customers, read work orders, or examine vehicles needing repair to determine the nature and extent of damage.</li><li>Examine or test operation of parts or systems to ensure completeness of repairs.</li><li>Connect electrical systems to outside power sources and activate switches to test the operation of appliances or light fixtures.</li><li>Connect water hoses to inlet pipes of plumbing systems and test operation of toilets or sinks.</li><li>Inspect recreational vehicles to diagnose problems and perform necessary adjustment, repair, or overhaul.</li><li>Inspect, repair, or replace brake systems.</li><li>Diagnose and repair furnace or air conditioning systems.</li><li>Repair leaks with caulking compound or replace pipes, using pipe wrenches.</li><li>List parts needed, estimate costs, and plan work procedures, using parts lists, technical manuals, or diagrams.</li><li>Remove damaged exterior panels and repair and replace structural frame members.</li><li>Open and close doors, windows, or drawers to test their operation, trimming edges to fit, as necessary.</li><li>Reset hardware, using chisels, mallets, and screwdrivers.</li><li>Refinish wood surfaces on cabinets, doors, moldings, or floors, using power sanders, putty, spray equipment, brushes, paints, or varnishes.</li></ul>