Tire Repairers and Changers

Career Overview

Repair and replace tires.

Also Known As

• Service Technician
• Tire Changer
• Tire Shop Mechanic
• Tire Technician

Alternate Job Titles

• Alignment Technician
• Automotive Tire Worker (Auto Tire Worker)
• Brake and Alignment Technician (Brake and Alignment Tech)
• Commercial Tire Service Tech (Commercial Tire Service Technician)
• Commercial Tire Tech (Commercial Tire Technician)
• Lube Technician
• Maintenance Technician
• Mobile Tire Tech (Mobile Tire Technician)
• Repair Technician (Repair Tech)
• Roadside Technician (Roadside Tech)
• Service Technician
• Tire Balancer
• Tire Buster
• Tire Care Tech (Tire Care Technician)
• Tire Changer

What You'll Do

In this role, your typical responsibilities include:

• Raise vehicles, using hydraulic jacks.
• Remount wheels onto vehicles.
• Unbolt and remove wheels from vehicles, using lug wrenches or other hand or power tools.
• Place wheels on balancing machines to determine counterweights required to balance wheels.
• Identify tire size and ply and inflate tires accordingly.
• Replace valve stems and remove puncturing objects.
• Hammer required counterweights onto rims of wheels.

Knowledge You'll Use

You'll need solid knowledge in these areas:

• Mechanical
• Customer and Personal Service

Key Abilities

This career requires key abilities in:

• Trunk Strength
• Multilimb Coordination
• Manual Dexterity
• Static Strength
• Near Vision
• Extent Flexibility
• Problem Sensitivity
• Oral Comprehension
• Arm-Hand Steadiness
• Control Precision

Work Style

People who excel in this career typically demonstrate:

• Dependability
• Attention to Detail
• Cautiousness
• Stress Tolerance
• Integrity

What Matters in This Career

This career tends to satisfy these work values:

• Support
• Relationships
• Independence
• Achievement
• Working Conditions

Education & Preparation

Typical Education: High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)

Related Work Experience Needed: Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year

On-the-Job Training: Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month

Education Details: Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.

Experience Required: Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience. For example, landscaping and groundskeeping workers might require very little training or previous experience, while agricultural equipment operators can benefit from on-the job training.

Technology You'll Use

Popular Technologies & Software

• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Word

Tools & Equipment

• 4-way tire valve tools
• Air drills
• Air spray guns
• Air/steam bags
• Airless spray guns
• Awls
• Bail cutting knives
• Balancing machines
• Bead breakers
• Bead expanders
• Bead seaters
• Buffers
• Computerized tire/wheel balancing equipment
• Curved-point scalpel knives
• Cutting blades

Work Environment

• Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls
• Spend Time Standing
• Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled
• Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams
• Importance of Being Exact or Accurate

Salary & Job Market

Salary Percentile	Annual Wage
Entry-Level (10th percentile)	$29,880
Median	$37,120
Top Earners (90th percentile)	$48,900

Workers Employed Nationally: 106,620

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Occupational data sourced from the O*NET OnLine database, developed by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Wage data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), 2024.