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Vehicle Technicians, Mechanics and Electricians
View coursesAbout this career
£29,504
Median salary
New workers start around £18,524.13. Normal pay is £29,504 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £45,005.82.
6
Jobs
Subjects achieved a 100% pass rate, including Maths,
Further Maths, Physics, English Literature and Spanish.
Daily Tasks
- Repairs and services air conditioning, heating and engine-cooling systems.
- Installs additional electrical amenities such as radio/CD players, aerials.
- Checks condition of electrical/electronic systems and carries out servicing tasks.
- Diagnoses faults in electrical/electronic circuitry, removes faulty components and fits replacements.
- Carries out routine maintenance checks on oil and air filters, brakes and other vehicle parts/systems.
- Reassembles, tests, adjusts and tunes the appropriate parts, systems or entire engine.
- Removes, dismantles, repairs and replaces defective parts and prepares new parts using appropriate tools.
- Visually checks, test drives or uses test equipment to diagnose engine and mechanical faults.
Skills
Job postings
Active Learning
74
Reading Comprehension
70
Critical Thinking
65
Learning Strategies
54
Active Listening
54
Speaking
51
Mathematics
51
Monitoring
50
Writing
49
Science
38
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