Automotive Service Technicians / Mechanics
An Automotive Service Technician or Mechanic repairs and performs maintenance on cars and smaller trucks; may conduct auto inspections.
About this Career
Average Salary
£28,703New workers start at around £17,103. Normal pay is £28,703 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £43,048
Annual Openings
157Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons in London, and do not distinguish between full and part-time jobs
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 Employers are looking for
| Skills | Importance |
|---|---|
| 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% |