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local automotive shop is seeking individual for Tire Technician.

Duties 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.
• Seal punctures in tubeless tires by inserting adhesive material and expanding rubber plugs into punctures, using hand tools.
• Inspect tire casings for defects, such as holes or tears.
• Locate punctures in tubeless tires by visual inspection or by immersing inflated tires in water baths and observing air bubbles.
• Glue tire patches over ruptures in tire casings, using rubber cement.
• Assist mechanics and perform various mechanical duties, such as changing oil or checking and replacing batteries.
• Rotate tires to different positions on vehicles, using hand tools.
• Buff defective areas of inner tubes, using scrapers.
• Separate tubed tires from wheels, using rubber mallets and metal bars or mechanical tire changers.
• Inflate inner tubes and immerse them in water to locate leaks.
• Prepare rims and wheel drums for reassembly by scraping, grinding, or sandblasting.
• Apply rubber cement to buffed tire casings prior to vulcanization process.
• Patch tubes with adhesive rubber patches or seal rubber patches to tubes, using hot vulcanizing plates.
• Drive automobile or service trucks to industrial sites to provide services or respond to emergency calls.

Lube tech duties include:

• Test drive vehicles and test components and systems, using equipment such as infrared engine analyzers, compression gauges, and computerized diagnostic devices.
• Repair, reline, replace, and adjust brakes.
• Review work orders and discuss work with supervisors.
• Confer with customers to obtain descriptions of vehicle problems and to discuss work to be performed and future repair requirements.
• Align vehicles' front ends.
• Align wheels, axles, frames, torsion bars, and steering mechanisms of automobiles, using special alignment equipment and wheel-balancing machines.
• Tear down, repair, and rebuild faulty assemblies, such as power systems, steering systems, and linkages.
• Perform routine and scheduled maintenance services, such as oil changes, lubrications, and tune-ups.
• Plan work procedures, using charts, technical manuals, and experience.
• Follow checklists to ensure all important parts are examined, including belts, hoses, steering systems, spark plugs, brake and fuel systems, wheel bearings, and other potentially troublesome areas.
• Maintain cleanliness of work area.
• Change spark plugs, fuel filters, air filters, and batteries in hybrid electric vehicles.
• Repair and service air conditioning, heating, engine cooling, and electrical systems.
• Test electronic computer components in automobiles to ensure proper operation.
• Rewire ignition systems, lights, and instrument panels.
• Troubleshoot fuel, ignition, and emissions control systems, using electronic testing equipment.
• Tune automobile engines to ensure proper and efficient functioning.
• Repair, replace, or adjust defective fuel injectors, carburetor parts, and gasoline filters.

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