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Cleaners of Vehicles & Equipment

Also called: Detailer, Porter, Aircraft Cleaner, Automobile Detailer

What they do:
Wash or otherwise clean vehicles, machinery, and other equipment. Use such materials as water, cleaning agents, brushes, cloths, and hoses.
On the job, you would:
  • Inspect parts, equipment, or vehicles for cleanliness, damage, and compliance with standards or regulations.
  • Scrub, scrape, or spray machine parts, equipment, or vehicles, using scrapers, brushes, clothes, cleaners, disinfectants, insecticides, acid, abrasives, vacuums, or hoses.
  • Mix cleaning solutions, abrasive compositions, or other compounds, according to formulas.

Knowledge

Safety and Government
  • public safety and security
Business
  • customer service
  • management
Transportation
  • movement of people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road
Engineering and Technology
  • mechanical

Skills

Basic Skills
  • talking to others
Technical
  • using equipment or systems
  • watching guages, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working

Abilities

Hand and Finger Use
  • hold or move items with your hands
Endurance
  • exercise for a long time without getting out of breath

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include
practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need:
  • Dependability
  • Attention to Detail
  • Integrity
  • Independence
  • Initiative
  • Cooperation

Technology

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Education

Education: (rated 1 of 5)
some high school or
high school diploma
usually needed

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Job Outlook

Bright Outlook
New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
Salary
$19,850
per year, on average
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