Tire Repairers and Changers

Tasks Include:

• Identify and inflate tires correctly for the size and ply.
• Place wheels on balancing machines to determine counterweights required to balance wheels.
• Raise vehicles, using hydraulic jacks.
• Remount wheels onto vehicles.
• Locate punctures in tubeless tires by visual inspection or by immersing inflated tires in water baths and observing air bubbles.
• Unbolt wheels from vehicles and remove them, using lug wrenches and other hand and power tools.
• Reassemble tires onto wheels.
• Replace valve stems and remove puncturing objects.
• Hammer required counterweights onto rims of wheels.
• Rotate tires to different positions on vehicles, using hand tools.
• Inspect tire casings for defects, such as holes or tears.
• Seal punctures in tubeless tires by inserting adhesive material and expanding rubber plugs into punctures, using hand tools.
• Glue tire patches over ruptures in tire casings, using rubber cement.
• Assist mechanics and perform other duties as directed.

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