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Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment

Wash or otherwise clean vehicles, machinery, and other equipment. Use such materials as water, cleaning agents, brushes, cloths, and hoses.

Sample of reported job titles:
Aircraft Cleaner, Auto Detailer, Automobile Detailer, Automotive Detailer, Car Detailer, Car Washer, Detailer, Reconditioner, Sanitation Truck Cleaner

Occupation-Specific Information

Tasks

  • 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.
  • Press buttons to activate cleaning equipment or machines.
  • Clean and polish vehicle windows.

Technology Skills

  • Calendar and scheduling software:BookFresh
    ,    Thoughtful Systems Scheduling Manager for Auto Detailing
  • Data base user interface and query software:Bella FSM Auto Detailing Service Software
    ,    Green Cloud KleanTRAC
  • Inventory management software:Inventory tracking software
  • Operating system software:Microsoft Windows

Occupational Requirements

Work Activities

  • Getting Information:Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
  • Performing General Physical Activities:Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
  • Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment:Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.
  • Handling and Moving Objects:Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.

Detailed Work Activities

  • Acquire supplies or equipment.
  • Apply protective or decorative finishes to workpieces or products.
  • Clean facilities or work areas.
  • Clean machinery or equipment.
  • Clean vehicles or vehicle components.

Work Context

  • Face-to-Face Discussions:85% responded"Every day"
  • Spend Time Standing:73% responded"Continually or almost continually"
  • Exposed to Contaminants:72% responded"Every day"
  • Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable:69% responded"Every day"
  • Time Pressure:67% responded"Every day"

Worker Requirements

Skills

  • Operation and Control:Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
  • Quality Control Analysis:Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

Knowledge

  • Customer and Personal Service:Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Education

How much education does a new hire need to perform a job in this occupation? Respondents said:
  • 52%
    High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
  • 34%
    Less than a High School Diploma
  • 14%
    Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)

Worker Characteristics

Abilities

  • Near Vision:The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
  • Multilimb Coordination:The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
  • Manual Dexterity:The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
  • Problem Sensitivity:The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.

Interests

  • Realistic:Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
  • Conventional:Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Work Values

  • Relationships:Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
  • Support:Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
  • Independence:Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.

Work Styles

  • Attention to Detail:Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
  • Dependability:Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
  • Independence:Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
  • Integrity:Job requires being honest and ethical.
  • Cooperation:Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
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