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O*NET detailed work activityMaintain vehicles in good working condition
Stays humanHands-on work
15 jobs22 tasks
This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.
Part of Maintain vehicles in working condition, under the O*NET work activity group Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (2 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 20 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Perform routine vehicle maintenance, such as regulating tire pressure and adding gasoline, oil, and water.
- Refuel trucks or add other fluids, such as oil or brake fluid.
- Inspect and maintain vehicle supplies and equipment, such as gas, oil, water, tires, lights, or brakes, to ensure that vehicles are in proper working condition.
- Perform minor repairs, such as adjusting brakes, replacing spark plugs, or changing engine oil or filters.
- Perform basic vehicle maintenance tasks, such as adding oil, fuel, or radiator fluid, performing minor repairs, or washing trucks.
- Rotate, test, and repair or replace tires.
- Perform routine maintenance on vehicles and equipment.
- Perform minor maintenance on emergency medical services vehicles, such as ambulances.
- Lubricate machinery, vehicles, or equipment or perform minor repairs or adjustments, using hand tools.
- Perform routine vehicle maintenance, such as regulating tire pressure and adding gasoline, oil, and water.
- Perform emergency roadside repairs, such as changing tires or installing light bulbs, tire chains, or spark plugs.
- Make minor repairs to vehicles.
- Perform emergency repairs, such as changing tires or installing light bulbs, fuses, tire chains, or spark plugs.
- Perform maintenance on cars in storage to protect tires, batteries, or exteriors from deterioration.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Check tire pressure and levels of fuel, motor oil, transmission, radiator, battery, or other fluids, adding air or fluids as required.
- Maintain trucks and food-dispensing equipment and clean inside of machines that dispense food or beverages.
- Perform routine maintenance on vehicles or auxiliary equipment, such as cleaning, lubricating, recharging batteries, fueling, or replacing liquefied-gas tank.
- Perform or schedule repairs or preventive maintenance of vehicles or other equipment.
- Perform minor aircraft maintenance and repair work, or arrange for major maintenance.
- Test and charge batteries.
- Perform minor vehicle repairs, such as cleaning spark plugs, or take vehicles to mechanics for servicing.
- Perform minor vehicle repairs, such as cleaning spark plugs, or take vehicles to mechanics for servicing.