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Career: Motorcycle Mechanics
Job Description
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul motorcycles, scooters, mopeds, dirt bikes, or similar motorized vehicles.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
100
|
Repair or replace other parts, such as headlights, horns, handlebar controls, gasoline and oil tanks, starters, and mufflers. |
99
|
Listen to engines, examine vehicle frames, or confer with customers to determine nature and extent of malfunction or damage. |
99
|
Dismantle engines and repair or replace defective parts, such as magnetos, carburetors, and generators. |
98
|
Remove cylinder heads and grind valves to scrape off carbon and replace defective valves, pistons, cylinders, and rings, using hand and power tools. |
96
|
Disassemble subassembly units and examine condition, movement, or alignment of parts, visually or using gauges. |
95
|
Connect test panels to engines and measure generator output, ignition timing, and other engine performance indicators. |
94
|
Replace defective parts, using hand tools, arbor presses, flexible power presses, or power tools. |
93
|
Repair and adjust motorcycle subassemblies, such as forks, transmissions, brakes, and drive chains, according to specifications. |
80
|
Reassemble and test subassembly units. |
61
|
Hammer out dents and bends in frames, weld tears and breaks; then reassemble frames and reinstall engines. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
86
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
77
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
73
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
67
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
65
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
64
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
62
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
62
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
58
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
57
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
56
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
55
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
55
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
53
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
53
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
52
|
Processing Information
|
52
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
52
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
52
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
51
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
50
|
Thinking Creatively
|
49
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
49
|
Getting Information
|
47
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
46
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
45
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
45
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
43
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
42
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
42
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
41
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
41
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
39
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
39
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
39
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
38
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
38
|
Interacting With Computers
|
32
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
32
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
25
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
20
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|