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Tire Repairers and Changers

Tools and Technology


Tools Include:

  • Specialty wrenches (4-way tire valve tools)
  • Pneumatic drill (Air drills)
  • Compressed air gun (Air spray guns)
  • Air bags for loading (Air/steam bags)
  • Hand sprayers (Airless spray guns)
  • Awls
  • Razor knives (Bail cutting knives)
  • Wheel balancing equipment (Balancing machines)
  • Wedges (Bead breakers)
  • Expanders (Bead expanders)
  • Pry bars (Bead seaters)
  • Power buffers (Buffers)
  • Wheel balancing equipment (Computerized tire/wheel balancing equipment)
  • Razor knives (Curved-point scalpel knives)
  • Knife blades (Cutting blades)
  • Deburring equipment (Deburring tools)
  • Desktop computers
  • Wedges (Duck-billed bead-breaking wedges)
  • Heater elements (Electric knife heaters)
  • Safety glasses (Eye protection)
  • Razor knives (Fast-trim vent knives)
  • Hammers
  • Rasps (Hand rasps)
  • Adhesive rollers (Hand rollers for adhesives)
  • Extruders (Handheld extruders)
  • Razor knives (Hawk bill knives)
  • Awls (Heavy duty awls)
  • Reamers (Heavy duty T-handle reamers)
  • Insertion tools (Heavy duty T-handle spiral probe cement tools)
  • Hold down clamps (Holding clamps)
  • Vulcanizing machines (Hot vulcanizing plates)
  • Pullers (Hub-cap pullers)
  • Jacks (Hydraulic jacks)
  • Hydraulic pumps
  • Scrapers (Inner-liner scrapers)
  • Insertion tools
  • Razor knives (Insulated heater knives)
  • Jacks
  • Specialty wrenches (Lug wrenches)
  • Mallets
  • Tire changing machines (Mechanical tire changers)
  • Razor knives (Mill knives)
  • Rubber or plastic presses (Mold presses)
  • Razor knives (Notched-blade trim knives)
  • Personal computers
  • Pneumatic impact wrenches (Pneumatic wrenches)
  • Power grinders
  • Hoists (Power hoists)
  • Expanders (Power tire spreaders)
  • Awls (Pricking awls)
  • Razor knives
  • Power routers (Regroovers)
  • Respirators
  • Tire changing machines (Rim clamp tire changers)
  • Hand sprayers (Rubber patch guns)
  • Protective gloves (Safety gloves)
  • Safety shoes
  • Shears (Scissors)
  • Scrapers
  • Shears
  • Razor knives (Square point knives)
  • Rasps (Stickleback rasps)
  • Razor knives (Taper point knives)
  • Razor knives (Thermocutters)
  • Hammers (Tire hammers)
  • Pry bars (Tire irons)
  • Mallets (Tire knockers)
  • Compressed air gun (Tire plug guns)
  • Awls (Tire probing awls)
  • Reamers (Tire reamers)
  • Engine or vehicle stands (Tire stands)
  • Height gauges (Tire tread depth gauges)
  • Torque wrenches
  • Shears (Trimmer shears)
  • Retaining ring pliers (Truck lock ring removers)
  • Pry bars (Truck tire spoons)
  • Utility knives
  • Vulcanizing machines
  • Wire brushes
  • Workshop cranes

Technologies Include:

  • Accounting software
  • Accounting software
  • Data base user interface and query software
  • Recordkeeping software
  • Project management software
  • Project estimation software



The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)

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