Motorcycle Mechanics
Tasks Include:
- Repair or adjust motorcycle subassemblies, such as forks, transmissions, brakes, or drive chains, according to specifications.
- Replace defective parts, using hand tools, arbor presses, flexible power presses, or power tools.
- Connect test panels to engines and measure generator output, ignition timing, or other engine performance indicators.
- Listen to engines, examine vehicle frames, or confer with customers to determine nature and extent of malfunction or damage.
- Reassemble and test subassembly units.
- Dismantle engines and repair or replace defective parts, such as magnetos, carburetors, or generators.
- Remove cylinder heads and grind valves to scrape off carbon and replace defective valves, pistons, cylinders, or rings, using hand and power tools.
- Repair or replace other parts, such as headlights, horns, handlebar controls, gasoline or oil tanks, starters, or mufflers.
- Disassemble subassembly units and examine condition, movement, or alignment of parts, visually or using gauges.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +11.1%
National: +4.2%
Education
Post-Secondary Certificate
Job Zone:
Three: Medium Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$43,370.00
State
$45,680.00
Regional
Motorcycle Mechanics
Description
Career Cluster: | Transportation, Distribution, & Logistics |
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul motorcycles, scooters, mopeds, dirt bikes, or similar motorized vehicles.
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Motorcycle Mechanics
Education
Required Level of Education
- 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) = 59.58%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 25.73%
- Bachelor's Degree = 9.47%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 3.95%
- First Professional Degree - awarded for completion of a program that: requires at least 2 years of college work before entrance into the program, includes a total of at least 6 academic years of work to complete, and provides all remaining academic requirements to begin practice in a profession. = 1.27%
Related Work Experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 29.88%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 26.87%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 23.58%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 9.47%
- None = 4.99%
- Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years = 3.95%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 1.27%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 28.40%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 22.88%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 14.67%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 13.77%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 12.50%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 7.76%
On-the-Job Training
- None or short demonstration = 22.14%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 17.33%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 17.09%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 16.25%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 12.50%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 10.74%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 3.95%
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Motorcycle Mechanics
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Repair or adjust motorcycle subassemblies, such as forks, transmissions, brakes, or drive chains, according to specifications.
- Replace defective parts, using hand tools, arbor presses, flexible power presses, or power tools.
- Connect test panels to engines and measure generator output, ignition timing, or other engine performance indicators.
- Listen to engines, examine vehicle frames, or confer with customers to determine nature and extent of malfunction or damage.
- Reassemble and test subassembly units.
- Dismantle engines and repair or replace defective parts, such as magnetos, carburetors, or generators.
- Remove cylinder heads and grind valves to scrape off carbon and replace defective valves, pistons, cylinders, or rings, using hand and power tools.
- Repair or replace other parts, such as headlights, horns, handlebar controls, gasoline or oil tanks, starters, or mufflers.
- Disassemble subassembly units and examine condition, movement, or alignment of parts, visually or using gauges.
- Mount, balance, change, or check condition or pressure of tires.
- Reassemble frames and reinstall engines after repairs.
- Install motorcycle accessories.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Hammer out dents and bends in frames and weld tears and breaks.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Motorcycle Mechanics
Additional Resources
General information about motorcycle mechanic careers may be obtained from:
Wyotech
3042 West International Speedway Blvd.
Daytona Beach, FL 32124
Telephone (tollfree): 800-874-0645
http://www.wyotech.edu/
Motorcycle Mechanics Institute
2844 West Deer Valley Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85027
Telephone (tollfree): 800-582-7995
http://www.uti-corp.com/training.html
General information about motorboat mechanic careers is available from:
Marine Mechanics Institute
9751 Delegates Dr.
Orlando, FL 32827
Telephone (tollfree): 800-342-9253
http://www.uti-corp.com/training.html
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Career VIEW Research. (Using onet28)
Motorcycle Mechanics
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
95.25 | Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
63.25 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
59.25 | 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. |
57.75 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
53.25 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
52.00 | Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Motorcycle Mechanics
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
72.00 | Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
72.00 | Repairing | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
62.50 | Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
53.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
53.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
53.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
53.00 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
53.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
53.00 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
53.00 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
53.00 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
53.00 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
53.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
53.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
50.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
50.00 | Equipment Selection | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. |
50.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Motorcycle Mechanics
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
72.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
72.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
72.00 | 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. |
72.00 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
68.75 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
68.75 | Hearing Sensitivity | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
68.75 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
68.75 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
65.50 | 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. |
65.50 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
56.25 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
53.00 | Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
53.00 | Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
53.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
53.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
53.00 | Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
53.00 | Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing. |
53.00 | Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
53.00 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
53.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
53.00 | 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. |
50.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
50.00 | Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
50.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
50.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Motorcycle Mechanics
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
87.75 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
86.75 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
83.50 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
83.50 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
83.50 | Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment | Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles. |
82.50 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
80.50 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
79.75 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
79.75 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
79.25 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
77.00 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
75.75 | 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. |
74.00 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
69.50 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
69.25 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
68.50 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
68.50 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
68.50 | Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment | Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles. |
68.00 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
67.00 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
65.50 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
65.25 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
62.25 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
60.25 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
59.75 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
58.00 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
57.50 | Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment | Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used. |
55.00 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
54.75 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
51.25 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
50.00 | Monitoring and Controlling Resources | Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money. |
49.50 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
49.50 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Motorcycle Mechanics
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
97.75 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
93.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
92.25 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
83.75 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
82.00 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
80.25 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
78.75 | 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. |
76.75 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
76.75 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
76.50 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
76.50 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
71.75 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
69.00 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
62.00 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
60.50 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Motorcycle Mechanics
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
66.67 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
55.50 | 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. |
52.83 | Working Conditions | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
50.00 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Motorcycle Mechanics
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
100.00 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
99.60 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
97.60 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
97.60 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
94.80 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
94.40 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
94.20 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
93.20 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
92.20 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
92.00 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
90.80 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
87.40 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
87.40 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
86.00 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
85.60 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
83.80 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
83.80 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
79.20 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
78.80 | Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions? |
77.00 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
76.80 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
76.20 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
76.20 | In an Open Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in an open vehicle or equipment (e.g., tractor)? |
75.60 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
75.20 | Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling | How much does this job require kneeling, crouching, stooping or crawling? |
74.20 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
73.80 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
73.20 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
72.60 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
72.60 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
72.20 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
72.00 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
70.40 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
68.60 | Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions? |
67.80 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
64.80 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
60.40 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
58.20 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
56.80 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
52.00 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
51.00 | Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting | How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions? |
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Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, desktop publishers, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters and simultaneous captioners, and medical assistants.
- Education
- Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $28,710.00 | $43,370.00 | $51,570.00 |
Virginia | $27,910.00 | $45,680.00 | $50,170.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $32,698.97 | $46,703.19 | $50,135.58 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $33,592.30 | $39,878.81 | $50,059.93 |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $35,122.99 | $46,312.48 | $50,237.14 |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Motorcycle Mechanics
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 16,600 | 17,300 | +4.2% |
Virginia | 307 | 341 | +11.1% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Motorcycle Mechanics
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- Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
- Motorcycle Mechanics
- Rail Car Repairers
- Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
- Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
- Signal and Track Switch Repairers
- Tire Repairers and Changers
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Motorcycle Mechanics
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Motorcycle Mechanics
Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Motorcycle Mechanics
Titles
- All Terrain Vehicle Technician (ATV Technician)
- Custom Bike Builder
- Dirt Bike Mechanic
- Frame Repairer
- Frame Straightener
- Mechanic
- Motor Bike Mechanic
- Motor Scooter Mechanic
- Motorcycle Fabricator
- Motorcycle Mechanic
- Motorcycle Mechanic Apprentice
- Motorcycle Repairer
- Motorcycle Service Technician
- Motorcycle Subassembly Repairer
- Motorcycle Technician
- Motorsports Technician
- Scooter Mechanic
- Service Technician
- Shop Foreman
- Technician
- Vehicle Mechanic
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Motorcycle Mechanics
Related Schools
- Southside Virginia Community College
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