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“Automobile Damage Field Appraiser (Auto Damage Field Appraiser)” will almost certainly be replaced by robots.
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Job Description
Appraise automobile or other vehicle damage to determine repair costs for insurance claim settlement. Prepare insurance forms to indicate repair cost or cost estimates and recommendations. May seek agreement with automotive repair shop on repair costs.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 13-1032.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 65,930.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 31.00
- Currently, there are 15,130 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage”.
Also Known As…
- Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Physical Damage Appraiser
- Outside Physical Damage Appraiser
- Material Damage Appraiser
- Insurance Appraiser
- Field Inspector
- Field Appraiser
- Damage Appraiser
- Automobile Damage Appraiser (Auto Damage Appraiser)
- Automobile Appraiser (Auto Appraiser)
- Appraiser
- Reinspector
- Property Field Inspector
- Field Property Loss Specialist
- Field Automobile Adjuster (Field Auto Adjuster)
- Commercial Field Inspector
- Auto Damage Insurance Appraiser
- Auto Body Repair Estimator
Tasks for “Automobile Damage Field Appraiser (Auto Damage Field Appraiser)”
- Prepare insurance forms to indicate repair cost estimates and recommendations.
- Review repair cost estimates with automobile repair shop to secure agreement on cost of repairs.
- Arrange to have damage appraised by another appraiser to resolve disagreement with shop on repair cost.
- Estimate parts and labor to repair damage, using standard automotive labor and parts cost manuals and knowledge of automotive repair.
- Determine salvage value on total-loss vehicle.
- Examine damaged vehicle to determine extent of structural, body, mechanical, electrical, or interior damage.
- Evaluate practicality of repair as opposed to payment of market value of vehicle before accident.
Related Technology & Tools
- Compact digital cameras
- Electronic digital theodolites
- Desktop computers
- Hand calculators
- Tablet computers
- Laser facsimile machines"
- Measuring tapes
- Laptop computers
- Measure markers
- Tire tread depth gauges
- Computer laser printers
- Swan River Software Estimiser Pro
- Web browser software
- Information Services Inc. CCC Pathways Appraisal Solution
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- Meridian Technologies SurePoint
- NCH Software Express Invoice
- Microsoft Word
- A-T Solutions Easy Street Draw
- Mitchell International Mitchell WorkCenter
- Email software
- App Software Associations AppTrak.net
- Cost estimating software
- Microsoft Excel
- Vertafore ImageRight
- Web-Est
- Solera Audatex Estimating
- Microsoft Outlook