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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
- Property Field Inspector
- Field Property Loss Specialist
- Field Automobile Adjuster (Field Auto Adjuster)
- Commercial Field Inspector
- Automobile Damage Field Appraiser (Auto Damage Field Appraiser)
- Auto Damage Insurance Appraiser
- Auto Body Repair Estimator
Tasks for “Reinspector”
- Estimate parts and labor to repair damage, using standard automotive labor and parts cost manuals and knowledge of automotive repair.
- Prepare insurance forms to indicate repair cost estimates and recommendations.
- 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.
- Determine salvage value on total-loss vehicle.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Tablet computers
- Measure markers
- Compact digital cameras
- Tire tread depth gauges
- Laptop computers
- Hand calculators
- Laser facsimile machines"
- Desktop computers
- Measuring tapes
- Electronic digital theodolites
- Computer laser printers
- Microsoft Word
- Mitchell International Mitchell WorkCenter
- Web-Est
- App Software Associations AppTrak.net
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- Vertafore ImageRight
- NCH Software Express Invoice
- Solera Audatex Estimating
- A-T Solutions Easy Street Draw
- Swan River Software Estimiser Pro
- Information Services Inc. CCC Pathways Appraisal Solution
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Meridian Technologies SurePoint
- Web browser software
- Email software
- Cost estimating software