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Job Description
Diagnose, inspect, adjust, repair, or overhaul recreational vehicles including travel trailers. May specialize in maintaining gas, electrical, hydraulic, plumbing, or chassis/towing systems as well as repairing generators, appliances, and interior components. Includes workers who perform customized van conversions.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 49-3092.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 38,040.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 18.00
- Currently, there are 13,520 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians”.
Also Known As…
- Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
- Service Technician
- RVDA Master Certified RV Technician (Recreational Vehicle Dealer Association Master Certified Recreational Vehicle Technician)
- RV Technician (Recreational Vehicle Technician)
- RV Service Technician (Recreational Vehicle Service Technician)
- RV Repair Technician (Recreational Vehicle Repair Technician)
- RV Parts and Service Director (Recreational Vehicle Parts and Service Director)
- RV Body Mechanic (Recreational Vehicle Body Mechanic)
- Mobile Service RV Technician (Mobile Service Recreational Vehicle Technician)
- Master Certified RV Technician (Master Certified Recreational Vehicle Technician)
- Hitch Technician
- Vehicle Technician
- RV Servicer (Recreational Vehicle Servicer)
- RV Repairer (Recreational Vehicle Repairer)
- RV Mechanic (Recreational Vehicle Mechanic)
- Recreational Vehicle (RV) Repairer
- Custom Van Converter
Tasks for “Hitch Technician”
- Inspect recreational vehicles to diagnose problems and perform necessary adjustment, repair, or overhaul.
- Locate and repair frayed wiring, broken connections, or incorrect wiring, using ohmmeters, soldering irons, tape, or hand tools.
- Examine or test operation of parts or systems to ensure completeness of repairs.
- Repair plumbing or propane gas lines, using caulking compounds and plastic or copper pipe.
- Inspect, repair, or replace brake systems.
- Refinish wood surfaces on cabinets, doors, moldings, or floors, using power sanders, putty, spray equipment, brushes, paints, or varnishes.
- List parts needed, estimate costs, and plan work procedures, using parts lists, technical manuals, or diagrams.
- Diagnose and repair furnace or air conditioning systems.
- Remove damaged exterior panels and repair and replace structural frame members.
- Connect electrical systems to outside power sources and activate switches to test the operation of appliances or light fixtures.
- Connect water hoses to inlet pipes of plumbing systems and test operation of toilets or sinks.
- Seal open sides of modular units to prepare them for shipment, using polyethylene sheets, nails, and hammers.
- Open and close doors, windows, or drawers to test their operation, trimming edges to fit, as necessary.
- Explain proper operation of vehicle systems to customers.
- Confer with customers, read work orders, or examine vehicles needing repair to determine the nature and extent of damage.
- Reset hardware, using chisels, mallets, and screwdrivers.
- Repair leaks with caulking compound or replace pipes, using pipe wrenches.
Related Technology & Tools
- Electrical circuit testers
- Tubing flaring tools
- Continuity testers
- Oxyacetylene welders
- Ratchet sets
- Water system leak testers
- Wire crimpers
- Polarity testers
- Socket sets
- Air pressure regulators
- Power planers
- Claw hammers
- Power staple guns
- Drill bit index sets
- Millivolt meters
- Automotive brake spring pliers
- Water pressure regulators
- Jumper cable sets
- Engine test lights
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Battery terminal pullers
- Needle nose pliers
- Combination wrenches
- Ignitor spark testers
- Robertson screwdriver tips
- Pop riveters
- Portable air compressors
- Flat tip screwdrivers
- Precision levels
- Caulk dispensers
- Trailer plug testers
- Milliamp meters
- Utility knives
- Brake spoons
- Portable routers
- Recreational vehicle RV lifts
- Inductive ammeters
- Digital torque wrenches
- Wire cleaning brushes
- Ignition feeler gauges
- Carbon dioxide CO2 testers
- Machinist's scribes
- Prick punches
- Phillips screwdriver tips
- Tire changing machines
- Needle nose locking pliers
- Adjustable hand wrenches
- Crowbars
- Laptop computers
- Gas leak detectors
- Wheel chocks
- Brass face hammers
- Protective safety glasses
- Tubing cutters
- Air purifying respirators
- Battery post and terminal cleaners
- Magnetic pickup tools
- Carpet knives
- Tile nippers
- Curved jaw locking pliers
- Soldering tools
- Rat-tail files
- Floor jacks
- Thermocouple testers
- Impact socket sets
- Rubber mallets
- Spark plug ramp gauges
- Hydraulic jacks
- Pipe reamers
- Mini hacksaws
- Electrical frequency testers
- Recreation vehicle RV battery chargers
- Layout squares
- Manifold gauges
- Diagonal cutters
- Keyhole saws
- Handheld power sanders
- Aviation tin snips
- Die grinders
- Dead blow hammers
- Table saws
- Arc welders
- Tire hammers
- Tire balancing machines
- Cordless screwdrivers
- Thermoplastic welders
- Straight slip joint pliers
- Grease dispensers
- Portable digital manometers
- Adjustable pipe wrenches
- Pex wrenches
- Welding goggles
- Measuring tapes
- Tube benders
- Self-compensating hydrometers
- Wire stripping tools
- Hog ring pliers
- Personal computers
- Electric drills
- Truck tire pressure gauges
- Flat screwdriver tips
- Thermostat wrenches
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welders
- Logic probes
- Putty scrapers
- Tire irons
- Valve spring compression tools
- Flat cold chisels
- Phillips screwdrivers
- Allen wrench sets
- Sabre saws
- Beam type torque wrenches
- Generator testers
- Faucet wrenches
- Digital ammeters
- Socket extensions
- Lug wrenches
- Thermistor vacuum gauges
- Handheld power grinders
- Torx screwdriver tips
- Digital multimeters
- Ball peen hammers
- Airflow meters
- Mechanics mirrors
- Chop saws
- Hand operated spray guns
- Ground fault circuit interrupter GFCI testers
- Bubble levels
- Cordless drills
- Drift punches
- Hacksaws
- Reversible snap ring pliers
- Linesman's pliers
- Insulated shears
- Tubing wrenches
- Electric screw guns
- Flat feeler gauges
- Linoleum knives
- Topline Software Solutions Topline Service Manager
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Summit Ordering Systems RvInvoiceWriter
- Inventory tracking software
- Email software
- RV Damage Repair Estimator