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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)
- Reinspector
- 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
- Appraiser
Tasks for “Appraiser”
- 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.
- Review repair cost estimates with automobile repair shop to secure agreement on cost of repairs.
- Determine salvage value on total-loss vehicle.
- Estimate parts and labor to repair damage, using standard automotive labor and parts cost manuals and knowledge of automotive repair.
- Arrange to have damage appraised by another appraiser to resolve disagreement with shop on repair cost.
Related Technology & Tools
- Measure markers
- Tire tread depth gauges
- Computer laser printers
- Compact digital cameras
- Laser facsimile machines"
- Electronic digital theodolites
- Tablet computers
- Hand calculators
- Measuring tapes
- Laptop computers
- Desktop computers
- Information Services Inc. CCC Pathways Appraisal Solution
- Microsoft Outlook
- Email software
- Meridian Technologies SurePoint
- Web browser software
- Web-Est
- A-T Solutions Easy Street Draw
- Microsoft Word
- Vertafore ImageRight
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- NCH Software Express Invoice
- Swan River Software Estimiser Pro
- Solera Audatex Estimating
- Mitchell International Mitchell WorkCenter
- Microsoft Excel
- Cost estimating software
- App Software Associations AppTrak.net