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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
- 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)
- Damage Appraiser
- Commercial Field Inspector
- Automobile Damage Field Appraiser (Auto Damage Field Appraiser)
- Auto Damage Insurance Appraiser
- Auto Body Repair Estimator
Tasks for “Damage Appraiser”
- Determine salvage value on total-loss vehicle.
- Evaluate practicality of repair as opposed to payment of market value of vehicle before accident.
- Prepare insurance forms to indicate repair cost estimates and recommendations.
- Arrange to have damage appraised by another appraiser to resolve disagreement with shop on repair cost.
- Review repair cost estimates with automobile repair shop to secure agreement on cost of repairs.
- Examine damaged vehicle to determine extent of structural, body, mechanical, electrical, or interior damage.
- Estimate parts and labor to repair damage, using standard automotive labor and parts cost manuals and knowledge of automotive repair.
Related Technology & Tools
- Measuring tapes
- Laptop computers
- Desktop computers
- Hand calculators
- Laser facsimile machines"
- Measure markers
- Tablet computers
- Tire tread depth gauges
- Compact digital cameras
- Computer laser printers
- Electronic digital theodolites
- Email software
- Web-Est
- Web browser software
- NCH Software Express Invoice
- Mitchell International Mitchell WorkCenter
- Cost estimating software
- Meridian Technologies SurePoint
- Swan River Software Estimiser Pro
- A-T Solutions Easy Street Draw
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- Vertafore ImageRight
- Information Services Inc. CCC Pathways Appraisal Solution
- Solera Audatex Estimating
- Microsoft Outlook
- App Software Associations AppTrak.net