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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 Appraiser
- Damage Appraiser
- Automobile Damage Appraiser (Auto Damage Appraiser)
- Automobile Appraiser (Auto Appraiser)
- Appraiser
- Reinspector
- Property Field Inspector
- Field Property Loss Specialist
- Field Inspector
- 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 “Field Inspector”
- 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.
- 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.
- Prepare insurance forms to indicate repair cost estimates and recommendations.
- Evaluate practicality of repair as opposed to payment of market value of vehicle before accident.
Related Technology & Tools
- Compact digital cameras
- Laptop computers
- Tablet computers
- Computer laser printers
- Hand calculators
- Measuring tapes
- Measure markers
- Laser facsimile machines"
- Desktop computers
- Tire tread depth gauges
- Electronic digital theodolites
- Solera Audatex Estimating
- NCH Software Express Invoice
- Web-Est
- App Software Associations AppTrak.net
- Vertafore ImageRight
- Swan River Software Estimiser Pro
- A-T Solutions Easy Street Draw
- Web browser software
- Meridian Technologies SurePoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- Mitchell International Mitchell WorkCenter
- Email software
- Information Services Inc. CCC Pathways Appraisal Solution
- Microsoft Word
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- Microsoft Excel
- Cost estimating software