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