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