Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment

What the job really is

Wash or otherwise clean vehicles, machinery, and other equipment. Use such materials as water, cleaning agents, brushes, cloths, and hoses.

At a glance

• Sector: Transportation & Material Moving
• O*NET-SOC code: 53-7061
• O*NET job zone: 2 — some preparation
• Work sample tasks on file: 12
• Tools and technologies listed: 12

What you actually do

Work sample tasks recorded for this occupation:

• Clean and polish vehicle windows.
• Rinse objects and place them on drying racks or use cloth, squeegees, or air compressors to dry surfaces.
• Apply paints, dyes, polishes, reconditioners, waxes, or masking materials to vehicles to preserve, protect, or restore color or condition.
• Drive vehicles to or from workshops or customers' workplaces or homes.
• Scrub, scrape, or spray machine parts, equipment, or vehicles, using scrapers, brushes, clothes, cleaners, disinfectants, insecticides, acid, abrasives, vacuums, or hoses.
• Inspect parts, equipment, or vehicles for cleanliness, damage, and compliance with standards or regulations.
• Mix cleaning solutions, abrasive compositions, or other compounds, according to formulas.
• Maintain inventories of supplies.
• Pre-soak or rinse machine parts, equipment, or vehicles by immersing objects in cleaning solutions or water, manually or using hoists.
• Turn valves or disconnect hoses to eliminate water, cleaning solutions, or vapors from machinery or tanks.
• Turn valves or handles on equipment to regulate pressure or flow of water, air, steam, or abrasives from sprayer nozzles.
• Sweep, shovel, or vacuum loose debris or salvageable scrap into containers and remove containers from work areas.

Tools and technology

Microsoft Windows, Air blowers, Bella FSM Auto Detailing Service Software, BookFresh, Car polishers, Car vacuums, Carpet dirt extractors, Cleaning scrapers, Dashboard brushes, Detail brushes, Digital tire pressure gauges, Foam wash guns

What employers expect you to already be comfortable with.

Where this job leads

Related occupations — the usual moves up and sideways:

• Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
• Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
• Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
• Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
• Maintenance Workers, Machinery
• Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Machine Feeders and Offbearers
• Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Getting in

O*NET assigns this occupation job zone 2 (some preparation). The related occupations above are the realistic routes in and out.

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