High opportunity occupation
About this job
Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics, and mechanical repairers work on cars, buses, and light and commercial transport trucks. They inspect, diagnose, repair and service mechanical, electrical and electronic systems and parts of vehicles. Mechanical repairers do major repairs of, and replace, mechanical units on newly built motor vehicles.
Watch the video below to see what a day in the life of an automotive technician is like.
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People in these occupations work for:
- Automotive service repair facilities
- Motor vehicle dealers
- Truck and trailer dealers
- Fleet maintenance companies
- Transportation companies
- Motor vehicle manufacturing companies
Common job titles
- inspector, automotive engine mechanic
- mechanic, commercial vehicles
- mechanic, fuel systems
- mechanic, manufacture / repair / testing
- repairer, automotive - brakes / alignment
- specialist, automotive - tune up
- technician, air conditioning system
- technician, brakes / drive train
- technician, commercial trailer / truck
- technician, diagnostic / electronics
- technician, steering / suspension
- technician, transmission
- tester, automotive vehicle
- upgrader, mechanical
- inspector, automotive engine mechanic
- mechanic, commercial vehicles
- mechanic, fuel systems
- mechanic, manufacture / repair / testing
- repairer, automotive - brakes / alignment
- specialist, automotive - tune up
- technician, air conditioning system
- technician, brakes / drive train
- technician, commercial trailer / truck
- technician, diagnostic / electronics
- technician, steering / suspension
- technician, transmission
- tester, automotive vehicle
- upgrader, mechanical
Earnings
Annual provincial median salary
$58,397
Source:
2019 Job Bank Wage data
Provincial hourly rate
Source: 2019 Job Bank Wage Report