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Apprentice mechanics perform automotive inspections and repairs in keeping with company standards. Automotive repair shops, oil change shops, car parts stores, and car dealerships commonly hire apprentice mechanics to service vehicles and provide vehicle advice to customers. Apprentice mechanics usually work daytime hours on weekdays and weekends. Apprentice mechanics are supervised by mechanics, floor supervisors, and shop managers.
Apprentice Mechanic Duties and Responsibilities
Apprentice mechanics find jobs in many automotive-related businesses that service and sell cars, trucks, and motorcycles. No matter what type of businesses hire apprentice mechanics, the basic day-to-day duties are the same:
Perform Simple Automotive Repairs
Apprentice mechanics perform standard vehicle repairs on their own, tasks such as changing brake pads and rotors, replacing vehicle fluids, and replacing car batteries.
Follow Car Checklists
Apprentice mechanics use company-created automobile checklists to determine which repairs are needed on vehicles scheduled to be serviced.
Learn Repair Techniques
Learning is a huge part of the apprentice mechanics job. Apprentice mechanics learn how to repair vehicles through formal training sessions and hands-on work tasks supervised by auto mechanics.
Write Estimates
Apprentice mechanics create written labor, time, and parts cost estimates for needed vehicle repairs.
Inspect and Test Vehicles
All vehicles must be tested before and after the repair procedure, a task that often falls to apprentice mechanics.
Test Car Batteries
Apprentice mechanics routinely disconnect batteries inside vehicles and hook them up to an in-shop testing device to determine their functionality.
Clean Shop, Inventory, and Customer Areas
Apprentice mechanics are responsible for performing light custodial tasks to keep workshop and customer areas clean and presentable. Apprentice mechanics also keep inventory areas clean and well-organized.
Disassemble Vehicles and Engines
Apprentice mechanics take apart car and truck engines, as well as other parts of the vehicle, such as sidewall panels and floorboards.
Order Vehicle Parts
Apprentice mechanics order new parts for vehicles over the phone and online.
Apprentice Mechanic Skills and Qualifications
Apprentice mechanics work well with their hands and have an interest in automobiles and mechanics of all types. In addition to candidates who know a lot about cars and trucks, businesses seeking out apprentice mechanics look for professionals who have several skills and abilities that are vital to the job:
Customer service apprentice mechanics frequently speak with customers to learn the nature of their vehicle problems, explain repair processes, and collect payment for completed repairs
Physical ability candidates seeking this job must be physically able to complete tasks; apprentice mechanics stoop, crawl, work laying down, and lift heavy pieces of vehicle machinery
Mechanical skills apprentice mechanics must have a strong understanding of mechanics and engines in order to complete their daily duties and learn how to successfully repair all types of vehicle problems
Communication apprentice mechanics are learning how to become mechanics, which requires the ability to listen and absorb information, as well as the ability to relate information clearly to others
Analytical abilities dozens of different things can go wrong on any vehicle; apprentice mechanics must isolate the problems
Tools of the Trade
Apprentice mechanics work with many different types of tools, using them regularly in the course of repairing automotive problems:
Hand tools (wrenches, ratchets, sockets, screwdrivers, pliers, hammers, vise grips, pry bars)
Flashlights (headlamps, handheld flashlights)
Car jacks
Air tools (needle scalers)
Circuit testers
