Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment Wash or otherwise clean vehicles, machinery, and other equipment. Use such materials as water, cleaning agents, brushes, cloths, and hoses.
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment is Also Know as
In different settings, Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment is titled as
- Aircraft Cleaner
- Automotive Detailer (Auto Detailer)
- Bus Cleaner
- Car Detailer
- Car Washer
- Cleaner
- Detail Technician (Detail Tech)
- Detailer
- Reconditioner
- Sanitation Truck Cleaner
Education and Training of Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment is categorized in Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
Experience Required for Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
Education Required for Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
Degrees Related to Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
Training Required for Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
Related Ocuupations
Some Ocuupations related to Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment in different industries are
- Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
- Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
- Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
- Maintenance Workers, Machinery
- Dishwashers
- Machine Feeders and Offbearers
- Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
- Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Home Appliance Repairers
- Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
- Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
- Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers
- Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
- Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
- Recycling and Reclamation Workers
What Do Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment do?
- Inspect parts, equipment, or vehicles for cleanliness, damage, and compliance with standards or regulations.
- Scrub, scrape, or spray machine parts, equipment, or vehicles, using scrapers, brushes, clothes, cleaners, disinfectants, insecticides, acid, abrasives, vacuums, or hoses.
- Mix cleaning solutions, abrasive compositions, or other compounds, according to formulas.
- Press buttons to activate cleaning equipment or machines.
- Clean and polish vehicle windows.
- Rinse objects and place them on drying racks or use cloth, squeegees, or air compressors to dry surfaces.
- Drive vehicles to or from workshops or customers' workplaces or homes.
- Turn valves or handles on equipment to regulate pressure or flow of water, air, steam, or abrasives from sprayer nozzles.
- Pre-soak or rinse machine parts, equipment, or vehicles by immersing objects in cleaning solutions or water, manually or using hoists.
- Lubricate machinery, vehicles, or equipment or perform minor repairs or adjustments, using hand tools.
- Monitor operation of cleaning machines and stop machines or notify supervisors when malfunctions occur.
- Disassemble and reassemble machines or equipment or remove and reattach vehicle parts or trim, using hand tools.
- Connect hoses or lines to pumps or other equipment.
- Maintain inventories of supplies.
- Apply paints, dyes, polishes, reconditioners, waxes, or masking materials to vehicles to preserve, protect, or restore color or condition.
- Turn valves or disconnect hoses to eliminate water, cleaning solutions, or vapors from machinery or tanks.
- Sweep, shovel, or vacuum loose debris or salvageable scrap into containers and remove containers from work areas.
- Transport materials, equipment, or supplies to or from work areas, using carts or hoists.
- Collect and test samples of cleaning solutions or vapors.
- Clean the plastic work inside cars, using paintbrushes.
- Fit boot spoilers, side skirts, or mud flaps to cars.
Qualities of Good Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
- Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Manual Dexterity: The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
- Extent Flexibility: The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
- Multilimb Coordination: The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
- Control Precision: The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
- Finger Dexterity: The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
- Trunk Strength: The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.
- Stamina: The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.
- Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
- Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Arm-Hand Steadiness: The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
- Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Gross Body Coordination: The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.
- Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Depth Perception: The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.
- Dynamic Strength: The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.
- Visual Color Discrimination: The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
- Far Vision: The ability to see details at a distance.
- Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Static Strength: The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
- Response Orientation: The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part.
- Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
- Visualization: The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
- Perceptual Speed: The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
- Flexibility of Closure: The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
- Rate Control: The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.
- Reaction Time: The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
- Time Sharing: The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).
- Auditory Attention: The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
- Spatial Orientation: The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you.
- Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Gross Body Equilibrium: The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position.
- Memorization: The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
- Speed of Closure: The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.
- Speed of Limb Movement: The ability to quickly move the arms and legs.
- Wrist-Finger Speed: The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
- Number Facility: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
- Peripheral Vision: The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead.
- Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
- Glare Sensitivity: The ability to see objects in the presence of a glare or bright lighting.
- Night Vision: The ability to see under low-light conditions.
- Dynamic Flexibility: The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs.
- Mathematical Reasoning: The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
- Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
- Hearing Sensitivity: The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.
- Explosive Strength: The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object.
- Sound Localization: The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated.
Tools Used by Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
- Air blowers
- Car polishers
- Car vacuums
- Carpet dirt extractors
- Cleaning scrapers
- Dashboard brushes
- Detail brushes
- Digital tire pressure gauges
- Foam wash guns
- Gas powered generators
- Handheld digital thermometers
- High pressure water hoses
- Hot air guns
- Paint thickness gauges
- Pneumatic sanders
- Portable air compressors
- Power finish buffers
- Pressure washers
- Rim and engine brushes
- Steam cleaners
- Tire brushes
- Upholstery cleaning brushes
- Vehicle hoists
- Vehicle squeegees
- Vent brushes
Technology Skills required for Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
- Bella FSM Auto Detailing Service Software
- BookFresh
- Green Cloud KleanTRAC
- Inventory tracking software
- Microsoft Windows
- Thoughtful Systems Scheduling Manager for Auto Detailing