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Overview
The work combines workshop handling of tyres with checks on wear, repairs, wheel alignment, equipment readiness and safe fitting to vehicles.
In job descriptions, look for tyre replacement, balancing, repaired tyre inspection, worn tyre checks, wheel alignment, customer advice, stock handling and technical equipment maintenance.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Tyre fitters usually work in garages, tyre shops or vehicle service settings. They remove and replace tyres, inspect wear and repairs, balance wheels, check alignment and explain tyre choices to customers.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include tyre types, balancing, repair inspection, equipment maintenance and customer advice. Some jobs also include stock checks, ordering car care supplies or warehouse database updates.
Salary context
Pay context depends on workshop pace, customer responsibility, technical equipment used and whether the role includes diagnostics, sales advice or stock responsibility. Seasonal peaks can affect workload, but the core value is safe tyre fitting and judgement.
Career paths
Development can move toward senior tyre technician work, workshop coordination, vehicle service advising, stock control or broader motor vehicle repair training.
Good to know
Check whether the vacancy is for fitting tyres to vehicles rather than manufacturing tyres. Clear adverts name balancing, replacement, alignment checks, repaired tyre inspection and customer contact.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Repair and maintenance of motor vehicles
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include refurbishing technician, vehicle restoration technician and vehicle maintenance supervisor.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 2
Tire Repairers and Changers
49-3093.00
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
Open in O*NETTire Builders
51-9197.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
AltoTrail validates and presents the source relationships without adding ranking or recommendation semantics.
NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
95.31Repair and maintenance of motor vehicles
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Motor vehicle mechanics and repairers (7231)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/98c429ad-128e-467e-803a-9a6dc1ceed72 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 7231.7 |
| ISCO group | 7231 |
| Concept type | Occupation |