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OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT → CLASSIFICATION → TIRE REPAIRER
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EXAMPLES OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Repairs damaged tires of automotive vehicles; raises vehicle using hydraulic or other jack and unbolts wheel using lug wrench. 2. Removes wheel from vehicle by hand or by power hoist. 3. Locates puncture in tubeless tire by visual inspection or by immersing inflated tire in water bath and observing air bubbles escaping from puncture. 4. Seals puncture in tubeless tire by inserting adhesive material and expanding rubber plug into puncture using hand tools. 5. Separates tubed tire from wheel using rubber mallet and metal bar or mechanical tire changer. 6. Removes inner tube from tire and inspects tire casing for defects or damage such as holes or tears. 7. Glues tire patch over rupture in tire casing using rubber cement. Inflates inner tube and immerses it in water bath to locate leak. 8. Buffs defective area of inner tube using scraper and patches tube with adhesive rubber patch or seals rubber patch to tube using hot vulcanizing plate. 9. Reassembles tire onto wheel and places wheel on balancing machine to determine counterweights needed to balance wheel. 10. Hammers counterweights onto rim of wheel. Remounts wheel onto vehicle. 11. Responds to emergency calls to make repairs or replacement. 12. Perform other related duties as required to successfully complete the work of the class.
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