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Vehicle/Equipment Cleaner

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AVG. SALARY

$34,090

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EDUCATION

No standard requirement

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JOB OUTLOOK

Stable

What They Do

Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment Career Video

About This Career

Washes or otherwise cleans vehicles, machinery, and other equipment. Uses such materials as water, cleaning agents, brushes, cloths, and hoses.

This career is part of the Transportation, Distribution and Logistics cluster Facility and Mobile Equipment Maintenance pathway.

A person in this career:

  • Rinses objects and places them on drying racks or uses cloth, squeegees, or air compressors to dry surfaces.
  • Applies paints, dyes, polishes, reconditioners, waxes, or masking materials to vehicles to preserve, protect, or restore color or condition.
  • Cleans and polishes vehicle windows.
  • Drives vehicles to or from workshops or customers' workplaces or homes.
  • Scrubs, scrapes, or sprays machine parts, equipment, or vehicles, using scrapers, brushes, clothes, cleaners, disinfectants, insecticides, acid, abrasives, vacuums, or hoses.
  • Inspects parts, equipment, or vehicles for cleanliness, damage, and compliance with standards or regulations.
  • Mixes cleaning solutions, abrasive compositions, or other compounds, according to formulas.
  • Maintains inventories of supplies.
  • Pre-soaks or rinses machine parts, equipment, or vehicles by immersing objects in cleaning solutions or water, manually or using hoists.
  • Turns valves or disconnects hoses to eliminate water, cleaning solutions, or vapors from machinery or tanks.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

People who do this job report that:

  • You would often handle loads up to 20 lbs., sometimes up to 50 lbs. You might do a lot of lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling.
  • Work in this occupation involves bending or twisting your body more than one-third of the time
  • Work in this occupation involves use of protective items such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hearing protection, a hard hat, or personal flotation devices
  • Exposure to pollutants, gases, dust, fumes, odors, poor ventilation, etc.
  • Conditions are very hot (above 90 F) or very cold (under 32 F)
  • Work in this occupation involves using your hands to hold, control, and feel objects more than one-third of the time
  • Sound and noise levels are loud and distracting
  • Work in this occupation involves making repetitive motions more than one-third of the time
  • Work in this occupation involves standing more than one-third of the time
  • Work in this occupation involves walking or running more than one-third of the time

Working in this career involves (physical activities):

  • Bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching
  • Seeing clearly up close
  • Exerting oneself physically over long periods of time without getting out of breath
  • Using abdominal and lower back muscles repeatedly or over time without tiring

Work Hours and Travel

  • Rotating shift work

Specialty and Similar Careers

Careers that are more detailed or close to this career:

  • Bus Cleaner
  • Cleaner
  • Detail Technician (Detail Tech)
  • Aircraft Cleaner
  • Automotive Detailer (Auto Detailer)
  • Car Detailer
  • Car Washer
  • Detailer — Cleans and refurbishes new and used automobiles.
  • Reconditioner
  • Sanitation Truck Cleaner

Contact

  • Email Support
  • 1-800-GO-TO-XAP (1-800-468-6927)
    From outside the U.S., please call +1 (424) 750-3900
  • North Dakota Career Resource Network
    ndcrn@nd.gov | (701) 328-9733

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