Occupational Employment Statistics
49-3092 Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
Diagnose, inspect, adjust, repair, or overhaul recreational vehicles including travel trailers. May specialize in maintaining gas, electrical, hydraulic, plumbing, or chassis/towing systems as well as repairing generators, appliances, and interior components. Includes workers who perform customized van conversions. Excludes “Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics" (49-3023) and "Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists" (49-3031) who also work on recreation vehicles.
Minnesota
| 260 | 38 | $25.81/hr | $19.87/hr | $21.06/hr | $25.69/hr | $29.42/hr | $31.30/hr |
Manufacturing | N/A | N/A |
Trade, Transportation and Utilities | 220 | $25.83/hr |
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
| 13,500 | $28.24/hr | 3.2% |
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists
| 6,790 | $31.62/hr | 3.7% |
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
| 100 | $25.20/hr | -6.3% |
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers
| 70 | $25.71/hr | 9.0% |
Mechanical Door Repairers
| N/A | $25.37/hr | 9.1% |
Automotive Body and Related Repairers
| 3,190 | $29.56/hr | 3.4% |
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines
| 2,950 | $37.23/hr | 14.6% |
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
| 29,960 | $28.38/hr | 4.2% |
Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles
| 320 | $23.86/hr | -12.0% |
Printing Press Operators
| 4,800 | $24.21/hr | -3.0% |
- Examine or test operation of parts or systems to ensure completeness of repairs.
- Diagnose and repair furnace or air conditioning systems.
- Repair leaks with caulking compound or replace pipes, using pipe wrenches.
- Confer with customers, read work orders, or examine vehicles needing repair to determine the nature and extent of damage.
- Inspect recreational vehicles to diagnose problems and perform necessary adjustment, repair, or overhaul.
- Explain proper operation of vehicle systems to customers.
- List parts needed, estimate costs, and plan work procedures, using parts lists, technical manuals, or diagrams.
- Connect water hoses to inlet pipes of plumbing systems, and test operation of toilets or sinks.
- Reset hardware, using chisels, mallets, and screwdrivers.
- Connect water hoses to inlet pipes of plumbing systems, and test operation of toilets or sinks.