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.
Central Minnesota
| 70 | 15 | $26.73/hr | $19.42/hr | $24.24/hr | $24.70/hr | $30.34/hr | $36.53/hr |
Trade, Transportation and Utilities | 320 | $24.24/hr |
Professional and Business Services | 20 | $18.64/hr |
Leisure and Hospitality | N/A | N/A |
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
| 12,930 | $24.23/hr | -5.4% |
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists
| 6,750 | $30.19/hr | 6.4% |
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
| 260 | $22.77/hr | N/A |
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers
| 120 | $24.61/hr | 5.4% |
Mechanical Door Repairers
| 640 | $25.54/hr | N/A |
Automotive Body and Related Repairers
| 2,470 | $24.24/hr | 0.5% |
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines
| 1,670 | $31.52/hr | 12.6% |
Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
| 24,520 | $24.12/hr | 4.6% |
Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles
| 280 | $23.89/hr | -13.1% |
- 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.