Maintenance is a regular service that helps extend the life of your vehicle, while auto repair is when a part or fluid doesn't work and needs to be repaired. Without proper maintenance, costly repairs may be needed. Before you arrange for any work to be done, ask what the price of your work in the store is. Some garages charge a fixed fee for labor on auto repairs.
This published rate is based on an independent or manufacturer's estimate of the time needed to complete repairs. Others charge based on the actual time the technician worked on the repair. There's no truer statement when it comes to working on a car: at some point, all motor vehicles require maintenance and repair. Repair and maintenance workers help repair cars, maintain vehicles, and get vehicles back to work.
The maintenance and operation of a vehicle are part of any vehicle's budget. The quality and reliability of cars have improved dramatically over the past few decades, which means that there are still a greater number of older vehicles on the road and, in many cases, mileage easily exceeds 100,000 miles. As a result, demand for car repairs has increased. When the economy is good, people buy more new cars. Unfortunately, for this industry, that means fewer services and fewer repairs are needed.
However, when the economy is struggling, consumers begin to refrain from buying more expensive items, including cars. During slower economic periods, consumers prefer to have their current vehicle repaired rather than buying a new one. This may surprise you, but in Cuba there are still cars in circulation that were built in the 1950s. How is that possible? Well, on the one hand, Cuba has not had the free market system that the United States has had where you can easily buy new cars; so they have had to make the old ones last. Second, it's a testament to how auto mechanics and repairers can repair cars and keep them running some 60 to 70 years after initial production. Think about it the next time you want to change your “old car”.
Before covering the occupations and activities of this industry, we first want to highlight the different types of stores. This is important because the PPE found in each one will be slightly different. You'll find far more welders in body shops than in paint shops, so it makes sense that this sub-industry would require more protection against welding. When a car requires repair, the first stop is for the mechanic. Mechanics are the technicians who actually diagnose and repair mechanical and electrical systems.
Mechanics work on several automotive systems, including engines, transmissions, and drive belts. In addition, they need to understand and familiarize themselves with new electrical systems as more and more electric cars are being manufactured. This automotive repair subindustry restores, repaints and replaces vehicle bodies and frames, windshields and window panes. When a vehicle is damaged in an accident and requires repair due to a collision, people go to an auto body shop for help. Body repairers restore the structural integrity of car chassis and bring them back to life; repairs that are required after a collision are more important than those that can be provided by mechanics. Paint shops repair scratches, marks, dents and motor vehicle bodies.
First, the exterior of the damaged vehicle is repaired and then the paint is applied making it look new again. Unlike the automated painting process used in the manufacture of motor vehicles; spray painting process is a slow process that is performed in paint shops; it consists of filling sanding and cleaning body panels before spraying them by hand. Many times all a vehicle needs is a fresh coat of paint; you can't drive a car safely with a broken window which means drivers turn to glass repair specialists so they can get back on the road. Automotive body and glass repairers use many tools ranging from plasma cutters to pneumatic tools and “classic” tools such as pliers wrenches hammers and screwdrivers; this group of workers also has one of the highest injury rates of all occupations; they often suffer minor injuries such as cuts burns and scratches. Companies specializing in oil and lubrication include Havoline Express Jiffy Lube and Pennzoil; most auto body and body shops are likely to be small businesses operating in a separate garage in a specific geographical location; many of them compete based on quality reputation price. That said there are also some large domestic companies competing in this market space; following is a list of some of biggest companies in this industry: Demand for automotive repairs seems strong as all machines break down sooner or later; there are more cars in circulation today than ever before which is understandable since global vehicle production has been increasing over past 30 years. This means that more cars will need service at some point which in turn means that more workers are needed in this industry; however despite increase in demand for mechanics technicians supply of qualified technicians has not kept pace; shortage of technicians is starting to affect this industry at time when vehicles are loaded with tons of advanced technology. Even with shortage Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports high levels of employment for every NAICS in this subindustry reflecting total volume of...
