Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists Career, Salary and Skills

Occupation description

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul buses and trucks, or maintain and repair any type of diesel engines. Includes mechanics working primarily with automobile or marine diesel engines.

National salary and employment

Top skills

Typical tasks

• Inspect brake systems, steering mechanisms, wheel bearings, and other important parts to ensure that they are in proper operating condition.
• Raise trucks, buses, and heavy parts or equipment using hydraulic jacks or hoists.
• Adjust and reline brakes, align wheels, tighten bolts and screws, and reassemble equipment.
• Attach test instruments to equipment, and read dials and gauges to diagnose malfunctions.
• Perform routine maintenance such as changing oil, checking batteries, and lubricating equipment and machinery.
• Examine and adjust protective guards, loose bolts, and specified safety devices.
• Inspect, test, and listen to defective equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test instruments such as handheld computers, motor analyzers, chassis charts, or pressure gauges.
• Use handtools, such as screwdrivers, pliers, wrenches, pressure gauges, or precision instruments, as well as power tools, such as pneumatic wrenches, lathes, welding equipment, or jacks and hoists.

Technology

• Autodesk AutoCAD
• Computerized maintenance management system software CMMS
• Cummins INSITE
• Dassault Systemes CATIA
• Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
• Database software
• Engine diagnostic software
• Fleet management software
• Inventory tracking software
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft Word
• SAP software
• Scheduling software

Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists salary by location

Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.

• Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists Salary in TX
  Median $58,810 · Employment 29,870
• Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists Salary in CA
  Median $73,950 · Employment 20,940
• Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists Salary in FL
  Median $60,490 · Employment 14,900
• Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists Salary in OH
  Median $60,470 · Employment 14,240
• Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists Salary in NY
  Median $70,100 · Employment 13,230
• Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists Salary in PA
  Median $61,740 · Employment 12,630
• Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists Salary in New York, NY
  Median $75,780 · Employment 12,430
• Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists Salary in IL
  Median $64,340 · Employment 11,320
• Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists Salary in NC
  Median $57,490 · Employment 11,070
• Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists Salary in GA
  Median $61,370 · Employment 10,910
• Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists Salary in MI
  Median $61,420 · Employment 9,020
• Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists Salary in IN
  Median $60,610 · Employment 8,840

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