How do they match: 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.

  • Open and close doors, windows, or drawers to test their operation, trimming edges to fit, as necessary.
  • Confer with customers, read work orders, or examine vehicles needing repair to determine the nature and extent of damage.
  • Connect electrical systems to outside power sources, and activate switches to test the operation of appliances or light fixtures.
  • Connect water hoses to inlet pipes of plumbing systems, and test operation of toilets or sinks.
  • Examine or test operation of parts or systems to ensure completeness of repairs.
  • Explain proper operation of vehicle systems to customers.
  • List parts needed, estimate costs, and plan work procedures, using parts lists, technical manuals, or diagrams.
  • Repair plumbing or propane gas lines, using caulking compounds and plastic or copper pipe.
  • Seal open sides of modular units to prepare them for shipment, using polyethylene sheets, nails, and hammers.

  • Explain use of products or services.
  • Inspect completed work to ensure proper functioning.
  • Inspect systems to determine if they are operating properly.
  • Plan work procedures.
  • Read work orders or descriptions of problems to determine repairs or modifications needed.