Job Description:

• 1) Repairs manual and automatic transmissions in automobiles, buses, trucks, and other automotive vehicles: Raises automotive vehicle, using jacks or hoists, and removes transmission, using mechanic's handtools.

• 2) Disassembles transmission unit and replaces broken or worn parts, such as bands, gears, seals, and valves.

• 3) Adjusts pumps, bands, and gears as required, using wrenches.

• 4) Installs repaired transmission and fills it with specified fluid.

• 5) Adjusts operating linkage and tests operation on road.

• 6) May adjust carburetor.

• 7) May verify idle speed of motor, using equipment, such as tachometer, making required adjustments.

• 8) May specialize in repair of automatic transmissions and be designated Automatic-Transmission Mechanic.