WHEELED VEHICLE MECHANIC

OVERVIEW
The Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic is primarily responsible for supervising and performing maintenance and recovery operations on wheeled vehicles and associated items, as well as heavy-wheeled vehicles and select armored vehicles.

JOB DUTIES

• Maintain wheeled vehicles, their associated trailers and material handling equipment systems
• Inspect, service, maintain, repair, replace, adjust and test wheeled vehicles and material handling equipment systems, subsystems and components
• Service automotive electrical systems, including wiring harness, starting and charging systems
• Perform wheeled vehicle recovery operations

TRAINING
Job training for a Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic requires 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and 14 weeks of Advanced Individual Training at Fort Lee, VA  with on-the-job instruction. Part of this time is spent in the classroom, and part takes place in the field.

HELPFUL SKILLS

• Interest in auto mechanics and the industrial arts
• Preference for physical work
• Troubleshooting and repairing mechanical problems
• Interest in automotive engines and how they work

REQUIRED ASVAB SCORE(S)

• Mechanical Maintenance (MM): 92 OR
• Mechanical Maintenance (MM): 87
• General Technical (GT): 85

Learn more about the ASVAB. 

WARRANT OFFICER TRACK
915A Automotive Maintenance Warrant Officer

FUTURE CIVILIAN CAREERS
The skills you learn will help prepare you for a career with service stations, auto dealers, farm equipment companies and state highway agencies. You'll be able to pursue a career as a garage mechanic, carburetor mechanic, transmission mechanic, radiator mechanic, construction equipment mechanic or endless track vehicle mechanic.