Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment

Wash or otherwise clean vehicles, machinery, and other equipment. Use such materials as water, cleaning agents, brushes, cloths, and hoses.

Job Task

• Rinse objects and place them on drying racks; or use cloth, squeegees, or air compressors to dry surfaces.
• Scrub, scrape, or spray machine parts, equipment, or vehicles, using scrapers, brushes, clothes, cleaners, disinfectants, insecticides, acid, abrasives, vacuums, and hoses.
• Sweep, shovel, or vacuum loose debris and salvageable scrap into containers; and remove containers from work areas.
• Turn valves or disconnect hoses in order to eliminate water, cleaning solutions, or vapors from machinery or tanks.
• Turn valves or handles on equipment in order to regulate pressure and flow of water, air, steam, or abrasives from sprayer nozzles.
• Apply paints, dyes, polishes, reconditioners, waxes, and masking materials to vehicles in order to preserve, protect, or restore color and condition.
• Clean and polish vehicle windows.
• Clean the plastic work inside cars, using paintbrushes.
• Collect and test samples of cleaning solutions and vapors.
• Disassemble and reassemble machines or equipment; or remove and reattach vehicle parts and trim, using hand tools.
• Drive vehicles to and from workshops and/or customers' workplaces or homes.
• Fit boot spoilers, side skirts, and mud flaps to cars.
• Inspect parts, equipment, and vehicles for cleanliness, damage, and compliance with standards or regulations.
• Lubricate machinery, vehicles, and equipment, and perform minor repairs and adjustments, using hand tools.
• Maintain inventories of supplies.
• Transport materials, equipment, or supplies to and from work areas, using carts or hoists.
• Connect hoses and lines to pumps and other equipment.
• Mix cleaning solutions, abrasive compositions, and other compounds, according to formulas.
• Monitor operation of cleaning machines, and stop machines or notify supervisors when malfunctions occur.
• Pre-soak or rinse machine parts, equipment, or vehicles by immersing objects in cleaning solutions or water, manually or using hoists.
• Press buttons to activate cleaning equipment or machines.

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