Bicycle Repairers
Description
Repair and service bicycles.
Job tasks
- • Assemble new bicycles.
- • Install and adjust speed and gear mechanisms.
- • Install, repair, and replace equipment or accessories, such as handlebars, stands, lights, and seats.
- • Align wheels.
- • Disassemble axles to repair, adjust, and replace defective parts, using hand tools.
- • Shape replacement parts, using bench grinders.
- • Repair holes in tire tubes, using scrapers and patches.
- • Install and adjust brakes and brake pads.
- • Help customers select bicycles that fit their body sizes and intended bicycle uses.
- • Sell bicycles and accessories.
- • Install new tires and tubes.
- • Clean and lubricate bicycle parts.
- • Order bicycle parts.
- • Build wheels by cutting and threading new spokes.
Abilities
Verbal Abilities
- • Oral Comprehension
- • Written Comprehension
- • Oral Expression
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
- • Problem Sensitivity
- • Deductive Reasoning
- • Inductive Reasoning
- • Information Ordering
- • Category Flexibility
Spatial Abilities
- • Visualization
Attentiveness
- • Selective Attention
Fine Manipulative Abilities
- • Arm-Hand Steadiness
- • Manual Dexterity
- • Finger Dexterity
Control Movement Abilities
- • Control Precision
Flexibility, Balance, and Coordination
- • Extent Flexibility
Visual Abilities
- • Near Vision
Auditory and Speech Abilities
- • Speech Recognition
- • Speech Clarity
Skills
Content
- • Reading Comprehension
- • Active Listening
- • Speaking
Process
- • Critical Thinking
Social Skills
- • Social Perceptiveness
- • Service Orientation
Complex Problem Solving Skills
- • Complex Problem Solving
Technical Skills
- • Equipment Selection
- • Equipment Maintenance
- • Troubleshooting
- • Repairing
- • Quality Control Analysis
Knowledge
Business and Management
- • Administration and Management
- • Sales and Marketing
- • Customer and Personal Service
Manufacturing and Production
- • Production and Processing
Engineering and Technology
- • Engineering and Technology
- • Design
- • Mechanical
Mathematics and Science
- • Mathematics
Arts and Humanities
- • English Language
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026