Skilled Trades
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.
Median salary
$35,270
Typical range
$27k – $47k
Job outlook
+4% (faster than average)
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Education
Typical entry: No degree required
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Junior Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
Entry / Junior
$26,740
~2 yrs to advance
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
Established
$35,270
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
Senior
$41,210
Key skills
A typical day
- •Rinse objects and place them on drying racks or use cloth, squeegees, or air compressors to dry surfaces.
- •Apply paints, dyes, polishes, reconditioners, waxes, or masking materials to vehicles to preserve, protect, or restore color or condition.
- •Clean and polish vehicle windows.
- •Drive vehicles to or from workshops or customers' workplaces or homes.
- •Scrub, scrape, or spray machine parts, equipment, or vehicles, using scrapers, brushes, clothes, cleaners, disinfectants, insecticides, acid, abrasives, vacuums, or hoses.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Skilled Trades
Explore all- Purdue University50% admit · $78,000 grad pay
- Ohio State University53% admit · $68,000 grad pay
- Pennsylvania State University55% admit · $70,000 grad pay
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