A professional who repairs cooling systems and fuel tanks in automobiles, buses, trucks, and other automotive vehicles. Respnsibilities include:

• Pumps water or compressed air through radiator to test it for obstructions or leaks.
• Flushes radiator with cleaning compound to remove obstructions, such as rust or mineral deposits.
• Removes radiator core from automobile and cleans it, using rods or boiling water and solvent, or combination of boil out and rod out.
• Solders leaks in core or tanks, using soldering iron or acetylene torch.
• Disassembles, repairs, or replaces defective water pump.
• Replaces faulty thermostats and leaky head gaskets.
• Installs new cores, hoses, and pumps.
• Cleans, tests, and repairs fuel tanks.