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Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians

  • Bright Outlook
  • Rapid Growth

Diagnose, inspect, adjust, repair, or overhaul recreational vehicles including travel trailers. May specialize in maintaining gas, electrical, hydraulic, plumbing, or chassis/towing systems as well as repairing generators, appliances, and interior components. Includes workers who perform customized van conversions.

What you’d do

  • Diagnose and repair furnace or air conditioning systems.
  • Connect electrical systems to outside power sources, and activate switches to test the operation of appliances or light fixtures.
  • Examine or test operation of parts or systems to ensure completeness of repairs.
  • Repair plumbing or propane gas lines, using caulking compounds and plastic or copper pipe.
  • Inspect recreational vehicles to diagnose problems and perform necessary adjustment, repair, or overhaul.
  • Locate and repair frayed wiring, broken connections, or incorrect wiring, using ohmmeters, soldering irons, tape, or hand tools.
  • Confer with customers, read work orders, or examine vehicles needing repair to determine the nature and extent of damage.
  • Repair leaks with caulking compound or replace pipes, using pipe wrenches.

Skills that matter

  • Repairing
  • Troubleshooting
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Equipment Maintenance
  • Operation and Control
  • Operations Monitoring

How to get there

Little to some preparation: usually a high school diploma or GED, though some jobs do not need one

Also called

  • Certified RV Technician (Certified Recreational Vehicle Technician)
  • RV Mechanic (Recreational Vehicle Mechanic)
  • RV Service Technician (Recreational Vehicle Service Technician)
  • RV Tech (Recreational Vehicle Technician)
  • ATV Tech (All-Terrain Vehicle Technician)
  • Hitch Technician (Hitch Tech)

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