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Job Description
Appraise automobile or other vehicle damage to determine repair costs for insurance claim settlement. Prepare insurance forms to indicate repair cost or cost estimates and recommendations. May seek agreement with automotive repair shop on repair costs.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 13-1032.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 65,930.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 31.00
- Currently, there are 15,130 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage”.
Also Known As…
- Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage
- Outside Physical Damage Appraiser
- Material Damage Appraiser
- Insurance Appraiser
- Field Inspector
- Field Appraiser
- Damage Appraiser
- Automobile Damage Appraiser (Auto Damage Appraiser)
- Automobile Appraiser (Auto Appraiser)
- Appraiser
- Reinspector
- Property Field Inspector
- Physical Damage Appraiser
- Field Property Loss Specialist
- Field Automobile Adjuster (Field Auto Adjuster)
- Commercial Field Inspector
- Automobile Damage Field Appraiser (Auto Damage Field Appraiser)
- Auto Damage Insurance Appraiser
- Auto Body Repair Estimator
Tasks for “Physical Damage Appraiser”
- Determine salvage value on total-loss vehicle.
- Arrange to have damage appraised by another appraiser to resolve disagreement with shop on repair cost.
- Examine damaged vehicle to determine extent of structural, body, mechanical, electrical, or interior damage.
- Estimate parts and labor to repair damage, using standard automotive labor and parts cost manuals and knowledge of automotive repair.
- Prepare insurance forms to indicate repair cost estimates and recommendations.
- Review repair cost estimates with automobile repair shop to secure agreement on cost of repairs.
- Evaluate practicality of repair as opposed to payment of market value of vehicle before accident.
Related Technology & Tools
- Desktop computers
- Electronic digital theodolites
- Tablet computers
- Measure markers
- Tire tread depth gauges
- Laser facsimile machines"
- Measuring tapes
- Hand calculators
- Laptop computers
- Computer laser printers
- Compact digital cameras
- Swan River Software Estimiser Pro
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- Solera Audatex Estimating
- Meridian Technologies SurePoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Information Services Inc. CCC Pathways Appraisal Solution
- Web-Est
- NCH Software Express Invoice
- Mitchell International Mitchell WorkCenter
- App Software Associations AppTrak.net
- Email software
- A-T Solutions Easy Street Draw
- Microsoft Word
- Cost estimating software
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Vertafore ImageRight