Bicycle Technician
What the work is
Performs diagnostics, repairs, assembly and servicing of electric and regular bicycles and scooters.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Performs advanced diagnostics by identifying and troubleshooting mechanical and electronic issues in bicycles using specialised equipment
- Assembles bicycles from parts or kits, and modifies bicycles according to customer specifications, including fitting specialised parts
- Builds bicycle wheels, and fits and maintains tyres
- Repairs and overhauls bicycle hydraulic braking and drivetrain systems
- Services and tunes electronic gear shifting systems for high-end bicycles
- Maintains and repairs electric bicycle and scooter components such as motors, batteries, controllers and wiring
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a farm machinery workshop and a mobile service ute covering grain and cattle properties across a wide district. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A harvester that was dead at dawn is cutting again by the afternoon
- A farmer who has fought a problem for a week finally watches it get fixed
- You work out a fault from the sound alone, before you even open the bonnet
Hard days
- A breakdown in a paddock two hours from the workshop, with a storm coming
- Waiting on a part that is stuck at a depot while the crop waits for no one
- Tired farmers under pressure who need the machine now and cannot afford to wait
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 351432, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.