Brake specialist skills for your resume and career

Updated January 8, 2025

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Elisha Blankson

Below we've compiled a list of the most critical brake specialist skills. We ranked the top skills for brake specialists based on the percentage of resumes they appeared on. For example, 35.1% of brake specialist resumes contained hand tools as a skill. Continue reading to find out what skills a brake specialist needs to be successful in the workplace.

5 brake specialist skills for your resume and career

1. Hand Tools

Here's how brake specialists use hand tools:

Used basic hand tools, calibrated instruments and measurement tools to accomplish the work.
Performed janitorial duties and used various hand tools and hand held power tools.

2. Calipers

Here's how brake specialists use calipers:

Executed daily operations of placement and inspection Loaded calipers in machine Maintained flow of calipers Ran machine for caliper pressure

3. Routine Maintenance

Here's how brake specialists use routine maintenance:

Performed routine maintenance and installation of all components.
Performed all routine maintenance, repairs and installation of front and rear suspension, including steering and brake assemblies.

4. ASE

ASE, short for National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence, is an independent non-profit organization founded in 1972 to improve the quality of automotive service and repairs through voluntary testing and certification of automotive mechanics, technicians, and service parts specialists. Its ultimate mission is to improve vehicle maintenance and repair. This is accomplished by ensuring that automotive repair specialists are appropriately trained before, and throughout their careers.

Here's how brake specialists use ase:

Certified Tire Specialist, ASE certified in brakes.
Promoted twice, gained two ASE certifications.

5. Brake Inspections

Here's how brake specialists use brake inspections:

Brake inspections and repairs, cataloged, data entry, and coordinated with sales manager in ordering parts.
Brake Technician - Perform brake inspections and repairs on all model cars and trucks.

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What type of skills will young brake specialists need?

Elisha Blankson

Program Director NCCU, Assistant Professor, North Carolina Central University

Graduates will need a skill set about the field in which they received training and additional skills useful to the job market. For example, with the changing demographics in the United States, extra skills in information technology and foreign languages will be a plus when entering the job market.

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List of brake specialist skills to add to your resume

The most important skills for a brake specialist resume and required skills for a brake specialist to have include:

Hand Tools
Calipers

Routine Maintenance
ASE

Brake Inspections

Updated January 8, 2025

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