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Tire technician resume examples from 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a tire technician resume

Craft a resume summary statement

A resume summary is your opening statement that highlights your strongest skills and top accomplishments. It is your chance to quickly let recruiters know who you are professionally - and why they should hire you for the tire technician role.

Step 1: Mention your current job title or the role you're pursuing.

Step 2: Include your years of experience in tire technician-related roles. Consider adding relevant company and industry experience as relevant to the job listing.

Step 3: Highlight your greatest accomplishments. Here is your chance to make sure your biggest wins aren't buried in your resume.

Step 4: Again, keep it short. Your goal is to summarize your experience and highlight your accomplishments, not write a paragraph.

These tips will help you demonstrate why you are the perfect fit for the tire technician position.

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List the right project manager skills

Your Skills section is a place to list all relevant skills and abilities. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:

  1. You often need to include the exact keywords from the job description in your resume. Look at the job listing and consider which of the listed skills you have experience with, along with related skills.
  2. Include as many relevant hard skills and soft skills as possible from the listing.
  3. Use the most up to date and accurate terms. Don't forget to be specific.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some tire technician interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a tire technician resume:

  • Customer Service
  • Commercial Vehicles
  • Customer Satisfaction
  • Safety Standards
  • Battery
  • Customer Vehicles
  • Tire Pressure
  • Cleanliness
  • SAM
  • Vehicle Inspections
  • TPMs
  • Inventory Control
  • Service Calls
  • Hoists
  • Cash Registers
  • Work Ethic
  • OTR
  • Oil Changes
  • Service Truck
  • Tire Sales
  • Vehicle Maintenance
  • Tire Maintenance
  • Road Service
  • Lube
  • Tire Repair
  • Air Tools
  • Tire Rotations
  • Clean Shop
  • Semi Trucks
  • Balance Tires

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How to structure your work experience

Next you should include your work experience. Structure your work experience section by listing your most recent experience first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.

Start with your job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.

Include only recent, relevant jobs. Avoid including work experience over 20 years to avoid ageism.

Beneath each job, you should have bullet points to emphasize why you're the perfect fit for the tire technician.

How to write tire technician experience bullet points

Remember, your resume is not a list of responsibilities or a job description. This is your chance to show why you're good at your job and what you accomplished.

Use the XYZ formula for your work experience bullet points. Here's how it works:

  • Use strong action verbs like Led, Built, or Optimized.
  • Follow up with numbers when possible to support your results. How much did performance improve? How much revenue did you drive?
  • Wrap it up by explaining the actions you took to achieve the result and how you made an impact.

This creates bullet points that read Achieved X, measured by Y, by doing Z.

Here are examples from great tire technician resumes:

Work history example #1

Lubrication Technician

Firestone Complete Auto Care

  • Recommended, selected and helped locate merchandise based on customer needs and desires.
  • Recommended merchandise to customers based on their needs and preference.
  • Planned and produced increased productivity procedures, specifications and work schedules.
  • Documented all problems on a scale based system.
  • Obtained certification in Steering and Suspension from Automotive Service Excellence (ASE).

Work history example #2

Tire Repairer

Walmart

  • Performed trouble shooting techniques on same.
  • Maintained, received and accountable for stocks in the tire/ battery department.
  • Performed tire changes, rotations, battery checks and changes.
  • Performed wheel balances, tire, and battery changes.
  • Mounted and balanced tires TPMS Diagnosis Tire rotations Kept track of stock and inventory

Work history example #3

Automotive Detailer

Mercedes-Benz USA

  • Detailed inside rv's upto show room status, shampooed carpets,dust, polished counter tops floors , washed windows
  • Protected and preserved car interiors and exteriors.
  • Cleaned RV's inside and outside.
  • Cleaned and waxed vehicles, as well as, vacuum and stain remove the interior upholstery.
  • Trained new cashiers on procedures, customer service and sales techniques.

Work history example #4

Tire Technician

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company

  • Mounted, dismounted and replaced tires on personal and commercial vehicles that ranged from 13"-24".
  • Performed diagnostics and maintenance to automobiles.
  • Changed oil and tires and did batteries and light diagnostics
  • Fixed semi-trailers and car tires, tire patching, balancing, and clamp truck operation.
  • Attended and passed Goodyear School for alignments ASE Certified in 1986 for Heavy Duty Steering and Suspensions

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Add an education section to your resume

Here is the best way to format your education section:

  • Display your highest degree first.
  • If you graduated over 5 years ago, put this section at the bottom of your resume. If you lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.
  • If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education.
  • If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.

Here are some examples of good education entries for resumes:

High School Diploma

2016 - 2016

High School Diploma

2013 - 2013

Highlight your tire technician certifications on your resume

Certifications are a great way to showcase special expertise or niche skills. Some jobs even require certifications to be hired.

Include the full name of the certification, along with the name of the issuing organization and date of obtainment.

If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your tire technician resume:

  1. EPA Amusement Operators Safety Certification (EPA)
  2. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
  3. Certified Auto Glass Technician (AGT)
  4. Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT)
  5. Commercial Tire Service - 300 Level (CTS)
  6. Master Collision Repair & Refinishing Technician
  7. Basic Automotive Maintenance Certificate
  8. Transit Bus Technician: Heating Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC)
  9. Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT)

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