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Garage Managers and Proprietors

Garage managers and proprietors plan, organise, direct and co-ordinate the day-to-day running of garages and specialist vehicle maintenance and repair establishments.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£19,160
£34,820
£58,650

New workers start around £19,160. Normal pay is £34,820 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £58,650.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 21,539 vacancies for this type of job

5.30%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Ensures the business accounts are maintained.

  • Provides information about garage merchandise for staff and customers.

  • Maintains records of repair work to detect recurrent faults.

  • Checks completed work for compliance with safety and other statutory regulations.

  • Arranges for maintenance staff to perform necessary maintenance and repair work on vehicles or motorcycles.

  • Ensures that necessary spare parts, materials and equipment are available or obtainable at short notice.

  • Determines staffing, financial, material and other short- and long-term requirements.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Aftersales

  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

  • Automotive Industry

  • Workflow Management

  • Invoicing

  • Auditing

  • Upselling

  • Performance Management

  • Vehicle Maintenance

  • Booking (Sales)

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Customer Service

  • Communication

  • Management

  • Leadership

  • Sales

  • Operations

  • Interpersonal Communications

  • Scheduling

  • Coaching

  • Problem Solving

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Automotive Engineering

Sheffield Hallam University

BEng (Hon) · 4 Years · Sandwich · Sheffield · 09/2024

Tariff points: 112/120

Automotive Engineering

Coventry University

BEng (Hon) · 3 Years · Full-time · Coventry · 09/2024

Tariff points: 120/120

Automotive Engineering

University of Leeds

BEng (Hon) · 3 Years · Full-time · Leeds · 25/09/2024

Tariff points: 144/165

Automotive Engineering

Wrexham University

MEng · 4 Years · Full-time · Wrexham · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: 120/120

Motorsport Technology (Top Up Year Only)

Chichester College Group (inc Brinsbury, Chichester, Crawley, Northbrook & Worthing Colleges)

FdEng · 1 Year · Full-time · Shoreham-by-Sea West Sussex · 09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Automotive Engineering

Northumbria University, Newcastle

BEng (Hon) · 3 Years · Full-time · Newcastle upon Tyne · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

Engineering

University of Northampton

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Northampton · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 80/80

Automotive Engineering

University of South Wales

BEng (Hon) · 3 Years · Full-time · Pontypridd · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: 80/112

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