An RV technician faces unique challenges every day in the workplace. Most of those challenges involve diagnosing, inspecting, repairing, or even overhauling recreational vehicles and travel trailers. Some RV technicians specialize in certain areas, such as gas, electrical, hydraulic, plumbing, or chassis and towing systems. Many work repairing generators, interior components, and appliances.

As one of the fastest-growing and most in-demand career fields, RV technicians out-earn their peers in other trades. In fact, USRV master technicians are among the highest-paid technicians in the trades out there.

Don’t let our friendly, casual work environment fool you. We take our jobs very seriously. We work hard to uphold our commitments to our customers and to all our employees.

As an RV technician at Blue Moon Mobile RV, you'll get a safe workplace that’s free from unnecessary distractions, and you’ll work with a great team that includes a shop foreman, apprentices, and other RV techs. Some workplace hazards are inherent because you’ll likely be working with fuel, liquids, and other run-of-the-mill shop hazards.

You’ll be working with your hands from day one. You may have to reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. You might have to work in a confined space.

You need good manual dexterity and balance, and you may have to work at heights of up to 20 feet. You’ll be exposed to Texas weather, and you’ll be expected to work Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

USRV master technicians out-earn many other skilled trade workers. In fact, they’re part of a fast-growing, highly paid trade that isn’t going anywhere any time soon. On average, a USRV master technician makes nearly $70,000 per year.

Beyond pay, you get other benefits at Blue Moon Mobile RV. This includes a 401k plan, medical insurance, a gas allowance, a work cell phone, auto parts discounts, and snacks while you’re at work. We provide you with all the work swag you can handle, and you get to wear all our casual gear to work.

A USRV technician apprentice works in a fast-paced environment where there’s little room for error. Our apprentices thrive on learning from our factory-trained expert mentors to examine, troubleshoot, and diagnose service and maintenance issues with:

• Class A, B, and C vehicles
• Travel trailers
• Fifth wheels
• Food trucks
• Custom build-outs

USRV apprentices will only be expected to complete repairs they have been trained to do. Each USRV technician apprentice’s progress, certifications, and scope of skills are tracked, and repair work is assigned based on technician qualifications.

As a USRV apprentice, you’ll be responsible for factory training, weekly classroom work, and app-driven training. You will apply that knowledge with the help of your mentor to diagnose problems using facts obtained from customer complaints, proper troubleshooting pathways, and factory-recommended repairs or maintenance. It is the goal of each USRV apprentice to become a mentor/master USRV technician.

Your duties may include the following depending on your established skills:

• Shop maintenance tasks
• Moving RVs using fork or driving motorhomes
• Preparing RVs for work
• Upgrades/accessory installation
• Reading and writing repair orders
• Helping your mentor by prepping for the day’s jobs and documenting work in software with narrative and photos
• Classroom, factory, and app-based training
• Identifying parts and submitting parts requests
• Repair and maintenance of propane gas and electric appliances (including furnaces, refrigerators, traditional and tankless water heaters, generators, and air conditioners)*
• Maintenance, installation, repair, or replacement of roofs, doors, vents, awnings, plumbing systems (sewer and freshwater), water pumps, batteries, converters/inverters, solar, satellite, internet, slide rooms, hydraulic systems, Aqua-Hot, and charging systems*
• Orienting new apprentice technicians to Blue Moon Mobile RV and the USRV apprentice program

*Certification required

When you work as an RV technician apprentice, you can expect a professional, employee-centric, and safe workplace. That’s our obligation to you, and we take it very seriously. Most importantly you will be joining a team of positive and hardworking individuals.

The one thing all potential hires need is a strong work ethic, a positive attitude, and a nonnegotiable insistence to do the right thing. You can expect to work indoors and outdoors in Texas weather. You may have to drive on the lot, and you’ll typically work Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Your training will be ongoing. The level of your mastery will increase, but there is always more to learn. Standard workplace hazards that are common to RV repair shops exist, such as chemicals, biohazards, and working at heights and in small places.

Our apprentices dress in several company-supplied uniform options and work in a friendly, fast-paced environment. We provide great benefits, including 401k plans, medical insurance, gas allowance, cell phones, auto parts discounts, and more.

We choose our apprentices very carefully because many of them continue to work with us for years after learning the trade. We expect our apprentices to not only demonstrate the ability to be a solid employee but to also champion their own learning while striving to add value to Blue Moon Mobile RV.

In working closely with their mentor, they will be required to perform quality and timely work, provide daily documentation, show up to work on time (every time), identify parts, test out their work after making repairs, and check out with our service manager before leaving at the end of the day.

While early on it is understood, and expected, that new pairings between apprentices and mentors may initially slow down work, it should be the goal of the apprentice to anticipate and assist the mentor to provide a return on the training to Blue Moon Mobile RV.

We also expect them to keep the workspaces clean and organized, attend and be prepared for trainings, assist around the workplace, and maintain the required propane certification and forklift certification.

Each apprentice’s skills and certifications are tracked monthly on their team portal for full transparency. Many components include an automatic pay raise once classroom and hands-on goals are achieved.

Quarterly, we provide job-based performance reviews on every employee for more formal feedback. Daily, mentors will work with USRV apprentices to build skills, gain knowledge, and provide in-the-moment feedback.

The apprentice committee meets every other month to address needs, changes, and improvements to the program. We also use this time to discuss how to better meet the needs of our apprentices.

An apprenticeship is a way for people to gain the skills they need to become experts in their fields. Employers like Blue Moon Mobile RV help develop you into a USRV master technician while you obtain paid work experience, classroom instruction, and a nationally recognized credential. You’ll earn competitive wages from day one.

Statistically, 94% of apprentices who complete an apprenticeship retain employment and earn higher-than-average annual salaries. Completing an apprenticeship is the best way to jumpstart your career because you work and learn at the same time. As you gain workplace-relevant skills through on-the-job training, you’re also connecting with mentors who can help you advance your career.

Our self-paced apprenticeship program means that you largely determine how long it takes to become a technician. The amount of hands-on experience you can log varies depending on customer demand and season. There is less hands-on time in winter. If the apprentice continues to advance in their classroom and app training, they can be assigned to help on a wider variety of jobs.

Basically, the apprentice largely drives the timeframe. Most of our past apprentices advance one level per year. We are continually working on how to teach more effectively to speed up the learning curve.

We welcome and encourage veterans to apply for our DOL apprenticeship. Our program is tuition-free, which means you don’t have to use your GI Bill to pay for it. In fact, we pay you. You can retain your GI Bill. Even better, because we have a Department of Labor apprenticeship, you may be eligible for the United States Military Apprenticeship Program (USMAP) while you’re still serving on active duty. That way, you can set yourself up for success when you leave the military’s ranks.