Also called: Dealer Inventory Auditor, Floorplan Field Inspector
Visits car, boat and RV dealers to check that every vehicle a lender paid for is really on the lot, and that sold ones were paid off.
You show up unannounced at a used-car lot with a tablet listing 140 vehicles the bank financed. You scan VINs row by row, hunt down cars at the body shop or out on test drives and flag any that were sold without paying the lender back. Then you drive to the next town and do it again.
Often paid per audit as a contractor, plus mileage.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma; paid on-the-job training; a clean driving record.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average. Every dealer that borrows to buy inventory gets audited, often monthly.
Medium risk for 10 years. Trackers and VIN-scanning apps speed things up; walking lots, finding missing units and spotting fraud stays human.
Age 21+. One way to start: Apply to floor plan audit firms for field auditor jobs; you need a car, a phone and a clean driving record
Classes: Business math, Auto shop, Keyboarding.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2011.
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