Bicycle Technician

A bicycle technician inspects, assembles, maintains, and repairs bicycles and associated components in a workshop or retail environment. They diagnose mechanical faults, perform routine servicing, replace worn parts, and ensure bicycles meet safety standards before release to customers. The role combines technical mechanical skill with customer service in a retail or dedicated service workshop setting.

Diagnose mechanical faults in bicycle frames, drivetrain components, braking systems, and wheels using systematic troubleshooting and test rides. Perform routine maintenance services including chain cleaning and lubrication, gear adjustment, brake pad replacement, and wheel truing. Disassemble and reassemble bicycle components using specialised tools such as bottom bracket tools, headset spanners, spoke keys, and bearing presses. Replace damaged or worn parts including tyres, tubes, cables, brake pads, chainrings, cassettes, and hubs using appropriate techniques and torque specifications. True wheels using a truing stand and spoke wrench to ensure proper alignment and spoke tension according to manufacturer specifications. Adjust derailleur positioning and cable tension to ensure smooth gear shifting across the entire cassette range. Service hydraulic and mechanical braking systems, including bleeding hydraulic lines, adjusting brake pad clearance, and replacing brake fluid. Assemble new bicycles from frame and component parts, including fitting handlebars, stems, seat posts, wheels, drivetrain, and braking systems.

The standard entry pathway requires a Certificate IV or Certificate III with at least two years of on-the-job training (ABS skill level 3). Specific qualification requirements vary by employer and state. Some employers may accept equivalent experience. Check yourcareer.gov.au for available courses and dewr.gov.au/skills-reform/free-tafe for subsidised training options.

Pay is low and capped. Most shops pay award rates with limited progression to management. You'll do repetitive work like chain cleaning and brake adjustments all day. The barrier to entry is a Certificate III or IV, which takes time and money. Retail hours mean weekends and evenings, and busy seasons (spring cycling weather) mean long days.

You'll find work at bike shops, repair workshops, and sporting goods retailers in suburbs with cycling culture. Regional centres have fewer positions. Very little remote work. Jobs depend on local cycling demand and retail foot traffic, not online.

Published for ANZSCO unit group 8999, the wider group this job sits in, not for this job on its own.

This is the median for full-time employees who are not managers and are paid at the adult rate, before tax and salary sacrifice. It is a guide to what the work pays, not a wage rate.

Source: ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.

• Active Listeningcore
• Attention to Detailcore
• Complaint Handlingcore
• Continuous Learning and Upskillingcore
• Customer Needs Assessmentcore
• Inventory Trackingcore
• Invoicing and Billing Administrationcore
• Problem Solvingcore
• Quality Assurance and Checkingcore
• Time Management and Prioritisationcore
• Verbal Communicationcore
• Workload Self-Managementcore
• Adaptability and Flexibility
• Administer appointments
• Basic Arithmetic and Numerical Accuracy
• Process Improvement Identification
• Purchase Order Processing
• Risk Identification
• Stock Counting and Stocktake
• Supplier Communication
• Written Communication

• ABS OSCA 2024, occupation definition and task statements
• ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.
• ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on usual place of residence (Custom Report). OSCA Experimental Estimates.

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Last updated: 30 October 2026