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Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians

  • Bright Outlook
  • Rapid Growth

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul farm machinery and vehicles, such as tractors, harvesters, dairy equipment, and irrigation systems.

What you’d do

  • Reassemble machines and equipment following repair, testing operation and making adjustments, as necessary.
  • Maintain, repair, and overhaul farm machinery and vehicles, such as tractors, harvesters, and irrigation systems.
  • Examine and listen to equipment, read inspection reports, and confer with customers to locate and diagnose malfunctions.
  • Record details of repairs made and parts used.
  • Dismantle defective machines for repair, using hand tools.
  • Clean and lubricate parts.
  • Repair or replace defective parts, using hand tools, milling and woodworking machines, lathes, welding equipment, grinders, or saws.
  • Test and replace electrical components and wiring, using test meters, soldering equipment, and hand tools.

Skills that matter

  • Equipment Maintenance
  • Repairing
  • Troubleshooting
  • Operation and Control
  • Critical Thinking
  • Complex Problem Solving

How to get there

Medium preparation: usually vocational school, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree

Also called

  • Farm Equipment Mechanic
  • Mechanic
  • Service Technician (Service Tech)
  • Tractor Mechanic
  • Agricultural Mechanic (Ag Mechanic)
  • Agricultural Service Technician (Ag Service Tech)

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