Farm Equipment Mechanics

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

Job Task

• Repairs or replaces defective parts, using hand tools, milling and woodworking machines, lathes, welding equipment, grinders, or saws.
• Reassembles, adjusts, and lubricates machines and equipment, using hand tools.
• Installs and repairs agricultural plumbing systems.
• Examines and listens to machines, motors, gas and diesel engines, and equipment to detect malfunctioning.
• Tests and replaces electrical components and wiring, using test meter, soldering equipment, and wire strippers.
• Installs and maintains self-propelled irrigation system, using truck-mounted crane, wrenches, tube cutter, and pipe threader.
• Dismantles defective machines, using hand tools.
• Reads inspection reports and examines equipment to determine type and extent of defect.
• Records type and cause of defect on agricultural equipment.
• Drives truck to haul tools and equipment to work site.
• Fabricates new metal parts, using drill press, engine lathe, and other machine tools.

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