farm equipement mechanic

Job Definition:

• Agricultural and industrial machinery mechanics and repairers fit, install, examine, service and repair engines, agricultural and industrial machinery and mechanical equipment, except motor vehicle, aircraft and electric motors.

Job Description:

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

Duties and Tasks:

• 1) Reassemble machines and equipment following repair; test operation; and make adjustments as necessary.
• 2) Repair or replace defective parts, using hand tools, milling and woodworking machines, lathes, welding equipment, grinders, or saws.
• 3) Test and replace electrical components and wiring, using test meters, soldering equipment, and hand tools.
• 4) Drive trucks to haul tools and equipment for on-site repair of large machinery.
• 5) Fabricate new metal parts, using drill presses, engine lathes, and other machine tools.
• 6) Record details of repairs made and parts used.
• 7) Calculate bills according to record of repairs made, labor time, and parts used.
• 8) Repair bent or torn sheet metal.
• 9) Clean and lubricate parts.
• 10) Tune or overhaul engines.
• 11) Dismantle defective machines for repair, using hand tools.
• 12) Examine and listen to equipment, read inspection reports, and confer with customers to locate and diagnose malfunctions.
• 13) Install and repair agricultural irrigation, plumbing, and sprinkler systems.
• 14) Maintain, repair, and overhaul farm machinery and vehicles, such as tractors, harvesters, and irrigation systems.

Activities:

• 1) Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment — Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
• 2) Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
• 3) Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
• 4) Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
• 5) Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
• 6) Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment — Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.
• 7) Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment — Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles.
• 8) Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
• 9) Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.

Abilities:

• 1) Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
• 2) Multilimb Coordination — The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
• 3) Hearing Sensitivity — The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.
• 4) Extent Flexibility — The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
• 5) Static Strength — The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
• 6) Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• 7) Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• 8) Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• 9) Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• 10) Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• 11) Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• 12) Finger Dexterity — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• 13) Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• 14) Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
• 15) Dynamic Strength — The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.
• 16) Trunk Strength — The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without ‘giving out’ or fatiguing.
• 17) Gross Body Coordination — The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.
• 18) Wrist-Finger Speed — The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
• 19) Speed of Limb Movement — The ability to quickly move the arms and legs.

Knowledge

• Mechanical — Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.