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Employment Percentage
4.448742747
SOC ID
49-3041
SOC Title
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
ONET ID
49-3041.00
ONET Concat ID
49304100
Median Salary
46185.95
Ed Level High School
46.389999
Ed Level Certificate
34.25
Ed Level Some College
8.39
Ed Level Associates
8.33
Ed Level Bachelors
0
Ed Level Masters
2.63
Ed Level Doctors
0
Typical Ed Level
a high school diploma or less
Career Description
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul farm machinery and vehicles, such as tractors, harvesters, dairy equipment, and irrigation systems.
Core Tasks
  • Maintain, repair, and overhaul farm machinery and vehicles, such as tractors, harvesters, and irrigation systems.
  • Dismantle defective machines for repair, using hand tools.
  • Record details of repairs made and parts used.
  • Reassemble machines and equipment following repair, testing operation and making adjustments, as necessary.
  • Clean and lubricate parts.
  • Test and replace electrical components and wiring, using test meters, soldering equipment, and hand tools.
  • Examine and listen to equipment, read inspection reports, and confer with customers to locate and diagnose malfunctions.
  • Repair or replace defective parts, using hand tools, milling and woodworking machines, lathes, welding equipment, grinders, or saws.
  • Tune or overhaul engines.
  • Drive trucks to haul tools and equipment for on-site repair of large machinery.
  • Fabricate new metal parts, using drill presses, engine lathes, and other machine tools.
  • Repair bent or torn sheet metal.
Start Annual Earnings
26605.39
Top Annual Earnings
86460.57
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