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Agricultural Equipment Technician

Agricultural Technicians
Description
Install, diagnose, repair, and maintain agricultural machinery and precision-ag systems. Set up equipment, perform inspections, calibrations, and preventive maintenance in shop and field to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operation. Collect performance data and prepare service records to support farmers, dealers, and engineers in improving productivity and application accuracy.
Knowledge
Business and Management
  • • Administration and Management
Manufacturing and Production
  • • Food Production
Engineering and Technology
  • • Mechanical
Mathematics and Science
  • • Mathematics
  • • Chemistry
  • • Biology
Abilities
Verbal Abilities
  • • Oral Comprehension
  • • Written Comprehension
  • • Oral Expression
  • • Written Expression
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
  • • Fluency of Ideas
  • • Originality
  • • Problem Sensitivity
  • • Deductive Reasoning
  • • Inductive Reasoning
  • • Information Ordering
  • • Category Flexibility
Quantitative Abilities
  • • Mathematical Reasoning
  • • Number Facility
Perceptual Abilities
  • • Flexibility of Closure
  • • Perceptual Speed
Attentiveness
  • • Selective Attention
Fine Manipulative Abilities
  • • Arm-Hand Steadiness
Control Movement Abilities
  • • Control Precision
Visual Abilities
  • • Near Vision
  • • Far Vision
  • • Visual Color Discrimination
Auditory and Speech Abilities
  • • Speech Recognition
  • • Speech Clarity
Skills
Content
  • • Reading Comprehension
  • • Active Listening
  • • Writing
  • • Speaking
Process
  • • Critical Thinking
  • • Active Learning
  • • Monitoring
Social Skills
  • • Coordination
  • • Instructing
Technical Skills
  • • Operations Monitoring
Systems Skills
  • • Judgment and Decision Making
Resource Management Skills
  • • Time Management
Interview options
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Interview time
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
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