Description
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul farm machinery and vehicles, such as tractors, harvesters, dairy equipment, and irrigation systems.
- • Record details of repairs made and parts used.
- • 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.
- • Dismantle defective machines for repair, using hand tools.
- • Test and replace electrical components and wiring, using test meters, soldering equipment, and hand tools.
- • Repair or replace defective parts, using hand tools, milling and woodworking machines, lathes, welding equipment, grinders, or saws.
- • Clean and lubricate parts.
- • 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.
- • Calculate bills according to record of repairs made, labor time, and parts used.
- • Install and repair agricultural irrigation, plumbing, and sprinkler systems.
- • Repair bent or torn sheet metal.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
