Heavy-duty equipment mechanics (often called heavy duty equipment technicians) repair, troubleshoot, adjust, overhaul and maintain mobile heavy-duty equipment used in transportation, construction, forestry, manufacturing, farming, mining, oil, gas, material handling, landscaping and land clearing.
Duties
In general, heavy-duty equipment mechanics:
- Check bulldozers, cranes, graders and other heavy construction, agricultural, logging and mining equipment for proper performance and inspect equipment for faults and malfunctions
- Use computer diagnostic and other testing equipment to diagnose faults or malfunctions
- Adjust equipment and repair/replace bad parts, pieces or systems using hand and power tools
- Test repaired equipment for proper performance and make sure that work meets manufacturer specifications
- Clean, lubricate and perform other routine maintenance work on equipment
- Service attachments, such as harvesting and tillage equipment, blades, ploughs, winches and side booms
Heavy-duty equipment mechanics also:
- Perform repair work on heavy trucks
- Attach components and adjust new equipment
- Prepare new equipment for customer delivery
- Overhaul engines and work on power shift transmissions, fuel injection, hydraulics or electronics
- Work on specific types of machinery, including farm equipment, such as combines or tracked vehicles
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- Work on specific types of machinery, including farm equipment, such as combines or tracked vehicles