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Career Details :: Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines
Description
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul mobile mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment, such as cranes, bulldozers, graders, and conveyors, used in construction, logging, and surface mining.
Experience
A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Education
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
Training
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Tasks
- Immerses parts in tanks of solvent or sprays parts with grease solvent to clean parts.
- Welds or cuts metal and welds broken parts and structural members, using electric or gas welder.
- Repairs and replaces damaged or worn parts.
- Overhauls and tests machines or equipment to ensure operating efficiency.
- Dismantles and reassembles heavy equipment, using hoists and hand tools.
- Directs workers engaged in cleaning parts and assisting with assembly or disassembly of equipment.
- Operates and inspects machines or heavy equipment to diagnose defects.
- Adjusts, maintains, and repairs or replaces engines and subassemblies, including transmissions and crawler heads, using hand tools, jacks, and cranes.
- Examines parts for damage or excessive wear, using micrometers and gauges.
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- Locksmiths and Safe Repairers
- Mechanical Door Repairers
- Motorboat Mechanics
- Operating Engineers
- Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Repairing & Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, Material
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
- Performing General Physical Activities
- Handling and Moving Objects
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Consequence of Error
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Hazardous Equipment
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