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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
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. | |||
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Reassemble machines and equipment following repair; test operation; and make adjustments as necessary. | ||||
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Maintain, repair, and overhaul farm machinery and vehicles, such as tractors, harvesters, and irrigation systems. | ||||
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Examine and listen to equipment, read inspection reports, and confer with customers to locate and diagnose malfunctions. | ||||
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Dismantle defective machines for repair, using hand tools. | ||||
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Test and replace electrical components and wiring, using test meters, soldering equipment, and hand tools. | ||||
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Repair or replace defective parts, using hand tools, milling and woodworking machines, lathes, welding equipment, grinders, or saws. | ||||
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Clean and lubricate parts. | ||||
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Tune or overhaul engines. | ||||
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Drive trucks to haul tools and equipment for on-site repair of large machinery. | ||||
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Fabricate new metal parts, using drill presses, engine lathes, and other machine tools. | ||||
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Calculate bills according to record of repairs made, labor time, and parts used. | ||||
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Install and repair agricultural irrigation, plumbing, and sprinkler systems. | ||||
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Repair bent or torn sheet metal. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Farm Equipment Mechanics
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. | |||
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Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. | |||
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Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. | |||
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Physics | Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes. | |||
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Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. | |||
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Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Repairing | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. | |||
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Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. | |||
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Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. | |||
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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. | |||
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Equipment Selection | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. | |||
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Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. | |||
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Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |||
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Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. | |||
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Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |||
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Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. | |||
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Hearing Sensitivity | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. | |||
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Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. | |||
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Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. | |||
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Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Response Orientation | The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. | |||
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Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Memorization | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. | |||
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Rate Control | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | Up to and including 1 month | |||
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Related Work Experience | Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years | |||
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On-the-Job Training | Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Agricultural Equipment Mechanic | |||
Agricultural Mechanic | |||
Agricultural Technician | |||
Assembly Repairer | |||
Combine Mechanic | |||
Dairy Equipment Installer | |||
Dairy Equipment Mechanic | |||
Dairy Equipment Repairer | |||
Diesel Mechanic | |||
Diesel Technician | |||
Electric Milkers Installer | |||
Farm Equipment Assembler | |||
Farm Equipment Mechanic | |||
Farm Equipment Mechanic Apprentice | |||
Farm Equipment Technician | |||
Farm Implement Mechanic | |||
Farm Machinery Assembler | |||
Farm Machinery Erector | |||
Farm Machinery Mechanic | |||
Farm Tractor Mechanic | |||
Fitter | |||
Greaser | |||
Harvester Mechanic | |||
Heavy Equipment Mechanic | |||
Implement Mechanic | |||
Irrigation Equipment Installer | |||
Irrigation Equipment Mechanic | |||
Irrigation Pump Installer | |||
Layout Worker | |||
Machine or Machinery Mechanic | |||
Mechanic | |||
Milking Machine Mechanic | |||
Milking System Installer | |||
Pea Viner Mechanic | |||
Rice Dryer Mechanic | |||
Service Mechanic | |||
Service Technician | |||
Set Up Worker | |||
Shop Mechanic | |||
Small Engine Technician | |||
Sprinkler Irrigation Equipment Mechanic | |||
Tractor Mechanic | |||
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