Agriculture Equipment / Service Technician

The Agriculture Equipment/Service Technician is responsible to maintain, repair and operate heavy equipment used on farms.

Primary Responsibilities

Check bulldozers, cranes, graders and other heavy construction, agricultural, logging and mining equipment for proper performance and inspect equipment to detect faults and malfunctions

Diagnose faults or malfunctions using computerized and other testing equipment to determine extent of repair required

Adjust equipment and repair or replace defective parts, components or systems, using hand and power tools

Test repaired equipment for proper performance and to ensure that work meets manufacturers' specifications

Clean, lubricate and perform other routine maintenance work on equipment

Service attachments and working tools such as harvesting and tillage equipment, blades, ploughs, winches and side booms

May perform repair work on heavy trucks

May attach components and adjust new farm equipment.

Other duties as required

Qualifications:

Completion of secondary school required

Completion of a three- to five-year apprenticeship program or a combination of over four years of work experience and industry courses in heavy equipment repair