Occupation Atlasagricultural machinery technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/f7145f87-5940-43f5-bc98-aa1a2b872b47
agricultural machinery technician
Agricultural machinery technicians repair, overhaul and maintain agricultural equipment including tractors, tillage equipment, seeding equipment and harvesting equipment. They perform evaluations of the equipment, perform preventive maintenance activities and repair faults.
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Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic7.00
- C Conventional4.30
- I Investigative3.02
- S Social1.30
- E Enterprising1.08
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians (49-3041.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (14)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- agricultural equipment
- conduct routine machinery checks
- consult technical resources
- drive agricultural machines
- maintain agricultural machinery
- mechanics
- operate soldering equipment
- operate welding equipment
- perform machine maintenance
- perform maintenance on installed equipment
- perform test run
- record test data
- resolve equipment malfunctions
- use testing equipment
Optional (24)
- advise on safety improvements
- apply technical communication skills
- assemble machines
- dispose of hazardous waste
- electrical wiring plans
- electronics
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- estimate restoration costs
- hydraulics
- install electrical and electronic equipment
- install hydraulic systems
- install pneumatic systems
- issue sales invoices
- maintain air conditioning systems
- maintain electrical equipment
- maintain electronic equipment
- maintain hydraulic systems
- operate agricultural machinery
- order supplies
- pneumatics
- prepare compliance documents
- provide customer information related to repairs
- troubleshoot
- write records for repairs
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
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