agricultural equipment technician

at  Western Tractor Company Inc

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 40 to 50 hours per week
• Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
• Experience: 5 years or more
• or equivalent experience

DOCUMENTATION KNOWLEDGE

• Maintenance and repair reports

EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY EXPERIENCE

• Hand tools
• Diesel engines
• Hydraulic system

WORK CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES

• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Handling heavy loads
• Manual dexterity
• Overtime required
• Sound discrimination
• Standing for extended periods
• Ability to work independently

• Instruct apprentices
• Troubleshoot and inspect equipment to detect faults and malfunctions
• Diagnose faults or malfunctions using computerized and other testing equipment to determine extent of repair required
• Order parts and maintain inventory
• Adjust equipment and repair or replace defective parts
• Keep maintenance reports and documentation
• Welding experience
• Test repaired equipment for proper performance and to ensure that work meets manufacturers’ specifications
• Attach components and adjust new farm equipment
• Clean, lubricate and perform other maintenance work
• Service attachments and working tools
• Perform other routine maintenance
• Troubleshoot electrical or mechanical systems failures
• Repair or replace defective or worn-out parts and components using hand, power or specially designed tools
• Refer to schematic drawings or product manuals to repair parts
• Perform scheduled preventive maintenance work
• Perform diagnostic tests
• Oversee apprenticeship training
• Monitor safety conditions
• Professionalism in customer service
• Prepare and track work orders
• Read and interpret work orders
• Diagnose and isolate faults on engines