Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul mobile mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment, such as cranes, bulldozers, graders, and conveyors, used in construction, logging, and mining.

Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Realistic

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Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Conventional

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Investigative

Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Enterprising

Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

Artistic

Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

Social

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Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed

Repair and replace damaged or worn parts.

Test mechanical products and equipment after repair or assembly to ensure proper performance and compliance with manufacturers' specifications.

Operate and inspect machines or heavy equipment to diagnose defects.

Read and understand operating manuals, blueprints, and technical drawings.

Dismantle and reassemble heavy equipment using hoists and hand tools.

Overhaul and test machines or equipment to ensure operating efficiency.

Adjust, maintain, and repair or replace subassemblies, such as transmissions and crawler heads, using hand tools, jacks, and cranes.

Repair, rewire, and troubleshoot electrical systems.

Diagnose faults or malfunctions to determine required repairs, using engine diagnostic equipment such as computerized test equipment and calibration devices.

Examine parts for damage or excessive wear, using micrometers and gauges.

Weld or solder broken parts and structural members, using electric or gas welders and soldering tools.

Research, order, and maintain parts inventory for services and repairs.

Fit bearings to adjust, repair, or overhaul mobile mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment.

Schedule maintenance for industrial machines and equipment, and keep equipment service records.

Clean, lubricate, and perform other routine maintenance work on equipment and vehicles.

Assemble gear systems, and align frames and gears.

Clean parts by spraying them with grease solvent or immersing them in tanks of solvent.

Adjust and maintain industrial machinery, using control and regulating devices.

Fabricate needed parts or items from sheet metal.

Direct workers who are assembling or disassembling equipment or cleaning parts.

Adjustable monkey wrenches

Adjustable widemouth pliers

Adjustable wrenches

Air compressors

Allen wrenches

Ammeters

Awls

Ball peen hammers

Battery chargers

Bolt cutters

Boring bars

Brake bleeder wrenches

Brass drifts

Brazing equipment

Breaker bars

Center punches

Channel lock pliers

Circuit testers

Clamp-on multimeters

Cold chisels

Combination wrenches

Cordless screwdrivers

Crowfoot wrenches

Cutting torches

Desktop computers

Diagonal cutting pliers

Dial calipers

Dial gauges

Drill presses

Dual action pliers

Dynamometers

Electronic engine analyzers

Electronic screwdrivers

End nippers

Exhaust emission analyzers

Feeler gauges

Flame cutting equipment

Flare nut wrenches

Gas welders

Grease guns

Grinding machines

Groove joint/water pump pliers

Hacksaws

Hammers

Hand held diagnostic computers

Handheld battery testers

Hard hats

Hard-toed shoes

Hazardous material protective clothing

Heat guns

Hex key sets

Hoists

Hose clamps

Hose-clamp pliers

Hydraulic lifts

Impact air wrenches

Inspection mirrors

Jack stands

Jacks

Lathes

Leak detection equipment

Leak detectors

Lineman's pliers

Locking C-clamp pliers

Long nose pliers

Magnetic pickup tools

Metal inert gas MIG welders

Micrometers

Multimeters

Needlenose pliers

Nut drivers

Offset box wrenches

Ohmmeters

Oil filter wrenches

On board computers

Oscilloscopes

Oxyacetylene welding equipment

Paint sprayers

Personal computers

Phillips head screwdrivers

Pin punches

Pipe wrenches

Pitch gauges

Plasma welding equipment

Plastic tip hammers

Pneumatic ratchets

Pneumatic wrenches

Power drills

Power grinders

Power sanders

Power saws

Pressure gauges

Protective ear plugs

Pry bars

Punch sets

Putty knives

Ratcheting screwdrivers

Ratchets

Razor knives

Respirators

Then some field work to learn the equipment.

I went to a recovery program and got clean and sober.  Only after that did I start to achieve the success in my life.

I would be answering the phone calls from mechanics and technical communicators from over 100 dealerships all over the USA,  Mexico and Canada.

Senior Service Engineer

I do not recall anyone telling me what I could not do.  But people tend to limit their achievements by not following their dreams or interest.

William Fussell

Senior Service Engineer

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My work combines:

My work combines:

Engineering

Technology

Problem Solving

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Drugs / Addiction

William Fussell

Senior Service Engineer

Milestones

Education

Career

Career Roadmap

My work combines:

My work combines:

Engineering

Technology

Problem Solving

Day to Day

Advice for Getting Started

Recommended Education

My career is related to what I studied. I'd recommend the path I took:

Hurdles

The Noise I Shed

From Myself:

Challenges I Overcame

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