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Career: Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
Job Description
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul small engines used to power lawn mowers, chain saws, and related equipment.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
99
|
Dismantle engines, using hand tools, and examine parts for defects. |
98
|
Test and inspect engines to determine malfunctions, to locate missing and broken parts, and to verify repairs, using diagnostic instruments. |
97
|
Reassemble engines after repair or maintenance work is complete. |
97
|
Perform routine maintenance such as cleaning and oiling parts, honing cylinders, and tuning ignition systems. |
97
|
Repair or replace defective parts such as magnetos, water pumps, gears, pistons, and carburetors, using hand tools. |
96
|
Adjust points, valves, carburetors, distributors, and spark plug gaps, using feeler gauges. |
95
|
Record repairs made, time spent, and parts used. |
95
|
Replace motors. |
94
|
Show customers how to maintain equipment. |
93
|
Repair and maintain gasoline engines used to power equipment such as portable saws, lawn mowers, generators, and compressors. |
93
|
Obtain problem descriptions from customers, and prepare cost estimates for repairs. |
91
|
Remove engines from equipment, and position and bolt engines to repair stands. |
78
|
Sell parts and equipment. |
78
|
Grind, ream, rebore, and retap parts to obtain specified clearances, using grinders, lathes, taps, reamers, boring machines, and micrometers. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
81
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
77
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
70
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
68
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
67
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
62
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
58
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
57
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
55
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
54
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
53
|
Getting Information
|
51
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
51
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
49
|
Thinking Creatively
|
45
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
44
|
Processing Information
|
44
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
44
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
42
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
42
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
40
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
40
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
40
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
40
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
39
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
38
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
38
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
38
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
37
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
37
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
36
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
36
|
Interacting With Computers
|
33
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
33
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
31
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
28
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
26
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
26
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
26
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
20
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
16
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|