Heavy Equipment Mechanic

Career Overview

Heavy-duty equipment mechanics repair and maintain large machines and heavy-duty equipment. Your day-to-day duties would include adjusting, repairing, and replacing worn and damaged mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical parts on tractors, log loaders, trucks, and other heavy equipment. Heavy-duty mechanics rely on hand and power tools and specialized equipment. As a heavy-duty mechanic, you may specialize in specific types of machinery, such as tracked vehicles, fuel injection systems, power shift transmissions, hydraulics, or electronics.

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