Median Annual Wage: $32,120
Education: High school diploma or equivalent (57%); Post-secondary certificate (22%); Less than high school diploma (10%)
Projected Growth: Slower than average (3% to 7%)
Related Job Titles: Service Technician; Mechanic; Small Engine Mechanic; Outdoor Power Equipment Service Technician; Golf Cart Mechanic; Lawnmower Repair Mechanic; Small Engine Technician
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Source: O*NET OnLine information for Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics.
More Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Careers
- Adjust points, valves, carburetors, distributors, and spark plug gaps, using feeler gauges.
- Reassemble engines after repair or maintenance work is complete.
- Record repairs made, time spent, and parts used.
- Perform routine maintenance such as cleaning and oiling parts, honing cylinders, and tuning ignition systems.
- Obtain problem descriptions from customers, and prepare cost estimates for repairs.
- Test and inspect engines to determine malfunctions, to locate missing and broken parts, and to verify repairs, using diagnostic instruments.
- Repair or replace defective parts such as magnetos, water pumps, gears, pistons, and carburetors, using hand tools.
- Sell parts and equipment.
- Show customers how to maintain equipment.
- Dismantle engines, using hand tools, and examine parts for defects.
- Replace motors.
- Grind, ream, rebore, and re-tap parts to obtain specified clearances, using grinders, lathes, taps, reamers, boring machines, and micrometers.
- Remove engines from equipment, and position and bolt engines to repair stands.
Source: O*NET OnLine information for Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics.
- Equipment Maintenance - Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
- Troubleshooting - Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
- Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
- Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
- Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
- Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Equipment Selection - Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
- Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Source: O*NET OnLine information for Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics.