PERFORMANCE

Heavy-duty mechanics perform :

Check heavy duty equipment construction, bulldozers, grappels, cranes,
graders and excavator buckets.  Also agricultural, logging and mining 
equipment, detect faults and malfunctions on equipment. 

Adjust equipment and repair and replace defective parts using hand and
power tools. Heavy duty equipment mechanic  tests equipment and checks
proper performance to  meets manufacturers' specifications .

Lubricate and clean equipment Service attachments and working tools, 
blades, ploughs, winches and side booms. 


Heavy duty equipment mechanic may perform repair work on heavy trucks 
May attach components and adjust new farm equipment.
Heavy-duty and farm equipment mechanics may specialize in specific 
types of machinery such as combines or tracked vehicles, or in engine 
overhaul, power shift transmissions, fuel injection, hydraulics or electronics.