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name: land-based-machinery-technician
description: "Occupational skill for the role 'land-based machinery technician' (also: land-based machinery technicians, landbased machinery technician, land-based machinery mechanic). Use when the user asks for typical land-based machinery technician work such as: Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions.; Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions.; Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery."
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# Land-Based Machinery Technician
Land-based machinery technicians maintain, overhaul and repair agricultural equipment and machinery.
## Core workflow
1. Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions.
2. Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions.
3. Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery.
4. Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment.
5. Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery.
6. Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases, using hand sprayers.
7. Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools.
8. Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, handtrucks, forklifts, or transfer augers.
## How to use this skill
- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
## Key competences (essential)
- apply health and safety standards
- assemble machines
- diagnose fuel systems
- drive agricultural machines
- health and safety regulations
- hydraulics
- inspect machinery
- maintain agricultural machinery
- manoeuvre heavy trucks
- mechanical tools
- principles of mechanical engineering
- repair equipment on site
## Hot technologies
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Excel
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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/00c8d1cf-24f2-47d1-9f10-765e1c102811), O*NET 30.3 (45-2091.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*