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Job Category: Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
Tasks:
  • Repairs or replaces defective parts, such as water pump, carburetor, thermostat, gears, solenoid, pistons, valves, and crankshaft, using hand tools.

  • Records repairs made, time spent, and parts used.

  • Positions and bolts engine to engine stand.

  • Grinds, reams, rebores, and retaps parts to obtain specified clearances, using grinders, lathes, taps, reamers, boring machines, and micrometer.

  • Tests and inspects engine to determine malfunctions and locate missing and broken parts, using diagnostic instruments.

  • Repairs and maintains gas internal-combustion engines that power electric generators, compressor, and similar equipment.

  • Tests and repairs magnetos used in gasoline and diesel engines, using meters, gauges, and hand tools.

  • Repairs and maintains portable saws powered by internal combustion engines, following manufacturer's repair manuals and using hand tools.

  • Dismantles engines, using hand tools, examines parts for defects, and cleans parts.

  • Reassembles engines and listens to engines in action to detect operational difficulties.

  • Tests and repairs turbo or superchargers.

  • Repairs fractional-horsepower gasoline engines used to power lawn mowers, garden tractors, and similar machines.

  • Adjusts points, valves, carburetor, distributor and spark plug gaps, using feeler gauges.

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  • Engine Repairer, Production
  • Engine Repairer, Service
  • Gas-Engine Repairer
  • Magneto Repairer
  • Power-Saw Mechanic
  • Small-Engine Mechanic
 
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