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Job Description
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul small engines used to power lawn mowers, chain saws, recreational sporting equipment and related equipment.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 49-3053.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 35,320.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 16.00
- Currently, there are 33,020 people on this job
Also Known As…
- Small Engine Technician
- Small Engine Mechanic
- Service Technician
- Outdoor Power Equipment Service Technician
- Mechanic
- Lawnmower Repair Mechanic
- Golf Cart Mechanic
- Vehicle Mechanic
- Snowmobile Mechanic
- Snowblower Mechanic
- Small Engine Specialist
- Repairer, Engine, Production
- Repair Technician
- Power Wheelchair Mechanic
- Power Saw Mechanic
- Outdoor Power Equipment Mechanic (OPE Mechanic)
- Motor Scooter Mechanic
- Model Engine Mechanic
- Mobility Scooter Repairer
- Magneto Repairer
- Lawn Mower Repairer
- Lawn Mower Mechanic
- Lab Technician
- Jet Ski Mechanic
- Go-Cart Mechanic
- Gas Golf Cart Repairer
- Gas Engine Repairer
- Gas Engine Mechanic
- Garden Tractor Mechanic
- Garden Machinery Mechanic
- Garden Implement Mechanic
- Garden Equipment Mechanic
- Engine Specialist
- Engine Service Repairer
- Engine Repairer, Service
- Engine Repairer, Production
- Engine Mechanic
- Electric Wheelchair Repairer
- Electric Golf Cart Repairers
- Edge Trimmer Mechanic
- Chain Saw Mechanic
Tasks for “Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics”
- Adjust points, valves, carburetors, distributors, and spark plug gaps, using feeler gauges.
- Obtain problem descriptions from customers, and prepare cost estimates for repairs.
- Sell parts and equipment.
- Reassemble engines after repair or maintenance work is complete.
- Record repairs made, time spent, and parts used.
- 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.
- Repair and maintain gasoline engines used to power equipment such as portable saws, lawn mowers, generators, and compressors.
- Dismantle engines, using hand tools, and examine parts for defects.
- Show customers how to maintain equipment.
- Grind, ream, rebore, and re-tap parts to obtain specified clearances, using grinders, lathes, taps, reamers, boring machines, and micrometers.
- Perform routine maintenance such as cleaning and oiling parts, honing cylinders, and tuning ignition systems.
- Replace motors.
- Remove engines from equipment, and position and bolt engines to repair stands.
Related Technology & Tools
- Camshaft bearing drivers
- Valve guide reamers
- Spark plug socket wrenches
- Flat tip screw starters
- Wire strippers
- Torx bit sets
- Penlights
- Starter clutch wrenches
- Dead blow hammers
- Wireless tachometers
- Charging system testers
- Automatic center punches
- Spark plug wrenches
- Spark plug hole taps
- Socket wrench extensions
- Magneto bearing pullers
- Starter punches
- Allen wrench sets
- Dial calipers
- Mechanics' pick sets
- Piston ring compressors
- Leakdown testers
- Gear pullers
- Tapered hand files
- Slot screwdrivers
- Personal computers
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Ridge reamers
- Flywheel holders
- Standard flex socket wrenches
- Diagonal cutters
- Ball peen hammers
- Adjustable gap spark testers
- Valve refacing tools
- Battery terminal cleaners
- Valve grinders
- Parallel pin punches
- Inline spark testers
- Dial bore gauges
- Fuel line removers
- Measuring tapes
- Spanners
- Hex sets
- Metric flex socket wrenches
- Metric socket wrenches
- Power drill bits
- Small jet carburetor screwdrivers
- Test lights
- Impact drivers
- Engine hour meters
- Compression testing gauges
- Temperature guns
- Portable air compressors
- Main bearing plug gauges
- Digital tachometers
- Fixed tip snap ring pliers
- Valve seat cutting tools
- Flywheel pullers
- Combination wrenches
- Torque wrenches
- Cotter pin pullers
- Impact drills
- Computer data input scanners
- Magnetic pickup tools
- Fluted screw extractors
- Ignition testers
- Cam bearing plug gauges
- Inspection mirrors
- Seal pullers
- Spark plug gauges
- Camshaft bearing pullers
- Crowfoot wrenches
- Mini hacksaws
- T handle hex wrenches
- Wire crimpers
- Mechanical fingers
- Piston ring expanders
- Wire cutters
- Coil testers
- Combination pliers
- Standard socket wrenches
- Bearing drivers
- Power wrenches
- Valve spring compressors
- Vise grip pliers
- Digital multimeters
- Cylinder bore telescoping gauges
- Needle nose pliers
- Speed handles
- Taper feeler gauges
- Torque adapters
- Carburetor pressure gauges
- Work vans
- Cylinder hones
- Z benders
- Breaker bars
- Flat cold chisels
- Channel lock pliers
- Crankshaft straighteners
- Solder guns
- Sale processing software
- Ideal Computer Systems Ideal OPE
- VersaDyne small engine test system
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Excel
- Land & Sea DYNO-MAX
- Smart Equipment Repair
- Microsoft Office
- RepairTRAX