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OUTDOOR POWER EQUIPMENT AND OTHER SMALL ENGINE MECHANICS
 
Occupation Description:
 
  Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul small engines used to power lawn mowers, chain saws, and related equipment.
 
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Typical Tasks:
 
 
  • Repairs or replaces defective parts, such as water pump, carburetor, thermostat, gears, solenoid, pistons, valves, and crankshaft, using hand tools.
  • Adjusts points, valves, carburetor, distributor and spark plug gaps, using feeler gauges.
  • Repairs fractional-horsepower gasoline engines used to power lawn mowers, garden tractors, and similar machines.
  • 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.
 
Skills:
 
 
  • Repairing - Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools..
  • 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..
  • Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance..
  • Installation - Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications..
  • Equipment Selection - Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job..
  • Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems..
 
Knowledge:
 
 
  • Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance..
  • Engineering and Technology - Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services..
  • Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction..
  • Clerical - Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology..
  • English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar..
  • Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications..
  • Physics - Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes..
 
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Education & Training:
 
  Moderate-term on-the-job training (1 to 12 months)
 
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Wage Information:
 
 
Region Average Annual Average Hourly Entry Level (hourly) Mid-Range  (hourly)
Statewide Units $38,240.00 $18.38 $13.95 $15.64 - $20.91
Bridgeport/Stamford $46,078.00 $22.16 $14.98 $16.55 - $27.54
Hartford $37,226.00 $17.90 $13.54 $15.79 - $20.78
New Haven $39,416.00 $18.95 $13.42 $13.79 - $21.73
New London/Norwich $39,984.00 $19.23 $13.62 $16.04 - $22.90
Springfield, MA $36,374.00 $17.48 $15.13 $15.76 - $19.35
Waterbury $32,977.00 $15.85 $12.56 $12.97 - $18.23
Worcester, MA $39,822.00 $19.15 $15.76 $16.85 - $21.69
      
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