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HEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS
Fort St John
NOC 7312

Heavy-duty equipment mechanics repair, troubleshoot, adjust, overhaul and maintain mobile heavy duty equipment used in construction, transportation, forestry, mining, oil and gas, material handling, landscaping, land clearing, farming and similar activities. They are employed by companies which own and operate heavy equipment, by heavy equipment dealers, rental and service establishments, and by railway transport companies and urban transit systems.

Number of advertisements Job Titles (2011)

  • Apprentice Mechanic
  • Commercial Transport/Heavy Duty Mechanic
  • Diesel Engine Mechanic
  • Diesel Mechanic
  • Excavating Equipment Mechanic
  • Farm Equipment Mechanic
  • Field Mechanic
  • Field Service Mechanic
  • Field Service Technician
  • Field Technician
  • HD Field Mechanic
  • Heavy Duty Equipment Mechanic
  • Heavy Duty Field Mechanic
  • Heavy Duty Mechanic
  • Heavy Duty Mechanic Apprentice
  • Heavy Duty Mechanic/ Millwright
  • Heavy Equipment Mechanic
  • Heavy Equipment Technician
  • Maintenance Mechanic
  • Mechanic
  • Mine Mechanic
  • Shop Mechanic
  • Technician
Wages (2011)

Advertised wages range from $19-60/hr.
Government of Canada National Occupational Classification Information

Duties

Heavy-duty equipment mechanics perform some or all of the following duties:

  • Check bulldozers, cranes, graders and other heavy construction, agricultural, logging and mining equipment for proper performance and inspect equipment to detect faults and malfunctions
  • Diagnose faults or malfunctions using computerized and other testing equipment to determine extent of repair required
  • Adjust equipment and repair or replace defective parts, components or systems, using hand and power tools
  • Test repaired equipment for proper performance and to ensure that work meets manufacturers' specifications
  • Clean, lubricate and perform other routine maintenance work on equipment
  • Service attachments and working tools such as harvesting and tillage equipment, blades, ploughs, winches and side booms
  • 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.

Employment requirements

  • Completion of secondary school is usually required.
  • Completion of a three- to five-year apprenticeship program
    or
    A combination of over four years of work experience in the trade and some high school, college or industry courses in heavy equipment repair is usually required to be eligible for trade certification.
  • Heavy-duty equipment mechanic trade certification is compulsory in Quebec and Alberta and available, but voluntary, in all other provinces and territories.
  • Farm equipment mechanic trade certification is available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.
  • Interprovincial trade certification (Red Seal) is also available to qualified heavy-duty equipment technicians and farm equipment mechanics.
Additional information
  • Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.
  • Red Seal trade certification allows for interprovincial mobility.

http://www5.hrsdc.gc.ca/NOC-CNP/app/checkversion.aspx?lc=e&level=4&noccode=7312&code=7

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