Agricultural Mechanic
What the work is
Diagnoses, repairs and maintains agricultural machinery and equipment such as tractors, harvesters, irrigation systems and seeding equipment.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Diagnoses, repairs and maintains agricultural machinery and equipment such as tractors, harvesters, irrigation systems and seeding equipment
- Repairs and services engines, transmissions, electrical, hydraulic, air conditioning and other systems
- Calibrates precision agricultural system and machinery settings for specialised agricultural practices
- Tests and adjusts vehicle and machinery systems to ensure proper functioning by using diagnostic and digital equipment to identify and troubleshoot issues
- Provides advice and guidance to farmers and agricultural workers on equipment maintenance and operation
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a farm machinery workshop and a mobile service ute covering grain and cattle properties across a wide district. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A harvester that was dead at dawn is cutting again by the afternoon
- A farmer who has fought a problem for a week finally watches it get fixed
- You work out a fault from the sound alone, before you even open the bonnet
Hard days
- A breakdown in a paddock two hours from the workshop, with a storm coming
- Waiting on a part that is stuck at a depot while the crop waits for no one
- Tired farmers under pressure who need the machine now and cannot afford to wait
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 351431, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.