According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Record repairs made, time spent, and parts used. | 92% |
| Test and inspect engines to determine malfunctions, to locate missing and broken parts, and to verify repairs, using diagnostic instruments. | 91% |
| Dismantle engines, using hand tools, and examine parts for defects. | 89% |
| Repair and maintain gasoline engines used to power equipment such as portable saws, lawn mowers, generators, and compressors. | 89% |
| Adjust points, valves, carburetors, distributors, and spark plug gaps, using feeler gauges. | 89% |
| Repair or replace defective parts such as magnetos, water pumps, gears, pistons, and carburetors, using hand tools. | 88% |
| Perform routine maintenance such as cleaning and oiling parts, honing cylinders, and tuning ignition systems. | 86% |
| Reassemble engines after repair or maintenance work is complete. | 86% |
| Replace motors. | 85% |
| Obtain problem descriptions from customers, and prepare cost estimates for repairs. | 85% |
| Show customers how to maintain equipment. | 84% |
| Remove engines from equipment, and position and bolt engines to repair stands. | 83% |
| Sell parts and equipment. | 81% |
| Grind, ream, rebore, and re-tap parts to obtain specified clearances, using grinders, lathes, taps, reamers, boring machines, and micrometers. | 79% |
