Job Overview
Do you enjoy working with your hands and solving mechanical problems? A career as a diesel mechanic might be right for you. Diesel mechanics service and repair buses, trucks and other heavy vehicles and machinery.
Responsibilities
- Inspect mechanical components of vehicles to identify problems
- Select tools, equipment, or technologies for use in operations or projects
- Adjust vehicle components according to specifications
- Adjust equipment to ensure optimal performance
- Lubricate equipment to allow proper functioning
- Service vehicles to maintain functionality
- Operate transportation equipment to demonstrate function or malfunction
- Operate cranes, hoists, or other moving or lifting equipment
- Test mechanical equipment to ensure proper functioning
- Repair defective engines or engine components
Requirements