Job Description:

• 1) Assembles farm or lawn-and-garden machinery, such as tractors, harvesters, plow disks, rakes, roto-tillers, and snow throwers at one station of progressive assembly line, using handtools and power tools: Files edges and reams holes to align parts, such as chains, gears, housings, transmissions, radiators, fuel lines, and wheels with main assembly.

• 2) Bolts or clips parts to assembly, using tools, such as prys, hammers, and pneumatic wrenches and drills.

• 3) Sets clearance between parts to prescribed tolerances, using fixed gauges and tools, such as torque wrenches and screwdriver.

• 4) Positions parts, such as control mechanisms, and connecting rods in housing and secures parts with bolts, rivets, cotter pins, and keys, using hammer, wrench, and pliers.

• 5) Pours lubricating oil into housing and fastens housing cover plates, using wrench.

• 6) Mounts assembled units in test fixture, connects unit to electric motor, and starts motor to test performance of unit.

• 7) May work from blueprints or sketches.