Description
Use oil, grease guns, and hand tools to lubricate, adjust, and make minor repairs to farm equipment.
Alternative labels
maintaining farm equipment
farm equipment maintaining
maintaining equipment on farm
servicing equipment on farm
farm equipment servicing
service farm equipment
equipment maintaining on a farm
equipment servicing on a farm
maintain equipment on farm
service equipment on farm
servicing farm equipment
Skill type
skill/competence
Skill reusability level
sector-specific
Relationships with occupations
Essential skill
Maintain farm equipment is an essential skill of the following occupations:
Livestock worker: Livestock workers maintain the health and welfare of animals. They oversee the breeding/production and day-to-day care such as feeding and watering of animals.
Groom: Grooms provide practical daily horse care to ensure the horses health, welfare and safety.
They take part in exercising horses, cleaning and maintaining the stables, buildings and territory.
Optional skill
Maintain farm equipment is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this skill may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.
Shepherd: Shepherds manage the welfare and movement of livestock, especially sheep, goats and other grazing animals, in a variety of surroundings.
Farm manager: Farm managers plan and organise the daily operations, resourcing and business management of animal producing farms.
Livestock advisor: Livestock advisors provide complex specialist advice to farmers and livestock breeders to ensure that their business and production is optimised.
References
- Maintain farm equipment – ESCO