NOC Title: 72401 – Heavy-duty equipment mechanics

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

Check bulldozers, cranes, graders and other heavy construction, agricultural, logging and mining equipment for proper performance and inspect equipment to detect faults and malfunctions
Diagnose faults or malfunctions using computerized and other testing equipment to determine extent of repair required
Adjust equipment and repair or replace defective parts, components or systems, using hand and power tools
Test repaired equipment for proper performance and to ensure that work meets manufacturers' specifications
Clean, lubricate and perform other routine maintenance work on equipment
Service attachments and working tools such as harvesting and tillage equipment, blades, ploughs, winches and side booms
May perform repair work on heavy trucks
May attach components and adjust new farm equipment.

Employment requirements

Completion of a three- to five-year apprenticeship program or a combination of over four years of work experience and industry courses in heavy equipment repair is usually required to be eligible for trade certification.
Agricultural equipment technician trade certification is available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.
Heavy-duty equipment technician trade certification is compulsory in Quebec (only in the construction industry) and Alberta and available, but voluntary, in all other provinces and the territories.
Completion of secondary school and training courses or a vocational program is usually required.
Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified heavy duty equipment technicians and agricultural equipment technicians upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.

Stages	Job Title	Salary	Family and PR application
Work Permit (WP)	Heavy Equipment Technician Helper (Semi-Skilled)	CAD 63,000 / $30.00 per hour	May or May not possible to bring family and can or can’t apply PR
Work Permit (WP)	Certified Heavy Equipment Technician (Skilled)	CAD 73,000 / $35.00 per hour	Possible to bring family and can apply PR
Work Permit (WP) – Promoted	Licensed Heavy Equipment Technician (Skilled)	CAD 80,000 / $38.00 per hour (Tentative)	Possible to bring family and can apply PR
Permanent Resident (PR)	Skilled Occupation	CAD 104,000/ $50.00 per hour (Tentative)	Possible to bring family and you can buy properties

HEAVY EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN

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