PROFESSIONAL knowledge:
At the concept level:
1. Documentation principles.
2. Trends in agricultural development.
3. Sources of funding for an enterprise.
4. Hydrological regime forecasts.
5. Agricultural and engineering development.
6. Principles of using technical databases.
7. Process of livestock production and animal utilisation, depending on the species of animal.
8. Pre-treatment requirements for livestock production.
9. Pre-treatment requirements for plant and horticultural products.
10. Physical, chemical and mechanical properties of materials used in mechanical engineering.
11. Impact of meteorological factors on the defect repair process.
At the level of understanding:
1. Importance of planning for the efficient use of the technical park.
2. Basic principles of maintenance planning.
3. Principles of documentation and preparation of the technical condition of agricultural machinery and equipment.
4. Environmental characteristics of field repair work.
5. Seasonality of agricultural work on the use of repair areas and machinery storage areas.
6. Economic justification of technical provisions.
7. Conditions for choosing alternative options when ordering technical provision.
8. Principles of operation of amelioration systems.
9. Opportunities for using ICT technologies.
10. Opportunities for environmentally friendly energy extraction and use.
11. Business development plan.
12. Technical legends in diagrams and drawings.
13. Techniques for finding technical information.
14. Impact of meteorological conditions on the implementation of agronomic measures.
15. Role of calibration in ensuring the performance of tractor implements and self-propelled machines.
16. Design and working principles of agricultural machinery.
17. Farm animal welfare requirements.
18. Environmental protection requirements in animal shelters.
19. Principles of equipment construction and operation.
20. Livestock production pre-treatment technology.
21. Environmental protection requirements in the pre-treatment of livestock products.
22. Sanitary and hygienic requirements for the pre-treatment of livestock products.
23. Principles of equipment construction and operation.
24. Pre-treatment technology of plant and horticultural products.
25. Environmental requirements for the pre-treatment of plant and horticultural products.
26. Sanitary and hygienic requirements for the pre-treatment of plant and horticultural products.
27. Principles of equipment construction and operation.
28. Technical parameters characterising the performance of the self-diagnostic system.
29. Impact of potential defects in agricultural machinery on its operation.
30. Material accounting procedures and warehousing arrangements.
31. Spare parts supply logistics.
32. Risk factors in the work environment.
33. Structure and operating principles of agricultural machinery and implements.
34. Principles of use and operation of auxiliary and ancillary equipment.
35. Effect of replaced parts on the lifetime of related assemblies and implements.
36. Effect of tuning installed parts on the lifetime of assemblies and implements.
37. Risk factors in the work environment.
38. Consequences of non-compliance with defect prevention technology.
39. Characteristics of defects.
40. Fitness for purpose of implements and equipment.
At the level of use:
1. Conditions for establishing a maintenance schedule.
2. Resource calculation methods.
3. Time tracking principles.
4. Inventory of materials and spare parts.
5. Reporting procedures.
6. Repair area equipment and rules for its use.
7. Environmental protection requirements at repair areas.
8. Environmental protection requirements at repair areas.
9. Techniques for predicting the availability of agricultural machinery.
10. Procedure for drawing up the technical specification.
11. Procedure for documentary and factual verification of the specification of agricultural machinery.
12. Conditions for scheduling and resource planning of amelioration system maintenance.
13. Trends.
14. Latest technologies in agricultural mechanisation.
15. Operating requirements for agricultural machinery.
16. Contents of the operating instructions.
17. Tractor implement assembly options.
18. Requirements for the installation of auxiliary equipment for agricultural machinery, according to crop.
19. Techniques to increase the traction and load capacity of agricultural machinery.
20. Methods for configuring the control system for agricultural machinery, implements and equipment.
21. Terms of use of measuring instruments.
22. Calibration techniques and conditions.
23. Rules for driving agricultural machinery.
24. Environmental protection requirements in accordance with laws and regulations.
Occupational protection requirements in accordance with laws and regulations.
25. Equipment adjustment and parameter setting procedure.
26. Electrical safety rules for animal housing.
27. Safety rules for handling different species of farm animals.
28. Procedures for monitoring compliance with the operational requirements for equipment.
29. Procedures for adjusting and setting parameters of livestock pre-treatment equipment.
30. Procedures for monitoring compliance with the operational requirements for equipment.
31. Adjustment and parameter setting procedures for pre-treatment equipment for plant and horticultural production.
32. Procedures for monitoring compliance with the operational requirements for equipment.
33. Rules for the use of self-diagnostic equipment (gauges).
34. Techniques for detecting damage to agricultural machinery.
35. Defect detection techniques.
36. Conditions for the analysis of test results.
37. Procedures for analysing defects.
38. Spare parts catalogue, including electronic principles of use.
39. Types and characteristics of spare parts.
40. Environmental and fire safety requirements when storing spare parts and materials.
41. Procedures for placing orders.
42. Principles of repair kit construction.
43. Technology of cleaning works.
44. Protection technology for agricultural machinery and implements.
45. Occupational safety and environmental protection requirements when preparing (repairing) agricultural machinery.
46. Rules for the selection and use of appropriate dismantling and assembly tools and accessories.
47. Instructions for dismantling, assembling and adjusting parts, assemblies and implements of agricultural machinery.
48. Safety requirements for dismantling and assembly work.
49. Environmental protection requirements during dismantling and assembly.
50. Rules for the use of universal measuring instruments.
51. Principle of operation of the self-diagnosis device.
52. Occupational safety and environmental protection requirements when carrying out post-defect inspection work on agricultural machinery.
53. Basic principles of functional testing.

PROFESSIONAL skills:
1. Collect information on the seasonal load of machinery.
2. Establish and enforce a maintenance schedule.
3. Determine the resources required for maintenance work.
4. Prepare reports on maintenance carried out on agricultural machinery and equipment.
5. Produce a report on the maintenance and repair work carried out on the fleet of agricultural machinery and the resources used.
6. Equip the repair area and create a mobile repair workshop.
7. Organise repair work in the field.
8. Plan the workload of the repair area.
9. Organise the movement of machinery in the agricultural machinery storage area.
10. Plan operating materials, spare parts and equipment.
11. Assess the performance of agricultural machinery to meet business needs.
12. Prepare the specification for the agricultural machinery required.
13. Assess the supply of existing agricultural machinery on the market.
14. Arrange for the inspection of the agricultural machinery ordered, according to the technical specification, and for its receipt.
15. Be involved in projects to develop the company’s fleet of agricultural machinery.
16. Work with graphic material on amelioration systems.
17. Assess the technical condition of amelioration systems.
18. Provide machinery and equipment for amelioration system maintenance.
19. Assess current developments in agricultural mechanisation technologies.
20. Assess the usefulness and suitability of the latest agricultural mechanisation technologies for the company’s development plan.
21. Organise the introduction of current agricultural mechanisation technologies.
22. Find technical documentation on the operation of agricultural machinery in databases.
23. Read assembly diagrams for agricultural equipment and machinery.
24. Apply information from technical documentation on the operation of agricultural machinery in practice.
25. Identify options for the use of agricultural machinery according to agro-technical conditions.
26. Plan the use of agricultural machinery according to technology.
27. Set technical parameters in agricultural machinery computer programmes.
28. Carry out mechanical adjustment of technical units.
29. Calibrate agricultural machinery and implements according to technological requirements.
30. Check agricultural machinery and equipment in operation after adjustment and calibration.
31. Perform a total functional test of agricultural machinery.
32. Prepare farm equipment for operation.
33. Monitor and control the performance of farm equipment in accordance with technical parameters.
34. Monitor and control the performance of livestock pre-processing equipment in accordance with technical parameters.
35. Adjust equipment to suit its operating characteristics.
36. Monitor and control the performance of plant and horticultural pre-processing equipment in accordance with technical specifications.
37. Adjust equipment to suit its operating characteristics.
38. Organoleptically check the condition of agricultural machinery.
39. Read self-diagnostics and gauges.
40. Identify potential defects after inspection, record inspection results.
41. Select the spare parts needed from catalogues and electronic information sources.
42. Make a request for spare parts.
43. Build up a stock of spare parts.
44. Clean agricultural machinery and implements before and after repairs.
45. Protect farm machinery and implements from contamination and mechanical damage during cleaning and repair work.
46. Dismantle implements and assemblies to allow access to the defect.
47. Dismantle worn parts, assemblies and implements.
48. Assess the impact of the worn component on related assemblies and implements.
49. Assemble new components, assemblies and implements according to assembly requirements.
50. Perform visual assessment.
51. Check the implement at idle.
52. Carry out a load test.
53. Carry out an agricultural machinery test drive.
54. Carry out functional tests on agricultural machinery, implements and equipment.
55. Analyse observations made during the test drive and functional tests.

PROFESSIONAL competences:
1. Ability to plan and organise maintenance of agricultural machinery and equipment.
2. Ability to document maintenance and repair work carried out on agricultural machinery and equipment.
3. Ability to plan and organise the set-up and maintenance of a repair area and storage area for agricultural machinery.
4. Ability to plan, organise and carry out technical developments.
5. Ability to plan and organise mechanised maintenance work on amelioration systems.
6. Ability to plan and organise the introduction of the latest agricultural mechanisation technologies into the enterprise.
7. Ability to apply the technical documentation for the operation of agricultural machinery in practice.
8. Ability to assess the suitability of agricultural machinery for the work to be carried out.
9. Ability to ensure the performance of tractor implements and self-propelled machines.
10. Ability to maintain farm equipment in good working order, appropriate to the species and type of animal used.
11. Ability to maintain livestock pre-treatment equipment in good working order, appropriate to the type of production.
12. Ability to maintain in good working order plant and horticultural pre-treatment equipment appropriate to the type of produce.
13. Ability to identify organoleptically the faults in agricultural machinery and the causes of equipment failure using self-diagnostic systems and measuring devices.
14. Ability to source spare parts for agricultural machinery using catalogues.
15. Ability to prepare agricultural machinery and implements for troubleshooting.
16. Ability to replace wearing parts, assemblies and implements of agricultural machinery.
17. Ability to inspect agricultural machinery and equipment in operation after defects have been rectified.
18. Ability to carry out functional tests on agricultural machinery, implements and equipment.