Outdoor Power Equipment Technology

47.0699 VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES, OTHER
(PDE APPROVED CAREER TECH PROGRAM)

The Power Equipment Technologies Program prepares students to apply technical knowledge and skills to
repair, service, maintain and diagnose problems on a variety of small internal-combustion gasoline engines
and related systems used on portable power equipment such as lawn and garden equipment, chain saws,
outboard motors, rototillers, snowmobiles, lawn mowers, motorcycles, personal watercraft and pumps and
generators. Students are instructed in the principles of the internal-combustion engine and all systems
related to the powered unit. Instruction also includes the use of technical and service manuals, state
inspection code, care and use of tools and test equipment, engine tune-up/maintenance, engine overhaul,
troubleshooting and diagnostic techniques, drive lines and propulsion systems, electrical and electronic
systems, suspension and steering systems and service operations and parts management.