Agricultural Equipment Technician (423A)
Maintain and repair tractors, combines, and farm machinery hydraulics and power systems.
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A Red Seal endorsement is a seal on your provincial or territorial trade certificate. It shows you have the knowledge and skills to practice your trade across Canada — earned by passing the interprovincial Red Seal exam.
What this trade covers
Maintain and repair tractors, combines, and farm machinery hydraulics and power systems.
Exam format
- • 120 multiple-choice questions
- • 4-hour time limit
- • 70% required to pass
- • Closed-book
- • 125 questions, 4 hours, 70% to pass
- • Questions align with the Red Seal Occupational Standard (RSOS)
Exam blueprint (RSOS)
Questions are distributed across major work activities defined in the Red Seal Occupational Standard — the same breakdown used on the official exam.
Performs common occupational skills
Diagnoses and repairs engines and engine support systems
Diagnoses and repairs drive trains
Diagnoses and repairs hydraulic, hydrostatic and pneumatic systems
Diagnoses and repairs electrical and electronic systems
Diagnoses and repairs steering, brakes and suspensions
Diagnoses and repairs structural components and operator stations
Diagnoses and repairs agricultural equipment
Official Red Seal resources
Source material from the Red Seal Program — administered by the Canadian Council of Directors of Apprenticeship (CCDA).