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Machinery mechanics are trained to understand technical instructions that enable them to service and repair equipment. These skills are often learned in vocational training classes.

WORDS TO UNDERSTAND

machinery: devices that work together to accomplish a final goal, such as making a new car maintenance: doing timely work on machines and the parts used to make them run before something goes wrong and stops the machines from working well repair: all mechanical things last only so long before they break. A repair fixes something that went wrong and stopped the machine from working well

vocational school: a school where you can learn a trade, like machinery maintenance and repair

6 CAREERS WITH EARNING POTENTIAL: MACHINERY MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR