From your first day to John Deere Certified
We don't just hire technicians. We grow them, on a paid, John Deere-backed path that takes you from the shop floor to Certified Technician in about two years.
Where this job takes you, and how fast
John Deere built the Certified Technician roadmap in three levels, in a deliberate order: foundations first, then how the systems work, then real diagnostics. You are never thrown at a machine you haven't been trained for.
- 1Month 1
Technical Foundations
Get productive and safe, fast. Tools, process, and the basics.
- 2Months 1–6
Systems Overviews
Learn how hydraulics, electrical, engines and drivetrains really work.
- 3Months 6–24
Systems Diagnostics
Diagnose real machines, then prove it in hands-on assessments.
- ✓Around 2 years
Certified Technician
John Deere's own credential, and it goes wherever your career does.
Technical Foundations
Your first month is about getting your feet under you, not sink or swim. You learn John Deere's step-by-step approach to diagnosing a problem, the dealer tools every technician uses daily, and the basics of engines and drivetrains, with an experienced tech beside you.
- 7 steps to diagnostics
- Service ADVISOR™
- Parts ADVISOR™
- John Deere Connected Support™
- Warranty basics
- Customer service
- Engine & drivetrain basics
Systems Overviews
This is where you stop being a generalist and start becoming a systems expert. You go deep on what makes modern John Deere equipment run, one system at a time, so the machine in front of you starts to make sense.
- Hydraulics & hydrostatics
- Electrical & electronics
- Machine networks
- Heating & A/C
- Advanced drivetrain
- Fuel, cooling & lubrication
- Air, exhaust & aftertreatment
Systems Diagnostics
The payoff. You put everything together on real diagnostic work, then prove your skills in hands-on qualification assessments for each major system. Finish Level 3 and you are a John Deere Certified Technician.
- Service ADVISOR™ diagnostics
- Hydraulic diagnostics
- Electrical diagnostics
- Heating & A/C diagnostics
- Engine diagnostics
- 6 hands-on qualification assessments
Every step has a name
On this path your progress is something you can see. As your skills grow, your title moves with them, all the way to the credential John Deere gives its best technicians.
Setup Mechanic
Mechanic
Service Technician
John Deere Certified Technician
A credential that travels
Certified Technician is John Deere's own program, not an in-house badge. It's recognized across the industry.
Paid the whole way
You're on the job at a Koenig store while you train, working on real Customer equipment and getting paid for it.
Skip what you know
Experienced technicians can test out of systems they've already mastered instead of sitting through them again.
Certified, and in demand
Certified technicians keep farms, job sites and lawns running across Ohio and Indiana: in the shop, on the road with a mobile service truck, and in the field at harvest when it matters most.
- Agriculture Equipment Technician
- Mobile Field Service Technician
- Compact Construction Technician
- Lawn and Turf Technician
Your first step is a conversation
Still in school? The John Deere Tech Program gets you a degree and certification with paid internships. Ready to work now? Start at a Koenig store and grow on this path from day one.
Based on John Deere's Certified Technician Career Development Roadmap. Timelines are John Deere's recommendations, and course content is set by John Deere and may change.