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Heavy Vehicle Motor Mechanic
Alternative Titles:
Agricultural Machinery Mechanic, Diesel Mechanic, Earth Moving Mechanic, Heavy Vehicle Mobile Equipment Mechanic, Heavy Vehicle Road Transport Mechanic
Heavy vehicle motor mechanics repair, maintain and test
heavy vehicles, other engines and related mechanical
components.
Heavy vehicle motor mechanics may perform the following
tasks:
- diagnose, overhaul, repair, tune, maintain and test
diesel and petrol/gas-powered vehicles, including trucks,
buses, bulldozers and other earthmoving equipment, tractors,
stationary engines (e.g. generators, pumps, compressors and
drilling rigs) and agricultural machinery
- detect mechanical and electrical faults by using
instruments that check charging and starting circuitry,
batteries, ignition and ignition timing, fuel injection
systems and speed control, cylinder compression, engine
condition, braking efficiency, and wheel balance and
alignment
- repair and maintain the hydraulic components of diesel
and petrol/gas engines that are used to power attachments
such as hoists, booms, scrapers, buckets and augers
- use oxy, electric, TIG and MIG welding, hand fitting or
machining processes to replace or repair faulty parts.
Heavy vehicle motor mechanics may have to work in country
areas when repairing agricultural, earthmoving and heavy
transport machinery.
Required Skills - Heavy Vehicle Motor Mechanic
- enjoy practical and manual work
- mechanical aptitude
- good at maths
- physically fit
- no skin allergies or reactions to grease, oil or petrol
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