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Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Heavy-Duty Equipment Technician Red Seal Endorsement
Additional Skills
- Keep maintenance reports and documentation
- Instruct apprentices
- Perform repair work on heavy trucks
Weight Handling
- Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)
Specific Skills
- Adjust equipment and repair or replace defective parts
- Clean, lubricate and perform other maintenance work
- Service attachments and working tools
- Verify and repair emission control systems
- Troubleshoot and inspect equipment to detect faults and malfunctions
- Diagnose faults or malfunctions using computerized and other testing equipment to determine extent of repair required
- Test repaired equipment for proper performance and to ensure that work meets manufacturers' specifications
Powered Equipment Repair Specialization
- Pumps
- Hydraulic-operated working attachments
- Compressors
- Cable-operated working attachments
Security and Safety
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Drug test
Own Tools/Equipment
- Tools
- Steel-toed safety boots
Work Site Environment
- Outdoors
- Noisy
- Dusty
- Non-smoking
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Valid driver's licence
- Public transportation is not available
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Sound discrimination
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Overtime required
Work Location Information
- In shop
Mechanical Maintenance and Repair Specialization
- Power take-offs
- Mechanical transmissions
- Hydraulic transmissions
- Drive trains and final drives
- Differentials
- Brake system
Personal Suitability
- Accurate
- Team player
- Excellent oral communication
- Dependability
- Judgement
- Reliability