Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Other trades certificate or diploma
Experience
5 years or more
Work setting
- In shop
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Instruct apprentices
- 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
- Adjust equipment and repair or replace defective parts
- Keep maintenance reports and documentation
- Welding experience
- Test repaired equipment for proper performance and to ensure that work meets manufacturers' specifications
- Clean, lubricate and perform other maintenance work
- Perform repair work on heavy trucks
- Service attachments and working tools
- Verify and repair emission control systems
- Perform other routine maintenance
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Driver's License (Class 3 or D)
- Commercial Vehicle Inspection Certificate
Experience and specialization
Diesel engine repair specialization
- Fuel injection system
- Exhaust system
- Cooling system
- Air conditioning system
- Lubrication system
- Engine control system
- Major internal engine repairs or overhaul
- Installation and alignment of engines and machinery
Powered equipment repair specialization
- Cable-operated working attachments
- Hydraulic-operated working attachments
- Compressors
- Pumps
- Telescopic ladder
- Electric generators
- Industrial lift trucks and fork-lifts
Mechanical maintenance and repair specialization
- Mechanical transmissions
- Drive trains and final drives
- Hydraulic transmissions
- Power take-offs
- Tracked vehicle suspensions and steering
- Wheel-mounted vehicle suspension and steering
- Highway vehicle tires and wheels
- Off-road vehicle tires and wheels
- Differentials
- Brake system
Benefits
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
Financial benefits
- Life insurance