Career - Heavy Vehicle Motor Mechanic

Heavy Vehicle Motor Mechanics will diagnose, overhaul, repair, tune, maintain and test diesel, petrol and gas-powered vehicles and will 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. They will repair and maintain the hydraulic components of diesel, petrol and gas engines that are used to power attachments such as hoists, booms, scrapers, buckets and augers and will use oxy, ARC, TIG and MIG welding, hand-fitting or machining processes to replace or repair faulty parts.

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