Elements and Performance Criteria
- Pre-road test check
- All activities are carried out according to OHS and organisation requirements
- Vehicle for testing is positioned on site to prevent injury or damage from vehicle malfunction
- Pre road test is performed to ensure vehicle has recommended supply of fuel and lubricants for vehicle to perform without failure
- Driver safety items are checked to ensure they are fully functional and operational and meet quality control standards and specifications
- Appropriate documentation is completed
- Temporary registration plates are fitted to the vehicle for its on road test (if applicable)
- Vehicle is installed on chassis dynamometer for testing (if applicable)
- Test vehicle for on road or truck chassis dynamometer performance
- Vehicle is driven on road in accordance with state road regulations and legislative requirements
- Vehicle is tested on road to ensure it steers correctly, rides smoothly and performs under load conditions
- Vehicle is tested to ensure it is free of vibrations, squeaks and rattles, that all indicators and gauges operate to give accurate readings, and that the brakes operate efficiently
- Minor adjustments are made if necessary to ensure vehicle is safe during on road tests
- Record and report faults
- Implement quarantine procedures
- Faults are identified from performance test sheets for quarantine purposes
- Quarantine procedures are implemented to ensure a faulty vehicle is not dispatched to a customer
- Vehicle is placed in quarantine based on type of faults to be rectified
- All necessary documentation is completed in accordance with organisation procedures
- Rectify faults
- Tools and equipment are selected and used to meet the job requirements as stated in the standard operating procedures /workshop manual
- Rectification job sheets are read to ensure rectifications are performed on identified faults
- Faults are rectified to ensure the vehicle performs to organisation quality control standards and performance specifications
- Vehicle is retested on road to ensure faults have been rectified and that the vehicle performs to specification
- Job rectification sheets are completed
- Conduct final inspection and commission for release
- Vehicle is inspected to ensure all rectifications are completed to organisation quality control standards
- Vehicle is inspected to ensure it is built to specification and to the relevant Australian Design Rules
- Vehicle is inspected to ensure it matches the original order
- Compliance and vehicle identification plates are fitted
- Vehicle is dispatched for customer delivery processes