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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Prepare to dismantle engine
  2. Dismantle and evaluate engine and components
  3. Carry out overhaul
  4. Assemble engine and components
  5. Complete work processes
  6. Prepare to dismantle engine
  7. Dismantle and evaluate engine and components
  8. Carry out overhaul
  9. Assemble engine and components
  10. Complete work processes

Range Statement

This section specifies work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below.

Safety and environmental requirements must include:

work health and safety (WHS) and occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements, including procedures for using:

specialised engine overhaul tools, equipment and machinery

chemicals and toxic substances

manual and mechanical lifting equipment

environmental requirements, including procedures for trapping, storing and disposing of fluids released from engines.



Knowledge Evidence

Individuals must be able to demonstrate knowledge of:

work health and safety (WHS) and occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements relating to overhauling engines and associated components, including procedures for:

using personal protective equipment (PPE) when handling engines and using chemical cleaning agents

using slings, chains and other lifting equipment and machinery

using specialised equipment, including heating torches, ovens and presses

handling freezing substances, including liquid nitrogen

environmental requirements, including procedures for trapping, storing and disposing of fluids released from engines

types, characteristics and operating principles of engines and associated engine components

engine overhaul procedures, including:

methods for cleaning and preparing engine for overhaul

engine dismantling procedures

engine and engine component inspection, measuring and evaluation procedures, including:

non-destructive testing procedures, including dye penetrant testing and magnetic particle testing

methods for measuring and calculating tolerances and clearances

engine and engine component repair and adjustment procedures, including:

engine cylinder head and block machining

engine crankshaft and camshaft grinding

engine cylinder and engine sleeve fitting, boring and honing

engine bearing tunnel and connecting rod repair

engine component heat treating, straightening and reclamation

engine component balancing

engine assembly procedures, including procedures for tolerance measuring and calculating and adjusting components, including:

piston to connecting rod big-end alignment

big-end bearing to crankshaft journal clearance

big-end bearing crush with bearing blue

piston ring end gap, back clearance and side clearance

main bearing to crankshaft journal clearance

main bearing crush with bearing blue

semi-flanged thrust bearings to crankshaft clearance

finished camshaft bearings to camshaft clearance

camshafts and cam followers

camshaft end float

crankshaft end float

gear backlash

oil pump sealing and pick-up oil piping

component assembly procedures and processes, including:

welsh plugs and oil gallery plugs

piston and connecting rod assemblies

big-end bearings

piston rings to pistons

main bearings and thrust washers

semi-flanged thrust bearings

crankshafts, including protection measures for crankshaft journals, bearings, rings and bores

finished camshaft bearings

camshafts and cam followers

timing gears

chains and tensioners

oil pumps, oil squirters and oil pump pick-ups

balance shafts

fitting ancillary components, including covers and seals, housings, diesel fuel injection pumps, oil coolers, crankshaft pulleys, flywheels and bell housings

post-overhaul testing procedures for engines.