Elements and Performance Criteria
- Undertake maintenance checks of mechanical drives and mechanical transmission components
- Principles of mechanical drives and mechanical transmission components are understood.
- The function of the main parts of the designated mechanical drive/transmission assembly is understood.
- Appropriate maintenance principles, techniques, tools and equipment, mechanical drive/transmission components are used to check for wear, distortion, tensions, misalignment, fatigue, lubrication, slackness, tooth wear, breakages and other related malfunctions.
- Assembly requiring further diagnosis, repair or adjustment is identified and findings are documented.
- Adjust mechanical drives and transmission assemblies
- Adjustment requirements are determined.
- A suitable adjustment method is determined from manufacturers' instruction sheets, standard workshop manuals/procedures or other means.
- Adjustment tools and equipment are selected according to the type of assembly being serviced.
- Appropriate maintenance principles, techniques, tools and equipment are used, and drives/transmission components are tensioned, aligned balanced or adjusted to manufacturers'/site specifications according to safe workshop practices.
- Drive/transmission assembly is checked after adjustment for correct operation or identified for further diagnosis or repair.
- Service report is completed.
- Further diagnosis or repair requirements are actioned.
- Diagnose faults
- Service reports are read and visual and sensory inspection of the drive/transmission assembly is undertaken.
- Given manufacturers' specifications, and where applicable, diagnostic equipment drive/transmission assembly is tested using sound maintenance principles and procedures.
- Faults are localised at the component level and identified for repair or replacement.
- Fault causes are analysed and preventative measures to avoid re-occurrence are developed, documented and actioned by appropriate means.
- Requirements for repair or replacement are actioned.
- Repair mechanical drives/transmission assemblies
- Service reports are read and visual and sensory inspection of the drive/transmission assembly is undertaken.
- Task requirements are ascertained.
- Tools and equipment are selected according to the type of assembly being serviced.
- Mechanical drive/transmission assembly is dismantled using appropriate maintenance principles, techniques, tools, equipment and safe workshop practices.
- Serviceable items are repaired using appropriate maintenance procedures according to manufacturers' specifications and standard workshop practices.
- Standard replaceable items are selected and obtained using manufacturers' catalogues, spare parts lists, engineering specifications.
- Component parts are refitted to mechanical drive/transmission assembly using sound maintenance principles, techniques, tools and equipment in accordance with manufacturers'/site specifications.
- Final adjustment and commissioning
- Using applicable maintenance principles and procedures, drive/transmission components are tensioned, balanced, aligned or adjusted to suit specifications and operational requirements.
- Drive/transmission assembly is checked after adjustment and operational performance is analysed.
- Assembly is commissioned to specifications.
- Service report is completed.