Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine job requirements
- Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times
- Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs
- Identify job requirements from specifications, drawings, job sheets or work instructions
- Prepare for service or maintenance task
- Identify control and bus systems used in mobile or stationary plant and locate control units and modules
- Inspect plant for obvious damage or wear to control units, modules or circuits
- Identify and select diagnostic benchmarks, methods, sequence, tests and testing processes according to manufacturer specification and workplace requirements
- Perform diagnostic tests on electronic controlling systems
- Access and interpret fault codes, live data and freeze frame data using appropriate test procedures and equipment and precautions to safeguard electronic components and systems
- Interpret fault codes and other diagnostic test results to determine controlling systems requiring rectification
- Trace faults from fault codes using specified troubleshooting procedures
- Determine if fault is related to wiring, interference, components, modules or individual system controller
- Determine root cause of faults
- Rectify faulty electronic controlling systems
- Clear fault codes from memory according to SOPs
- Test controlling system and components for correct operation
- Make adjustments, as required, to mechanical clearances and measured electrical and resistance values
- Change operating parameters
- Select and use appropriate tooling (software/hardware)
- Obtain relevant security codes using plant/equipment identification
- Download, enter and verify data for new specifications