Automotive Brake Technician Metal, Machinery & Related Trades Workers

The way energy forces interact and affect components in motor vehicles such as cars, buses, invalid carriages and other motorised vehicles.

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Automotive Brake Systems

James Halderman

2024

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The equipment used to examine automotive systems and components.

Theoretical and practical applications of the science studying the action of displacements and forces on physical bodies to the development of machinery and mechanical devices.

Adhere to standards of hygiene and safety established by respective authorities.

Read and comprehend standard blueprints, machine, and process drawings.

Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.

Use diagnostic equipment to perform test on motor vehicles, components and systems to detect defects.

Understand and use technical documentation in the overall technical process.

Wear relevant and necessary protective gear, such as protective goggles or other eye protection, hard hats, safety gloves.

Know vehicle electrical systems, including components such as the battery, starter, and alternator. The battery provides energy to the starter. The alternator provides the battery the energy it requires to …

Use appropriate questions and active listening in order to identify customer expectations, desires and requirements according to product and services.

Maintain records of the progress of the work including time, defects, malfunctions, etc.

Provide customer advice on motor vehicles, and possible options and accessories; communicate clearly and politely.

Inspect the rebuffed and fully vulcanized tyres in order to detect if any flaws are still present.

Evaluate the worn tyres and check at possible damages (cuts, cracks, etc) in order to determine possible retread.

Maintain the system that stops motor vehicles and bicycles. Identify problems such as leakages. Make repairs if necessary by using hand and power tools.

Maintain the system that allows motor vehicles to be directed towards a desired route through steering wheel linkages by using hand and power tools. Make repairs if necessary.

Maintain the system that creates the motion of wheels of motor vehicles such as shock absorbers, springs and linkages. Repair them if necessary by using hand and power tools.

Prepare tyres for vulcanization by building semi-raw rubber treads onto the already buffed tyre casings.

Use abrasive tools to grind the old tyre and to remove the worn tread, brush or spray a rubber solution to join the new and the old material, and fix …

Replace worn out or broken tyres of motor vehicles by using hand and power tools. Choose new tyres according to customer requirements and motor vehicle model.