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Construction equipment maintenance mechanic (level 2)

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Information about Construction equipment maintenance mechanic (level 2)

Service, maintain and repair the wide range of construction-based equipment used within the construction and allied industries.

• Knowledge, skills and behaviours:
  View knowledge, skills and behaviours

  Knowledge

  • Types and appropriateness of information sources that would be used to provide repair and maintenance information on construction-based equipment
  • Types, uses, core function and operation of construction-based equipment
  • Principles, function, operation, application and limitation of energy sources and transmission methods eg. IC power units, hydraulics, pneumatics, electrics
  • Principles, function, application and types of components used on relevant equipment including those that provide direction, retardation, movement, power-transmission, heat, light and flow
  • Types, applications and limitations of fluids used in construction-based plant including oils/lubricants, cooling/heating and for power/work transmission
  • Mechanical principles and efforts that apply to construction-based plant that produce outcomes of work from an energy source
  • Aims and compliance requirements of regulations and legislation that apply to the maintenance and repair of construction-based equipment, typically including Health and Safety at Work Act. LOLER, COSH, PUWER
  • Company procedures and responsibilities in relation to working with the sector, customer and organisational requirements for working within construction and alongside other colleagues
  • Fundamentals of health and safety control equipment, the principles of protection, how they should be used/worn and the different types that are available for specific activities or sectors
  • Use of length/height, weight, area, volume, heat, pressure, electrical conductivity etc. for measuring and calculating, what units are used and with what typical types of measuring equipment
  • Environmental regulations and considerations for the containment and disposal of waste materials and equipment
  • Methods of protecting work and working areas from damage, pollution, ingress of contaminants, inclement weather etc. and from controlling others entering or within the working area
  • Working timetables/deadlines, behaviours, technical abilities and working practices effects on customer relations and why
  • Methods and procedures for dealing with typical workplace and site-specific emergencies including fire, spillages, injuries and other task-related hazards
  • Tools and equipment relevant to tasks on construction-based equipment and why they need to be fit-for-purpose, calibrated, checked before use, maintained, and stored correctly on completion of activities
  • Safety requirements for dealing with pressurised systems, hot/cold systems, stored energy and electrical/electronic systems
  • Principles of material forming, cutting, shaping, joining and fitting
  • Techniques for checks and inspections, why typical components failures and causes of failure of relevant construction-based equipment
  • Requirements and hazards of carrying out maintenance and servicing activities on construction and allied sector work environments, including how static and dynamic risk assessments, method statements, safe systems of work and permit to work systems are devised, implemented and used
  • Machines, equipment and components handling, supporting, moving and isolation requirement and methods.
  • Different communication and record-keeping methods, when they are used and the consequences of poor communication and record keeping.
  • Additional training required for workplace activities typically including. manufacturer’s specific, manual handling, COSHH and other environmental control requirements, working safely courses such as IOSH, CITB, PTS and the requirements of CSCS-badged certification

  Skills

  • Working area preparation including workshop, facility and construction site-based to carry out maintenance activities on construction-based equipment.
  • Identify, handle and store required resources, tools and equipment necessary to maintain construction-based equipment, reporting shortages/incomplete stock as appropriate
  • Configure, set, rig and prepare the plant or equipment safely and efficiently for the accessing, handling and removal of typical components, including the use of securing, jacking and lifting aids for supporting, securing and handling purposes.
  • Disconnect, detach and/or remove a wide range of components and ancillary equipment Safely and efficiently from construction-based equipment, including using lifting, securing and handling aids.
  • Dismantle worn, damaged or faulty parts, components and equipment
  • Overhaul, repair, renovate or repair worn, damaged or faulty parts, components and equipment
  • Replace and reinstate worn, damaged or faulty construction equipment parts
  • Assemble, connect, attach and refit a comprehensive range of new of repaired construction-based equipment components and ancillary equipment
  • Checks of static and operational performance on repaired construction-based equipment to ensure full safe functional activity prior to handover and re-commissioning to operation
  • Basic visual inspections on construction-based equipment both in a workshop, facility and site-based environments to identify potential issues and problems
  • Specified testing activities on construction-based equipment both in a workshop, facility and site-based environments that ensure correct and safe functional effectiveness
  • Produce one-off components against given information and specifications that requires fabrication and welding activities
  • Repair or modify existing components from construction-based equipment which requires heating, welding and brazing
  • Install and commission construction-based equipment on site-based environments for operational activities
  • Basic fault-finding and diagnostic activities on hydraulic, electric, mechanical and pneumatic systems to identify existing problems on construction-based equipment.
  • Complete organisational reports to confirm and document the work activity that was undertaken and inform employer and clients of work progress and problems encountered.
  • Source, extract, identify, interpret and apply technical information from workshop-type manuals, given verbal information, organisational and manufacturers’ literature and documentation, both on and off-line
  • Working activities in compliance with legislation, regulations, best practice and organisational requirements in the construction, industrial, quarrying, hire, port, mining and other allied environments

  Behaviours

  • Teamwork and independent working – working and engaging collaboratively and effectively with co-workers of different occupations to achieve requisite results safely and efficiently and safe working, and achieving those results through independence, resourcefulness and ability
  • Forming and enhancing customer relationships – as a front-line facing role, creating and maintaining effective working and commercial relationships
  • Time management – planning and delivering set tasks within specified targets and timescales
  • Assertiveness, confidence and resilience – dealing with unexpected situations, pressure to complete work safely and on time, resolutely advising less-informed parties of realistic completion times and the rationales of the processes involved.
  • Respect – dealing equally and fairly with for example, people of different genders, disabilities, backgrounds, races, cultures and creeds; taking care of the environment.
• Apprenticeship category (sector): Engineering and manufacturing
• Qualification level: 2; Equal to GCSE
• Course duration: 24 months
• Maximum funding: £10,000 ; Maximum government funding for ; apprenticeship training and assessment costs.
• Job titles include:
  • Plant mechanic
  • Plant fitter
  • Workshop fitter
  • Mobile engineer
  • Maintenance engineer

View more information about Construction equipment maintenance mechanic (level 2) from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.