Profession automotive brake technician
Automotive brake technicians inspect, maintain, diagnose and repair braking, steering and suspension systems as well as wheels and tyres.
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Personality Type
- Realistic / Conventional
- Realistic / Enterprising
- Realistic / Investigative
Knowledge
- Mechanics of motor vehicles
The way energy forces interact and affect components in motor vehicles such as cars, buses, invalid carriages and other motorised vehicles.
- Automotive diagnostic equipment
The equipment used to examine automotive systems and components.
- Mechanics
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.
Skills
- Use automotive diagnostic equipment
Use diagnostic equipment to perform test on motor vehicles, components and systems to detect defects.
- Read standard blueprints
Read and comprehend standard blueprints, machine, and process drawings.
- Use technical documentation
Understand and use technical documentation in the overall technical process.
- Apply health and safety standards
Adhere to standards of hygiene and safety established by respective authorities.