fire safety vehicle mechanical equipment technician, you will
inspect, troubleshoot, maintain, repair, overhaul and adjust all common and
specialist systems for fire safety vehicles.
as a fire safety vehicle mechanical equipment technician, you will
inspect, troubleshoot, maintain, repair, overhaul and adjust all common and
specialist systems for fire safety vehicles.
• ideally, the candidate will possess knowledge of diesel and gasoline
engine inspection, troubleshooting, repair, overhaul and testing. most
commonly used engines, including detroit diesel, cummins and
caterpillar.
• you will work in specialist engineering workshops, where you will
carry out equipment servicing, investigate faults and make repairs as
you find them.
• these workshops have all the latest equipment to carry out
maintenance, rectification and use technically advanced test
equipment for fault diagnosis and analysis of a wide range of engine
management systems.
• the candidate will have the ability to read and write technical english
manuals and reports.
the candidate for the fire truck mechanic position will have the
following knowledge:
• engine overhauling { detroit diesel, caterpillar, cummins}
• pneumatic system repairing {air cylinders, air valves}
• fire system {operation, repair, overhaul}
• brake system repairing {pneumatic air components}
• compressors
• transmission overhauling {allison, twin disc}
• heavy suspension repairing {planetary types}