Duties and responsibilities:

•          Discuss problems with vehicle operators to discover faults.

•          Diagnosing, servicing, and repairing vehicles in compliance with manufacturer’s guidelines and ensuring compliance with regulations.

•         Perform basic care and maintenance, including changing oil, tune-ups, checking fluid levels, and rotating tyres.

•         Inspect vehicle engine and mechanical/electrical components such as transmissions, suspensions, steering, brakes etc. to diagnose issues accurately.

•         Repair or replace broken, worn, or dysfunctional parts such as brake pads, wheel bearings etc. and test and reassemble components.

•          Test and repair electrical systems such as lighting, instrumentation, ignition, and electronic fuel injection.

•         Schedule future maintenance sessions and advise motorists on good vehicle use.

•          Re-lines and adjusts brakes and performs wheel alignments.

•          Dismantles engine assemblies, transmissions, steering mechanisms, or other components and checks parts.

•          Test and re-adjust to ensure repairs and maintenance are effective using testing equipment or computers before handing over to the Client.

•          Dealing with customers on a day-to-day basis

•          Performing duties in a timely and accurate manner

•          Provide accurate estimates (cost, time, effort) for a repair or maintenance job.

•          Keep logs on work and issues and ensure vehicles are in roadworthy order.

•          Maintain equipment and tools in good condition.

•          Explain to clients their automotive problems and the repairs done on their vehicles.

Benefits

Task & responsibilities

Servicing, diagnose and repair light vehicles

Qualification & experience

Certificate III and IV in Light Vehicle Mechanical Technology