Construction equipment maintenance mechanic
Engineering and manufacturing
Level 2 -
Service, maintain and repair the wide range of construction-based equipment used within the construction and allied industries.
Reference: OCC0805
Status:
SOC 2020 sub unit groups:
- 5223/06 Heavy plant maintenance technicians
Technical Education Products
Employers involved in creating the standard:
A Plant, CRH Plant, Ainscough Cranes, Hanson, Long Water Gravel, Selwood, Keltbray, A P Webb, Speedy Hire, Steve Foster Cranes, HTC Wolffkran, Eagle Plant, Clancy Docwra, Day Group, Wirtgen, Hope Cement, Volvo, Camfaud, William Birch, Chepstow International Plant, Fox (Owmby) Ltd, Qunito Crane Hire, Roger Bullivant, AFI Group, Crowland Cranes, Lavendon Group
Summary
This occupation is found in the construction, plant and tool hire industry as well as allied industries such as rail plant, demolition and quarrying that use construction-based equipment. The broad purpose of the occupation is to service, maintain and repair the wide range of construction-based equipment used within the construction and allied industries such as mobile cranes, excavators, disc cutters, crushers, demolition plant, road-rail equipment, water pumps, telescopic handlers etc. so that they function correctly, safely and efficiently, allowing construction and other projects to be carried out efficiently and on time. This occupation provides a vital support service that is crucial to the prosperity of the country through completion of vital infrastructure projects such a (nuclear) power generation, roads, rail, airports etc.
The construction equipment mechanic checks, services and undertakes basic fault finding activities and will either through their own fault-finding activities or through given instructions, remove, dismantle, repair, assemble and refit a plethora of components, and ensure that the item of plant is fully functional prior to handover to the operational side.
Construction equipment mechanics work not just within construction but also work in other areas including quarrying, demolition, utilities (water/gas/electric etc.), piling, rail, waste/landfill, housing, highways etc... In their daily work, an employee in this occupation interacts with customers, members of the public, supervisors, co-workers, other trades/occupations, supporting occupations, managers, suppliers, safety professionals, manufacturers, administration staff. The mechanic can be mobile, working on-site on a national basis and/or workshop-based undertaking maintenance activities in all weathers. This may include working on their own although subject to overall guidance and direction by others. The work can include weekend and night work to cover breakdowns on roadworks, rail maintenance projects etc.
Construction related environments including site-based, mobile, workshop based in and outdoors in all seasons.. An employee in this occupation will be responsible for ensuring they have the right tools and resources such as oils, lubricants and parts for each task. They analyse problems or defects, identify any repair issues and undertake maintenance tasks whilst applying the correct manufacturer’s technical information required and in conformance with legislative requirements. They work under generic supervision either within a workshop or on site but are expected to be both autonomous and the technical focal point during any maintenance activity.
Employers involved in creating the standard:
A Plant, CRH Plant, Ainscough Cranes, Hanson, Long Water Gravel, Selwood, Keltbray, A P Webb, Speedy Hire, Steve Foster Cranes, HTC Wolffkran, Eagle Plant, Clancy Docwra, Day Group, Wirtgen, Hope Cement, Volvo, Camfaud, William Birch, Chepstow International Plant, Fox (Owmby) Ltd, Qunito Crane Hire, Roger Bullivant, AFI Group, Crowland Cranes, Lavendon Group
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Knowledge, skills and behaviours (KSBs)
Duties
Duty D1
Identify and prepare the working area and undertake a health, safety and environmental local risk assessment which including environmental aspects, checks the suitability for the type of work and sets out an exclusion zone in specific environments. These would include workshops and on-site locations such as live-traffic areas, quarries, underground locations, petro-chemical etc. to carry out maintenance and commissioning activities on relevant items of plant e.g. piling rigs, mobile cranes, water pumps etc.
Duty D2
Identify, procure and plan for all the required resources to undertake the planned work. This includes spares, ancillary equipment and specialist tooling and lifting equipment such as torque wrenches, metrological equipment, lifting and rigging gear, ensuring that all such equipment is in calibration and within a regime of routine inspections and in accordance with the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) 1998 and the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) 1998
Duty D3
Configure, position, set, rig and prepare the plant or equipment within the work or maintenance environment in accordance to the safe system of work and exclusion zones (which may include neighbouring public access areas), complying with manufacturers’ and customers’ requirements so that critical components such as hydraulic pumps motors, cables, etc. can be removed or accessed as required.
Duty D4
Undertake visual and function tests and inspections of construction equipment prior to repairs being commenced in workshop and on-site locations to identify specific repair-critical and condition factors, and reporting of same, where relevant, to the employer, customer, end user and the work flow management.
Duty D5
Safely, efficiently and in a planned manner disconnect, detach and remove a range of critical and non-critical components (engines, electronic modules, transmissions, wiring looms, hydraulic looms etc.) from construction plant and equipment to enable their individual repair or replacement or to access other components in accordance with manufacturers’ guidelines and site specific and legislative requirements.
Duty D6
Dismantle, inspect, measure evaluate and report on construction equipment-based critical components and decide on a repair or replacement process, such as a faulty transfer gearbox on an earthmoving machine being removed and dismantled to decide whether it is repairable or not, and how most efficiently and economically to proceed.
Duty D7
Repair, refurbish, overhaul or renovate critical components (such as hydraulic valves, engines, associated components, transmissions, chassis and driveline components, electrical components etc.) and function and safety test according to legislative and manufacturers’ requirements prior to recommissioning.
Duty D8
Assemble, connect, attach and refit new or repaired components and ancillary equipment such as alternators, track drives, pumps, accumulators, conveyers following manufacturer’s assembly instructions.
Duty D9
Undertake function, static and operational checks on repaired construction equipment, (such as statutory Thorough Examination on lifting equipment, safety and functional checks on small tools and function tests on hydraulic, electrical, mechanical and pneumatic components) after completion of repairs and prior to recommissioning and, under the direction and/or guidance of a supervisor or other, final hand-over to customers and end users according to the given level of responsibility.
Duty D10
Produce bespoke components and tools such as brackets, pullers, spacers, guards and shields against given information and specifications that require fabrication, welding and chemical-jointing activities using materials such as steels, plastics and non-ferrous.
Duty D11
Remove, repair, modify and adapt components using hot-work techniques such as burning, brazing, welding (Mig, Tig, argon-arc, heating, plasma) to carry out repair or improvement activities such as using line boring and hard facing methods to build up ground-engaging components.
Duty D12
Install and set up, under the direction and/or guidance of a supervisor or other, construction plant and equipment in preparation for operational activities such as generators, screeners, water pumps etc. and inform or advise end-users on the specific functions and unique features of the equipment.
Duty D13
Carry out pre and post-delivery inspections and undertake pre and post-hire inspections on construction plant and equipment, or prior to it going on hire, reporting on same and evaluating the priority of issues and, under the direction or guidance of a supervisor, whether or not the equipment is fit for commissioning or hire.
Duty D14
Investigate reported and identified repair requirements involving the application of diagnostic tools and processes such as hydraulic, mechanical, electrical and digital protocols, and the use of bespoke software under the direction or guidance of a supervisor.
Duty D15
Convey reports of work activities using a range of methods to customers or employers and complete organisation-specific reports to confirm work completion, identifying aspects of the work undertaken, and advisory, environmental and safety information to be conveyed to customers or the employer
Duty D16
Source, extract, identify, interpret and apply technical information from manufacturers manuals, electronic information, given verbal information, good practice guidance, organisational and manufacturers’ documentation - both on and off-line to carry out plant and equipment maintenance and servicing procedures to, under the direction or guidance of a supervisor, allow compliance with construction-based health and safety and environmental requirements.
Duty D17
Undertake routine and scheduled servicing and maintenance on construction plant and equipment, using the manufacturers’ and organisational regimes as guidance ensuring that construction-based equipment is serviced and inspected and any non-scheduled items are reported on for further action or decision.
Duty D18
Identify, check and use health and safety control equipment (PPE) that needs to be worn during maintenance activities in compliance with the risk assessment, regulations, manufacturers’ instructions and organisational procedures and relevant to the work location and environmental conditions, ensuring that the PPE is maintained in good condition, replaced at the recommended expiry dates and stored correctly to prevent premature wear and damage.
Duty D19
Assist, under the direction and/or guidance of others in the delivery, retrieval, recovery or breakdown situations in high risk locations and environments such as highways, rail, quarries, demolition, tunnelling etc.,
Duty D20
To ensure continual personal and organisational, attainment, upkeep and maintenance of own knowledge of activities such as health, safety and environmental by actively engaging in a program of CPD, for example to keep abreast of changes to legislation, standards (e.g. quality), technology, processes etc and accredit these with industry-recognised certification such as CIS, CSCS, CPCS etc.
Duty D21
Determine and use a range of communication methods to successfully convey and receive information and instructions, relevant to the construction environment including verbal, written, graphic and electronic in the course of their duties as a construction equipment mechanic
Duty D22
Work in compliance the Health and Safety at Work Act and relevant regulations such as PUWER 1998, LOLER 1998, Mines Act and Quarry Regulations, Construction Design Management Regulations as well as best practice guidance such as HSE INDG261 – Pressure systems, in compliance with organisational requirements in the construction and allied environments that negates health and safety hazards, major hazards, environmental aspects and risks associated with the various activities
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