Vehicles Maintenance Management and Inspection

This course addresses the need to provide professionals in the transport industry with safety awareness training when dealing with drivers, vehicles, warehousing, vehicle repair facilities and public roads. A properly executed vehicle inspection can help your drivers:

• Discover unsafe conditions before they cause accidents or crashes
• Find mechanical problems before they lead to costly breakdowns
• Avoid being placed out of service during a roadside DOT inspection, or being subject to infractions and fines

CONTENT

• Maintenance planning.
• Maintenance goals and schedules.
• Preventive maintenance inspections and services.
• Documentation, Preventative Maintenance (PM) inspections, identified defects and work orders.
• PM services and management by exception.
• Pre-trip inspections, maintenance objective and maintenance management information system.
• Preventive maintenance planning, pre-trip inspections and management of maintenance records.
• Testing of Injection Pumps, Injectors, Fuel Feed Pumps
• Tests for Assessment of Engine Condition (compression, leakage tests)
• Inspection and repair of tyres
• Steering systems
• Oil Changes and Lubrication
• Cooling System Maintenances
• Understanding Vehicle Battery and Alternator
• Diagnosing Electrical Problems
• Replacing Fuses, Bulbs, and Wiring
• Brake System Maintenance
• Clutch systems and adjustments
• Differential and axle maintenance
• Common transmission issues and repairs
• Diagnostics and Troubleshooting of Engine
• Parts and equipment controls, safe facilities and safe employees.
• Relationship between maintenance and operations
• The manager’s role in maintenance
• Cost centers of fleet maintenance
• Efficient and effective forms and reporting
• How technology helps maintenance management
• Manufacturers’ standards and expectations
• Principles of vehicle safety inspection
• Vehicle safety inspection testing
• Maintenance outsourcing- when to do it, how to manage it

FOR WHOM:

Works, Services and Maintenance Personnel

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.