Petrol Mechanic

Learner Program Content

Basic Phase

• Maintain a storage battery
• Maintain hydraulic circuits on a coal cutter
• Maintain air assisted brakes
• Anti-lock Brake system
• Allowances and tolerances for fits
• Check and adjust wheel alignment
• Temper and grind a chisel
• Examine bearings
• Mount a bearing manually
• Remove and mount a bearing mechanically
• Remove and mount bearings
• Remove and mount a bearing mechanically
• Course control documents
• Select Conductors and cables
• Change ,align and adjust caterpillar tracks
• Maintain clutches
• Strip, inspect and maintain clutches
• Common Rail Diesel system
• Remove and replace the injector of a CRD engine
• Change ultrasonic sensors
• Test and identify faults in a charging system
• Test the cooling system of a vehicle
• Assist with dismantling an engine
• Tune-up on an engine fitted with a distributor or in-line fuel system
• Read Engineering drawings
• Test an engine on a dynamometer
• Fault find and repair the hydraulics in mechanised machines
• Fault find hydraulic systems
• Fit split pins and circlips
• Fit washers and tighten screws
• Overhaul hydraulic brakes
• Overhaul a servo-assisted hydraulic brake system
• Use a file and saw
• Construct a circuit with rotary motor
• Principles of hydraulics
• Construct a circuit with sequenced actuators
• Construct a circuit with an accumulator
• Make up hydraulic hoses
• Diagnose and test a hydraulic circuit
• Test the pump in a circuit
• Fit and set a pressure relief valve
• Construct a circuit with a single acting cylinder
• Construct a circuit with a double acting cylinder
• Construct a circuit with a check valve
• Control a circuit with a rotary motion
• Control the speed of an actuator
• Construct a dual circuit
• Inspect and maintain magnetic belts
• Jack up a vehicle and make it safe
• Inspect and operate a 2/4 post lift
• Lift and move equipment
• Do lock-out procedure
• Lubricate and service a vehicle
• Set a drip feed lubricator
• Pack a plummer block
• Maintain exhaust brake systems
• Maintain exhaust brake systems (mechanical)
• Maintain and fault find on the cylinder head of an engine
• Maintain a storage battery
• Maintain auto-electrical systems
• Inspect and maintain diesel powered equipment
• Drill a flange
• Sharpen a drill
• Maintain a pedestal drill
• Maintain a pedestal grinder

Advanced Phase

• Use measuring instruments
• Plan a drilling work piece
• Assist with overhauling a manual transmission
• Service a multiple v-belt drive on an engine
• Operate oxy-acetylene cutting equipment
• Use welding equipment
• Service brake shoes and wheel cylinder
• Overhaul a cylinder head assembly
• Strip, clean and inspect a differential and final drive
• Assemble a differential and final drive
• Overhaul an injector of a DP fuel system
• Overhaul an injector of an in-line fuel system
• Select the gear ratio’s on a manual transmission
• Overhaul a manual transmission
• Overhaul a planetary system
• Assist with overhauling a pneumatic brake system
• Overhaul a propeller shaft
• Overhaul a power transmission
• Overhaul a sub-assembly
• Overhaul a steering box (non power assisted)
• Repair a steering system
• Overhaul and maintain a turbo charger
• Repair a steering system
• Maintain batteries
• Maintain cylinder heads
• Maintain fuel systems
• Maintain lubrication systems
• Start a four stroke petrol/diesel engine
• Maintain cooling systems
• Principles of pneumatics
• Construct a circuit with single acting cylinders
• Fit and adjust a service unit
• Control the speed of a single acting cylinder
• Construct a circuit controlled from two different points
• Control the speed of a double acting cylinder
• Design and construct a pneumatic circuit
• Set pressure sequence valves
• Construct and adjust a circuit with a time delay valve
• Pressure test a cooling system
• Service a poly v-belt drive on an engine
• Maintain auto-electrical systems
• Recover a broken down vehicle
• Replace a canister type oil filter
• Remove and Replace the clutch of a vehicle
• Repair a deflated tyre
• Replace an oil filter
• Remove and replace an orbitrol steering valve
• Remove and replace a water pump
• Strip and clean an air filter
• Select and change bearings
• Service a Common Rail Diesel Engine
• Service an engine with a DP fuel system
• Set headlights
• Service an engine with a in-line fuel system
• Test and identify faults in a starter motor
• Service a pneumatic brake system
• Cut and fit gaskets
• Fit seals and packing
• Service an engine with a PT fuel system
• Service an engine with a PT fuel system
• Safety
• Set injectors according specifications
• Cut a thread with stock and dies
• Inspect and maintain turbo chargers
• Drill and tap holes
• Identify threads
• Remove and replace universal joints
• Service a v-belt drive on an engine
• Grind valves