Aerial work platform Technician

Tasks and Responsibilities

Maintain a clean, and safe work area, adhere to best practice safety procedures.

Maintain positive customer relations through professional interactions with customers.

Responsible for the safe maintenance and repair of a variety of Aerial Work Platforms and associated equipment, which utilise mechanical, diesel, electrical and electronic systems.

Installs and repairs mechanical, hydraulic or electrical parts such as hydraulic cylinders, engine parts, switches, controllers and associated components.

Dismantles devices to gain access to and remove defective parts

Examines form and texture of parts to detect imperfections

Lubricates and cleans parts

Starts / operates devices to test their performance

Sets up and operates repair equipment and repair parts according to instruction & procedure

Diagnose, and carry out preventive maintenance according to manufactures, and Manlift requirements, as well as fault finding, troubleshooting, and attending breakdowns on all equipment in rental and sales fleet.

Reads, follows, understands oral and written instructions.

Issue “Field Service reports” and “service work orders” on maintenance tasks and faults, and the parts, labour and time taken to complete the task.

Maintain service vehicle in a clean & professional manner

Operates equipment, demonstrate and familiarise customers when necessary.

Inspects used parts to determine imperfections or changes in dimensional requirements

Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments & repairs or replaces defective parts & components

Installs special functional and structural parts in devices & equipment.

Calibrate equipment using electronic aids and procedures and programmable controllers.

Troubleshoot and Inspect machine (mechanical, electrical and hydraulic components) to detect faults and malfunctions.

Perform a variety of specialized maintenance and repair work assigned such as –major overhauls of engine, hydraulic pumps & cylinders, rotary coupling, swing drive, torque hub and other mechanical components.

Perform first check and final inspection of machines in accordance with TMW guidelines.

Repair electrical components such as starter motors, alternators, and various controllers used on the AWP’s.

Test and perform pressure setting procedures of function pump, control valves, charge & pressure valves, Engine valve lash adjustment.

Use basic testing and measuring instruments such as JLG and Ezcal analyzer, multi meter, battery tester, and mechanical testing/adjusting tools to Test, analyze, calibrate and adjust equipment parameters.

Read and interpret basic hydraulic & electrical schematic and troubleshoot faults on various AWP’s.

Work individually and will lead a team in major repair and maintenance.

Flexible in responding to changes in schedules and scope of job required on all Manlift equipments.

Travel extensively as workload and schedule demands change, and respond to 24 hours emergency calls