Maintenance Fitter - Mechanical: Perform maintenance activities by carrying
out corrective maintenance procedures on mechanical equipment, in accordance with approved procedures
Brief Job Description: This will involve dismantling, removing and replacing
faulty equipment at component or unit level on a variety of different types of
mechanical assemblies and sub-assemblies and diagnosing, locating faults, overhauling, fitting and adjusting mechanical systems and equipment.
Personal Attributes: Basic communication, numerical and computational abilities. Openness to learning, ability to plan and organize own work and identify and solve problems in the course of working. Understanding the need to take initiative and manage self and work to improve efficiency and effectiveness
Methods to produce mechanical assemblies: assembling components having interference fits (eg. by pressure, expansion or contraction); securing components using threaded fasteners (eg. nuts, bolts, machine screws, cap screws); using locking and retaining devices (eg. tab washers,
locking nuts, wire locks, special purpose types); securing components using rivets (eg. countersunk, roundhead, blind, special purpose types); applying sealing compounds or adhesives; electrical bonding of components; setting and adjusting components to give correct working parameters (eg. shimming
and packing); torque setting of nuts and bolts; sby welding
carry out servicing and maintenance techniques as applicable
Maintenance techniques: installing, dismantling and reinstalling equipment to unit/sub-assembly level; installing, dismantling and reinstalling units to
component level; proof marking/labelling of components; checking
components for serviceability; replacing all lifed items (eg. seals, bearings, gaskets); replacing damaged/defective components; setting, aligning and adjusting replaced components; tightening fastenings to the required torque; making ‘off-load’ checks before starting up