EAL Level 2 Certificate in Mechanical Maintenance Short Course (AUEC2-006)
This unit identifies the training and development required in order that the student can demonstrate that they are competent in being able to Prepare for the maintenance activities by obtaining all necessary information, documentation, tools and equipment required, and to plan how they intend to carry out the required maintenance activities and the sequence of operations they intend to use.
Description
What you’ll learn
The student will be required to select the appropriate equipment to use, based on the maintenance operations to be carried out and the type of mechanical equipment being maintained. This will include equipment such as gearboxes, pumps, machines, conveyor systems, compressors, processing plant and equipment, and other organisation-specific equipment. Student’s will be expected to use a variety of maintenance diagnostic techniques and procedures, such as gathering information from fault reports, using recognised fault-finding techniques and diagnostic aids, measuring, inspecting and operating the equipment.
Student will then be expected to dismantle, remove and replace/refit or repair any faulty units or components, on a variety of mechanical assemblies and sub-assemblies. This will include components such as shafts, bearings, couplings, gears, pulleys, brakes, levers and linkages and other specific mechanical components. They will be expected to cover a range of maintenance activities, such as draining and removing fluids, releasing stored energy, labelling/proof marking to aid reassembly, dismantling components to the required level, dismantling components requiring pressure or expansion/contraction techniques, checking components for serviceability, replacing faulty components and service items, setting, aligning and adjusting components, tightening fasteners to the required torque and making `off-load’ checks of the maintained equipment.
Who is this course for
This course is aimed at Engineers that have a base understanding of mechanical principles and provides a further base to up skill, or for those wanting to gain foundational practical skills, from non-mechanical roles needing to understand basic mechanical maintenance and fault-finding on machinery and equipment.
How you’ll be assessed
Assessment is done through knowledge-based questions and products of work combined with observations. The learner will receive an EAL Level 2 certificate upon completion of the course.
Prerequisites
There are no formal entry requirements for this course, however, to ensure the safety of all participants and maintain the progression pace of the course, it is essential that candidates possess a baseline of "on-the-tool" experience.
This course is designed to formalise existing skills rather than teach basic manual dexterity from scratch.