This qualification provides the skills and knowledge required to service, diagnose, and repair trucks, trailers, and other heavy commercial vehicles. The course is nationally accredited and typically completed via apprenticeship, requiring the successful completion of 36 units: 22 core and 14 elective units
Certificate III in Heavy Commercial Vehicle Mechanical Technology
- Follow environmental and sustainability best practice in an automotive workplace
- Follow safe working practices in an automotive workplace
- Use and maintain tools and equipment in an automotive workplace
- Test, charge and replace batteries and jump-start vehicles
- Test and repair basic electrical circuits
- Diagnose and repair charging systems
- Diagnose and repair starting systems
- Diagnose and repair cooling systems
- Diagnose and repair heavy vehicle compression ignition engines
- Inspect and service diesel fuel injection systems
- Diagnose and repair engine forced-induction systems
- Diagnose and repair compression ignition engine management systems
- Diagnose and repair heavy vehicle emission control systems
- Inspect and service final drive assemblies
- Diagnose and repair heavy vehicle drive shafts
- Inspect and service hydraulic systems
- Diagnose and repair heavy vehicle air braking systems
- Diagnose and repair vehicle dynamic control systems
- Diagnose and repair heavy commercial vehicle steering systems
- Diagnose and repair heavy commercial vehicle suspension systems
- Carry out servicing operations
- Develop and carry out diagnostic test strategies