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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Assess and control risk
  2. Prepare to remove wheel and rim assembly from vehicle
  3. Remove wheel and rim assembly from vehicle
  4. Inspect mounting surfaces and fasteners
  5. Fit wheel and rim assembly
  6. Inflate tyre
  7. Complete work processes

Range Statement

This section specifies work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.

Safety requirements must include:

those prescribed under applicable standards, workplace health and safety regulations, and workplace policies and procedures

isolation procedures

hazard control

manual-handling techniques

personal protective clothing and equipment

use of tools and equipment

working with dangerous or toxic substances:

chemicals

compressed air

nitrogen gas

polyurethane resin (PUR) tyre fill

tyre additive.

Wheel and rim assembly must include:

demountable type or disk type wheel assemblies

split wheel or multi-piece wheel

tyre and rim assembly

tyre and rim mounted to a hub.

Tools and equipment must include:

tyre handling equipment.

bead breakers

hand tools

inflation and deflation tools and pressure gauges

jacks

mufflers

pneumatic tools

hydraulic tools

power tools

soft face hammers

support stands

torque tools

tyre levers

wire brushes

inflation pressure gauges.

Hazardous conditions must include:

changing and unstable ground conditions

dust

hard, soft or uneven ground conditions

line of fire for tyre components

noise

vehicles/pedestrians/machinery/other personnel within the workplace.

Hazardous wheel and rim assembly conditions must include:

wheel and rim component defects

tyre defects

other conditions may include:

blocked or damaged valves

cracks

corrosion

cuts and damage

distortion

dislodged components

heat damage

leakage

mechanical damage

structural damage

under- or over-inflated tyre

valve gear

wear.

Mounting components and fasteners must include:

bolts

cleats

nuts

reducers

spacer bands

studs

washers

wedge or cleat retaining systems.