Elements and Performance Criteria
- Remove bearings
- Determine job requirements
- Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times
- Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs
- Identify job requirements from specifications, drawings, job sheets or work instructions
- Perform routine bearing checks during operation and non-operation
- Check bearing installation during operation using standard procedures of listening, feeling and observing, and using appropriate test equipment
- Check seal condition for seal and wear leaks
- Check lubricating devices for correct operation
- Diagnose bearing faults
- Test bearings for correct operation and malfunction using manufacturers' specifications and diagnostic equipment
- Identify faulty bearings for replacement
- Identify causes of failure
- Take corrective action to avoid recurrences, where necessary
- Identify bearing requirements for replacement or installation
- Determine operational function of bearings to be installed or replaced
- Remove bearings from shafts or bearing housings with minimal damage to components
- Inspect condition of serviceable items using measuring and test equipment
- Repair serviceable items using engineering techniques, tools and equipment
- Install plain bearings
- Select installation techniques and tools
- Size bearings to correct clearance
- Cater for lubrication requirements to meet specification and/or application requirements
- Fit and tension down bearings and run according to manufacturers' recommendations or SOPs
- Check final clearance, adjustments and lubrication and take corrective action, if necessary
- Install anti-friction bearings
- Determine bearing inside/outside diameters from specifications or manufacturers' catalogue and check using measuring instruments
- Check shafts and housings size for correct fit and clearances
- Select installation techniques
- Fit bearings to shafts or housings
- Seal and cap bearings to specifications, where required