Elements and Performance Criteria
- 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 and work instructions
- Inspect gas turbine engine system and components
- Prepare engine for engine safe system inspection and operation in accordance with manufacturer specification
- Check gas turbine engine components visually for external and internal signs of defects
- Check pipes, cables and connections for wear and damage
- Perform appropriate diagnostic tests for engine and equipment type
- Identify faults from diagnostic test results
- Determine appropriate action to rectify faults
- Test gas turbine engine system
- Follow specified test procedure or run diagnostic program to access data on engine performance
- Test safety systems and emergency shut offs
- Identify faults and determine if related to engine, associated systems or control fault
- Trace fault to root cause
- Obtain specialist advice, where required, to assist with the troubleshooting process
- Service gas turbine engine
- Test and adjust regulator, operation and safety controls
- Pressure test gas, oil, and air pipes and hoses and purge, as required
- Lubricate engine and components according to maintenance schedule
- Document engine service to workplace requirements
- Rectify faults according to manufacturer specifications
- Replace faulty or worn components
- Remove corrosion where required
- Finish or re-finish metal surfaces through polishing, lapping and blending of damage area or other specified process
- Apply required surface treatments
- Test engine and make any required post-repair adjustments
- Install new, repaired or replacement engine
- Refit ancillary components and equipment systems
- Check and adjust lubricants, coolant, fuel and other required fluids
- Test run engine and make any required post-installation adjustments
- Complete repair or installation
- Collect and store recyclable material in appropriate containers
- Check and store tools and equipment
- Document and report engine repair or replacement according to workplace procedure