Tyre Techician

The Tyreman performed standard maintenance, repairs, and replacement relative to all vehicle tires, He/she conducts regular/scheduled inspection, diagnostic and necessary adjustment and repairs to avoid or prevent unnecessary downtime and potential safety risk to driver/operator.

 QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE:

1)    Sound Secondary Education

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

1)    Ability to operated vulcanizing equipment and tool

2)    Ability to operate and interpret wheel balancing machine

3)    Knowledge of safety measures and guidelines relative to vulcanizing equipment and tools

4)    Ability to read and write legibly

5)    Ability to test drive vehicles

 WORKING CONDITIONS:

1)   physical Demand

1)    Unbolt and remove the wheels from vehicles, using lug wrenches or other hand or power tools.

2)    Place wheels on balancing machines to determine counterweights required to balance wheels

3)    Identify tire size and ply and inflate tires accordingly

4)    Replace valve stems and remove puncturing objects.

5)    Reassemble tires onto wheels and wheel on to vehicle (this includes, scraping, grinding, or sandblasting rims if required)

6)    Inspect tire casings for defects, such as holes or tears and perform necessary remedial work

7)    Perform tire rotation if necessary, and buffing of defective area of the inner tube if required

8)    Locate punctures in tubeless tires by visual inspection or by immersing inflated tires in water baths and observing air bubbles.

9)    Vulcanize all tires (this involves, glued tire and placing appropriate patches over ruptures in tire casings and using rubber cement)

10) Ensure replacement tubes and tire spares are available (this involves, reporting the need to respective supervision and follow up procurement)

11) Separate tubed tires from wheels, using rubber mallets and metal bars or mechanical tire changers.

12) Clean sides of whitewall tires, related equipment, parts, and tools

13) Perform schedule inspection of vehicle wheel/tires and make necessary arrangement for corrective actions

14) Any other related duties assigned