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Automobile Technology

Skill Explained

The modern Light Vehicle Automobile Technician is likely to be employed in a workshop that is closely associated with one major manufacturer of light vehicles. Their expertise may be greatest with that manufacturer’s vehicles; however, depending on the situation and range of services offered by the workshop, they may also handle other manufacturers’ vehicles. Automobile Technicians also work in garages and workshops that are not associated with particular manufacturers. Where this is the case they may experience a wider range of light vehicles and use alternative equipment, parts and materials.

The trained and competent Light Vehicle Automobile Technician will service and repair a range of light vehicles. For diagnosis, repair and replacement, depending on the nature of the workshop, they may use the manufacturers’ equipment, parts, materials and procedures. Therefore, according to a workshop’s relationship with manufacturers, the Technician’s experience may be deep or broad, or both. In every garage and workshop success is measured in time, correct fault finding and repair, and repeat business.

Most garages and workshops are small businesses or cost centres that work to tight financial parameters. The light automobile sector is volatile, being dependent on the wider economy and heavily affected by technological advances and environmental concerns. The highly skilled Automobile Technician keeps abreast of continuous changes in the sector, whether these are to do with performance, safety or green energy sources. They will deeply understand vehicles’ electrical and electronic systems and their integration; have physical stamina, coordination and kinaesthetic skills, and be versatile. They will be assigned the more complex diagnostic tasks, the most advanced vehicles, and those incorporating the latest technologies. This person may rapidly progress to more senior roles as trainer, supervisor, planner and/or manager.

What the Competitors do at the Competition

Competitors will be judged on:

  • General Competency
  • Electrical Systems Construction and Testing
  • Brake and stability control Systems
  • Suspension and Steering Systems
  • Engine Mechanical Repair
  • Transmissions manual and automatic
  • Diesel systems
  • Engine management
  • Diagnostics
  • Good understanding and interpretation of electrical and network diagramms, work with modern computer based diagnostic systems.
  • Ability to measure and interpret at electrical electronical harnesses on modern cars.
  • Ability to search information on OL workshop manual, interpret Diagnostic Trouble Codes DTC's.

Competitors

 

 

Jimme Bes
Netherlands

 

Rui Brites
Portugal

Fabian Britt
Principality of Liechtenstein

Andrew Bushe
Ireland

 

 

Karl Davies
Australia

 

Rashed Hefaity
United Arab Emirates

 

 

 

Chelcie Kuriger
New Zealand

 

 

 

Michael Mullen
United States of America

 

 

Willem Nel
South Africa

 

 

 

Elijah Sumner
United Kingdom

 

Bagus Trisulo
Indonesia

Jean Trotti
Switzerland

PING-HAO TSENG
Chinese Taipei

 

 

Elmar Valentin
South Tyrol, Italy

 


Experts

 

 

Sulaiman Al Hashami
Oman

Rudolf Angerer
Germany

Jan Börstell
Sweden

 

CHUN-HSIN CHANG
Chinese Taipei

Tik Kee Chin
Hong Kong, China

John Dawson
United Kingdom

 

 

Victor de Roy van Zuydewijn
Netherlands

Leandro De Sousa
South Africa

Amogh Dixit
India

 

Michael Elder
United States of America

Eduardo Fonseca
Portugal

John Francis
Australia

 

 

Marcel Frick
Principality of Liechtenstein

Carsten Garbers
Denmark

Antonio GONZALEZ
Spain

 

Qiyi Guo
China

Anthony Hoey
Ireland

Yoshikazu Honda
Japan

 

 

Ha Quoc Huy
Vietnam

Luis Inostroza
Chile

Wolfgang Kammerer
Austria

 

Philippe Kever
Belgium

Min Woo Lee
Korea

Jean-Luc Marcilly
France

 

 

Naser Muhaisen
United Arab Emirates

Jack Murray
New Zealand

Enrique Navarrete Jiménez
Mexico

 

Pedro Iván Pérez Gayón
Colombia

Grant Petch
Australia

Martin Restoule
Canada

 

 

Ridwan Ridwan
Indonesia

Soheil Shahraki
Iran

Edson Silva
Brazil

 

Saksit Sooksukon
Thailand

Vidar Strande
Norway

Markku Suonpää
Finland

 

 

Michel J. Tinguely
Switzerland

Heinrich Trienbacher
South Tyrol, Italy

ALEH TSARUK
Belarus

 

Cheah Wing Yew
Malaysia

Andrey Zhigulskiy
Russia

Taoufik ZIRARI
Morocco


 

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