Bus, Truck & Trailer
The Bus, Truck & Trailer manufacturing and assembly sector is identified by the following three sub-sectors:
- Truck Manufacturing and Assembly
- Truck Body, Trailer and Tanker Manufacturing
- Bus and Coach Manufacturing and Assembly
An Operator undertakes a variety of tasks appropriate to the particular workplace in the manufacture and assembly of buses and/or trucks and/or trailers. The range of duties include reading and interpreting working drawings, basic welding, cutting, fabricating, finishing and painting of surfaces, assembling and fitting out components and minor modifications and repairs.
A Supervisor or Team Leader undertakes additional duties that include installing, commissioning and replacing air conditioning and refrigeration systems and assembling/installing hydraulic, pneumatic and braking systems.
Many Supervisors or Operators in this sector have previous related qualifications including welders, spray painters, auto electricians, fitters, trimmers, glaziers, boilermakers and body builders.
Truck Body Building operations are classified under four areas, i.e:
- Light: Light commercial trays, ambulances, hearses, wheelchair modification, chassis extension.
- Medium: Van bodies, fire trucks, trays, small tippers, service trucks.
- Heavy: Garbage compactors, semi-trailers, mobile workshops, refrigeration vans on semi-trailers, large tippers, pantechnicons, horse floats.
- Very Heavy: Mining vehicles, live stock carrying trailers.
Bus/Coach Manufacturing and Assembly is classified within 3 areas, i.e. school bus, transit/suburban bus and coach.
The range of occupations across the sector are grouped as follows:
- Management: senior, middle and factory
- Quality Assurance personnel
- Foremen/supervisors of factory floor and operators
- Engineers, industrial engineers
- Operators: manufacturing and assembly hands-on employees that includes welders, spray painters, auto electricians, fitters, trimmers, glaziers, boilermakers, body-builders
- Logistics and cost reduction/scheduling and purchasing staff
- Production controllers, material handlers
- Storemen, factory maintenance and cleaning staff
- Administration, information systems and clerical staff
- Sales, service and warranty staff
| QUALIFICATION | PROFILE |
|---|---|
| Bus/Truck/Trailer Manufacturing Operator Certificate II in Automotive Manufacturing (Bus/Truck/Trailer) |
Bus/Truck/Trailer Manufacturing Operator profile |
| Bus/Truck/Trailer
Manufacturing Supervisor III in Automotive Manufacturing (Bus/Truck/Trailer) |
Bus/Truck/Trailer Manufacturing Supervisor profile |