Motive Power Technician – Diesel Equipment and Truck

The two-year Motive Power Technician – Diesel Equipment and Truck Ontario College Diploma program, delivered in a compressed format over 42 weeks, prepares you to enter a variety of careers in the heavy equipment repair and service industry.

This program gives you a combination of hands-on skills and theoretical knowledge for the diesel equipment and truck repair and service industry. Algonquin College’s Transportation Technology Centre provides you with access to modern equipment, enabling you to learn about advanced technology in today’s diesel equipment and truck industries.

What You’ll Learn

• Analyze, diagnose, and solve various motive power system problems by using problem-solving and critical thinking skills and strategies, and by applying fundamental knowledge of motor vehicle operation, components, and their interrelationships.
• Diagnose and repair climate control systems in compliance with manufacturers` recommendations.
• Diagnose and repair engine systems in compliance with manufacturers` recommendations.
• Diagnose and repair electrical, electronic, personal safety, and emission components and systems in compliance with manufacturers` recommendations.
• Diagnose and repair drive train components and systems, in compliance with manufacturers` recommendations.
• Diagnose and repair suspension, steering, and brake components and systems, in compliance with manufacturers` recommendations.
• Disassemble and assemble components to required specifications by applying workshop skills and knowledge of basic shop practices.
• Select and use a variety of troubleshooting techniques and test equipment, to assess electronic circuits, vehicle systems, and subsystems.
• Apply knowledge of hydraulics and pneumatics to the testing and analysis of motive power systems and subsystems.
• Communicate information effectively, credibly, and accurately by producing supporting documentation to appropriate standards.
• Use information technology and computer skills to support work in a motive power environment.
• Prepare, support, maintain, and communicate data from log, record, and documentation systems.
• Apply business practices, project management skills, and communication skills to improve customer service.
• Assist in quality-control and quality-assurance programs and procedures.
• Develop and use personal and professional strategies and plans, to improve professional growth, job performance, and work relationships.
• Complete all assigned work in compliance with occupational, health, safety, and environmental law; established policies and procedures; codes and regulations; and in accordance with ethical principles.
• Diagnose and repair diesel equipment and truck operation, components and their interrelationships, to ensure optimal performance.
• Apply knowledge of diesel emissions to the analyses of diesel emission system components.
• Identify and apply discipline-specific practices that contribute to the local and global community through social responsibility, economic commitment and environmental stewardship.