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Automotive Technician Training: Practical Worksheets Level 1

Automotive practical worksheets for students at Level 1

This Level 1 student worksheets book contains tasks that help you develop practical skills and prepare you for assessment. The tasks also reinforce the automotive theory that you will learn online and in the classroom. Each worksheet covers individual topics in a step-by-step manner, detailing how to carry out all the most important tasks contained within the syllabus. Alongside each of these worksheets is a job card that can be filled in and used as evidence towards your qualification.

Endorsed by the Institute of the Motor Industry for all their Level 1 automotive courses.

Step-by-step guides to the practical tasks required for all Level 1 qualifications.

Job sheets for students to complete and feedback sheets for assessors to complete.

Tom Denton is the leading UK automotive author with a teaching career spanning lecturer to head of automotive engineering in a large college. His range of automotive textbooks published since 1995 are bestsellers and led to his authoring of the Automotive Technician Training multimedia system that is in common use in the UK, USA and several other countries. Tom now works as the eLearning Development Manager for the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI).

Automotive Technician Training

Practical Worksheets Level 1

Tom Denton

First published 2015

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Contents

Practical Worksheets Level 1

Introduction

The purpose of this worksheets book is to provide a range of practical activities that will enable you to develop your abilities as a technician. The tasks are aligned with recognized vocational qualifications. However, there are far more tasks within this workbook than are required by the awarding body for the achievement of a Vocationally Recognized Qualification because the more you practise, the more skills you will develop.

The worksheets are presented as three separate books at Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 to follow the recognized qualifications. Within each level there are tasks for the major automotive areas: Engines, Chassis, Transmission and Electrical. The tasks range from component identification to removal and refit at Level 1 and 2, and diagnosis of complex system faults at Level 3.

A blank job card and assessor report are provided with each worksheet. This should be copied and then filled in alongside the task you are completing, including all relevant details regarding the vehicle, the fault and the rectification procedure where appropriate. You should write down a description of the work that you did to complete the task including any technical data that you sourced, any difficulties that you encountered and how you overcame them. If you had any health and safety issues to address, i.e. disposal of waste materials or clearing up spillages, this will help demonstrate your competence. By completing job cards thoroughly at this stage of your career as a technician, you will be well prepared for the time when you are required to complete job cards in the workplace. This can be very important, for example, if a warranty job card is not accurate then the manufacturer will not pay for the claim. An example of a completed job card is shown on .

For teacher/lecturers, this workbook more than covers the requirements for Vocational Qualifications. Using the following tracking document you can note progress and also cross-reference the highlighted worksheets that directly relate to the awarding body required practical tasks.

Tracking

Important notes about practical work

Safety

Working on vehicles is perfectly safe as long as you follow proper procedures. For all of the worksheets in this book you must therefore:

Comply with personal and environmental safety practices associated with clothing; eye protection; hand tools; power equipment; proper ventilation; and the handling, storage, and disposal of chemicals/materials in accordance with all appropriate safety and environmental regulations.

There are some specific recommendations below but you should also refer to the other textbooks or online resources for additional information.

Personal protective equipment (PPE), such as safety clothing, is very important to protect yourself. Some people think it clever or tough not to use protection. They are very sad and will die or be injured long before you! Some things are obvious, such as when holding a hot or sharp exhaust you would likely be burnt or cut! Other things such as breathing in brake dust, or working in a noisy area, do not produce immediately noticeable effects but could affect you later in life.

Eye protection and gloves in use

Fortunately the risks to workers are now quite well understood and we can protect ourselves before it is too late. In the following table, I have listed a number of items classed as PPE (personal protective equipment) together with suggested uses. You will see that the use of most items is plain common sense.

Also, as well as your own protection you should always use a protection kit for the vehicle: floor mats, wing covers and seat covers for example.

Tools and equipment

To carry out any work you will need a standard toolkit and in some cases additional special tools will be required. Make sure you have access to all necessary equipment before starting work. A few examples are mentioned below but you should also refer to the other textbooks or online resources for additional information.