Vulvanizer and Mechanic at PRIMERO Transport Services Limited

Job Description

• Diagnoses, repairs and overhauls engines.
• Performs tune ups, brake jobs and other preventative maintenance on the buses.
• Replaces common parts and makes adjustments.
• Responds to routine and emergency calls for repairs and service.
• Repairs or replaces parts, such as pistons, rods, gears, valves, and bearings, using mechanic's hand tools.
• Vulcanizes breaks and holes in casings treads of motor vehicle tires
• Cuts trims broken sections of tire with knife
• Scrapes cleans area, using electrically or air-rotated wire brush
• Coats break on inside of tire with rubber cement
• Cuts raw and corded rubber patches rolls them into rupture, using hand roller, to make sure adhesion
• Covers rupture on outside of tire with tread rubber works rubber into hole with hand roller
• Places tire in tire mold of vulcanizing machine which has been heated to specified temperature
• Adjusts air or steam bag inside tire, inflating it to exert pressure on tire in mold
• Clamps tire in mold and allows it to remain until rubber is vulcanized patch fused with surrounding rubber.