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Jesus it came in handy.
And now as an NVQ assessor, I get to assess MOT testers, who need a Level 2 before they can apply for a testers ticket.
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Having seen some of the MOT testers around here, I suspect simply having a clue about what you're doing means you're a fair way there for getting an MOT ticket.docchevron1472 wrote:How hard is it to actually get a testers ticket these days mate?
I mean, what would I need to do to get one?
Absolutely agreed of course, David (moving on from the old joke above). I'd imagine the Doc has checked-over and submitted more vehicles for MOT than some testers have tested, and has a broad and pragmatic view plus the PSV experience. Finding the right employer is probably the more tricky part of the equation, maybe staving off boredom after a while, too. I get the impression that a "have tester's ticket, will travel" approach could be feasible with an established reputation. Testers do come and go, get sick or injure themselves in their free time, and stations sometimes find themselves in a tight spot temporarily.David wrote:Having seen some of the MOT testers around here, I suspect simply having a clue about what you're doing means you're a fair way there for getting an MOT ticket.
I've yet to have an MOT tester find something I didn't know about already, providing I gave the car a "pre-mot test check" myself. If I can do that, I'm bloody sure you can!
Bloody right there, yesterdays nightmare with regards the trains run round here by First was truly dire. Brasstuds the lost of them.docchevron1472 wrote:Cant be any worse than working for First
If you can do with it what a local blokey to me did, it's well worth a go. He managed to take "farting about with a couple of 205's" 6 years ago into one of the more reputable local garages, with 2 mot bays and a turnover of well over a million per annum. He's even managed to build a new workshop a year or so back, entirely from capital, and he's got one of the lower per-hour labour charges in the area.docchevron1472 wrote:I might just have a go at taking it on myself. Cant be any worse tha working for First!
I agree with this, but it still amazes me that there are so many outfits that are as shit as they are. After all, I've had no formal training in a garage environment at all, yet I can (and have) used a tyre machine without shagging the wheels, used a tyre balancer and actually got it right, use a torque wrench on wheel bolts/nuts, can set up tracking to within a gnat's cock of being spot on, and generally have a bit of pride in the work I do on vehicles.CitroJim wrote:If you do go that way Doc, can you get a good tyre bay set up please. One that does not scratch alloys, uses stick-on weights and does not use a rattle gun done up to 11 millon ft lbs to refit wheels and then wonders why I have the arse-ache because a stud has a stripped thread as a result![]()
Oh, and someone who can actually understand the balancing machine and can accurately track a car properly without leaving the steering wheel at 45 degrees when going straight ahead would be good. All the above seems way beyond all the ones I've tried in MK![]()
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Thing is, even these are only as good as the operator. Last time I had my tracking done on one of these (A very long time ago) the operator had just used the jacking beam to jack up the front of the car. He just put it down, and then attached the laser wheel units, and was about to make all manner of adjustments before I asked him if he was actually going to roll the car backwards and forwards a bit to allow the suspension to settle.Philhod wrote:the real biggy A laser four wheel alignment rig.
The curse of any industry (IT springs particularly to mind) at a lower level - subsidised manna for training companies too. Never a substitute for first principles, general principles, and breadth of knowledge/experience/interest. Not that i need to tell anyone here that...single make training programmes