Mechanical Master Artisan

**Outputs**:

- Achieve effective training of apprentices on all levels, by turning them into independent operators, ensuring they constantly produce quality work without supervision.
- Ensuring that learners understand the nomenclature of the auto body repair workshop and industry before attempting to train them. Keeping in mind that all students studying in English, are ‘foreign language’ students if their home language is not English
- Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Issues
- Conducts formal training programmes,
- Conducts summative and formal assessments to qualify learners,
- Milestones management,
- Stakeholder sign off of plan,
- Demonstrate and transfer the skill of the use of equipment while working with entrepreneurs who bring their client vehicles to the facility for repair.
- Develops training plans and milestones,
- Oversees the management of consumables required for training and ensures availability
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) identification and implementation,
- Implement training plans,
- Conducts formal assessment of prospective learners
- Understanding that if a learner has a study barrier, there is an earlier word or concept he did not grasp. Always returning to repeat the basics, not only by words but also by physical demonstration.
- Ensuring that trainees understand every step of training thoroughly and being patient to repeat everything until they gain certainty in their profession. Keep in mind that where the learner falters, there is an earlier concept or word he did not understand.
- Manage in-house training schedules and disciplined time-keeping.
- Ruthlessly instil orderly work methods, and organised housekeeping habits.
- Continuously expose the learners to updated methods and technologies of the profession, by inviting external equipment suppliers for demonstrations.
- Ensuring that quality standards set are achieved by learners.
- Take ownership of the workshop and its trainees.
- Implement tasks in terms of the project plan
- Review and Report to management on the performance of the QMS
- Ensure Quality Objectives are set in line with policy
- Ensure promotion of Awareness of Learners of requirements
- Liaise with all external bodies related to the accreditation process
- Develop standard operating procedures
- Ensure records are maintained to provide evidence of the QMS
- Ensure that suppliers who directly impact the business are audited
- Ensure that management regularly audits learner satisfaction
- Reports on non-compliance
- Prepares a Corrective Action Report
- Preparation and presentation at monthly project review meeting
- Report on project budget (monthly) and highlight variances
- Assists with the development of the Department’s business and financial plan
- Supports the department manager in new business development concepts.
- Monitors processes, systems, and schedules on behalf of the department manager.
- Manages and coordinates all aspects of project planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation

**Qualifications and Experience**:

- Matric
- Diploma Motor Mechanics/Diploma in Autobody Repairs/Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
- RMI accreditation would be an advantage
- Trade Test Certification would be an advantage
- 5 years Automotive body repair and related experience