Heavy Vehicle Mechanic Job Analysis
ViVA provided comprehensive health risk assessments describing fleet mechanic job roles.
PROJECT LEAD
PROJECT TEAM
PARTNERED WITH
Software Solutions, ErgoAnalyst
Context
Vehicle Fleet Mechanics play a crucial role in city government by ensuring that city-owned vehicles and mobile plant are operational. This enables city services providing emergency responses, sanitation, infrastructure maintenance, park services, and public transportation.
Challenge
A local government entity required an integrated analysis of their field and workshop fleet mechanic tasks and their inherent risks. This informaion drove their health and safety initiatives to sustain their workforce.
Approach
ViVA examined the mechanics’ fast-paced, dynamic work environments while learning from various team members and applying contemporary ergonomic risk assessment tools. ViVA described the blend of the mechanics’ physical work, technical skills, cognitive demands, and social relations.
Outcomes
ViVA’s integrated health and environmental risk assessments on the job demands of fleet mechanics enabled the workplace management to understand the demands on the mechanic’s bodies, minds, mood, emotions, and social relations. This material propped the business’s capabilities in recruitment, training, and task-redesign, while informing ongoing management strategies to ensure sustainable operations.