Transport Roving Technician

Details

Mission and objectives

Concerned with the security, humanitarian, human rights and political crisis in the Central African Republic and its regional implications, the Security Council authorized in April 2014 the deployment of a multidimensional United Nations peacekeeping operation, MINUSCA, with the protection of civilians as its utmost priority. Its other initial tasks included support for the transition process; facilitating humanitarian assistance; promotion and protection of human rights; support for justice and the rule of law; and disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation processes. The newly established mission subsumed the UN Integrated Peace building Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA). MINUSCA current uniformed personnel levels stand at 11,650 military personnel and 2,080 police personnel, and are tasked with the strategic objective of creating the political, security and institutional conditions conducive to sustainably reducing the presence of — and threat posed by — armed groups. See http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/missions/minusca/.

Context

Concerned with the security, humanitarian, human rights and political crisis in the Central African Republic and its regional implications, the Security Council authorized on 10 April 2014 deployment of a multidimensional United Nations peacekeeping operation – MINUSCA, with the protection of civilians as its utmost priority. Its other initial tasks included support for the transition process; facilitating humanitarian assistance; promotion and protection of human rights; support for justice and the rule of law; and disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation processes. The newly established mission subsumed the UN Integrated Peace building Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA) on the date of the establishment and has been set to take over authority in military and police matters from the African Union-led peacekeeping operation – MISCA – on 15 September 2014. (http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/missions/minusca/).

Task description

Under the supervision of Chief of fleet maintenance, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for managing mission operations as follows:
– Disassemble, identify required corrections, and reassemble equipment engines, front & rear axles, truck hydraulic systems and transmissions.
– Able to calculate dimensions and displacement for boring an engine with defects in compression ratio; skimming of cylinder head to rectify tolerance measurements for tight seal, checking water outlets for wear and tear.
– Disassemble / assemble of auto transmission for heavy trucks and equipment, rectify sensors errors for shift gears, and calibrating changes in internal oil pressure pump; rectify Torque Converter problems; rectify pump impeller; stator and brake bands issues.
– Ability to run diagnostic pressure tests for charge pump, fluid flywheel, steering clutches, spool valves, etc.
– Can operate hydraulic pressure hose fabricating equipment; disassemble and assemble sewage truck suction pumps; installation of 3-10 tons vehicle workshop lifts.
– Able to install and operate which includes in-depth knowledge of fabricating various materials into vehicle components/parts, with high precision.
– Knowledge in repairs and servicing of garbage module and new trucks transmissions; knowledge of interpreting schematic diagrams.
– Able to conduct necessary repairs and take vehicles for test drives to verify roadworthiness
– Inspect vehicles according to regulatory requirements for low emissions and safe working environment to ensure equipment longevity.
– Knowledge of electronic ignition timing for various equipment with crankshaft sensors; common rail injectors and high-pressure pump operations and how to diagnose faults.
– Electronical Electronic experience in rectifying error codes for ECU, BCM, APM, VMCU, PDM, EBS, BBM components including using diagnostic tools
– Able to project and identify required spare parts of an ageing fleet.