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David
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Posted: Thu Sep 4th, 2008 06:02 pm |
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sunwinluffbra wrote: It's your butt as a tester, if you know equipment is defective and does not perform it's job correctly and you either still use it or do the test without that check being done it'd be your ass in a sling if VOSA caught you.  If your station manager has anything about him he'd say hang on and either reshedule tests or book them with a neighbouring station while your kit is being repaired.  eqipment does breakdown from time to time, our gas tester bust on friday but we arranged our tests for that day and saturday to be done at a neighbouring station and the engineer was here over the weekend to fix it Our service manager squeeled about costs but he knew I'd pull the plug and that'd cost him more in the long run
Some bosses are unscrupulous, the conversation i got was, keep on testing with them until they have been fixed, i asked how do i know the difference between a vehicle with good brakes, and a vehicle with bad brakes if the rollers are not performing satisfactory, he did'nt have a satisfactory answer, he said are you saying you will not test the vehicles, i said no, i will use the decelerometer, he walked off at this point.
When a tester makes a decision, that tester made it and not the AE, so although the AE would get some points, the responsibility does rest with the NT, there are no excuses, there is a phone line and plenty books to advise, i did the right thing and would not give in to peer pressure.
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David
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Posted: Thu Sep 4th, 2008 05:55 pm |
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big..E. wrote: HI DAVID....If all your "tests" were "PRE-BOOKED" Before the Rollers went bump,you could still use the old Decelerometer(boy thats a hard one to spell)test...Compensation???.....Good luck..
I did use the decelerometer for two days, the unfortunate thing was, it took them three says to get the parts that were not required, and we lost a full days mot testing because of their "engineers" negligence.
Thanks
David
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sunwinluffbra
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Posted: Thu Sep 4th, 2008 04:51 pm |
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| It's your butt as a tester, if you know equipment is defective and does not perform it's job correctly and you either still use it or do the test without that check being done it'd be your ass in a sling if VOSA caught you. If your station manager has anything about him he'd say hang on and either reshedule tests or book them with a neighbouring station while your kit is being repaired. eqipment does breakdown from time to time, our gas tester bust on friday but we arranged our tests for that day and saturday to be done at a neighbouring station and the engineer was here over the weekend to fix it Our service manager squeeled about costs but he knew I'd pull the plug and that'd cost him more in the long run
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big..E.
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Posted: Wed Sep 3rd, 2008 10:41 pm |
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| HI DAVID....If all your "tests" were "PRE-BOOKED" Before the Rollers went bump,you could still use the old Decelerometer(boy thats a hard one to spell)test...Compensation???.....Good luck..
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David
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Posted: Wed Sep 3rd, 2008 09:40 pm |
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Engineers been back to rolling road this afternoon around 16:00Hrs, been without mot testing for two days, engineer fitted a seal kit to the hydraulics, when removing and inspecting the seals I advised that there appeared nothing wrong with them, the engineer agreed, I asked then how did the fault with the rollers occur when the problem was not present before your engineer worked on the rollers, thus loosing us two days mot tests, who is going to compensate for the losses?
Have to wait to see what they say now.
David
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KevG
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Posted: Wed Sep 3rd, 2008 08:46 pm |
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Sealing ?
Kev
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David
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Posted: Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 11:51 pm |
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big..E. wrote: David wrote: What is a tester supposed to do when the testing facilities fail in service, but are still useable when defective?
Call an engineer to inspect/repair...If its "still useable" then use it...
BTW?? How has it "failed in service"??..AND "still useable when defective"???
WHAT EQUIPTMENT ARE YOU REFERRING TO BTW?????.......
I should have mentioned its the rolling road were the sealing has been damaged by the engineer who so called fixed it?
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big..E.
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Posted: Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 11:45 pm |
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David wrote: What is a tester supposed to do when the testing facilities fail in service, but are still useable when defective?
Call an engineer to inspect/repair...If its "still useable" then use it...
BTW?? How has it "failed in service"??..AND "still useable when defective"???
WHAT EQUIPTMENT ARE YOU REFERRING TO BTW?????.......
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David
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Posted: Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 11:14 pm |
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What is a tester supposed to do when the testing facilities fail in service, but are still useable when defective?
AE says carry on testing the vehicles, but NT says no because of equipment failure, boss says are you saying you won't test?
I say I cannot test with defective equipment, VOSA would take disciplinary action against me?
Boss says that a written warning could be issued, a dismissal from employment or other action taken.
Who's right, we are, but who can we turn to when its our responsibility to ensure vehicles are tested to the correct standards?
David
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