Escalator and Travelator Maintenance

Implement preventive and corrective maintenance of escalator and travelator

Type

Functional

Competency Area

Rail Systems Maintenance

Levels

Carry out scheduled maintenance work

Perform preparation work to conduct preventive maintenance on escalator and travelator systems

Follow organisational procedures, WI and/or OEM technical manuals to carry out preventive maintenance on escalator and travelator systems

Perform serviceability checks on escalator and travelator systems

Adhere to safety guidelines and operating instructions for tools and equipment during maintenance work

Record escalator and travelator maintenance activities and report occurrences of faults identified

Conduct corrective maintenance

Interpret work orders and prepare for corrective maintenance

Apply first line recovery in response to escalator and travelator systems faults and alarms

Apply fault identification procedures to determine causes of escalator and travelator systems faults

Dismantle faulty escalator and travelator systems for corrective maintenance

Carry out repair and/or replacement of faulty components

Reassemble and reinstate escalator and travelator systems

Perform escalator and travelator systems functional tests

Apply operating and safety measures in operating tools and equipment during maintenance work

Record and collate documentation of escalator and travelator system maintenance work

Troubleshoot, locate faults and recommend rectification

Use troubleshooting tools, equipment and methods to locate and analyse causes of escalator and travelator systems faults

Recommend corrective actions for identified faults on escalator and travelator systems

Implement procedures on safe usage of tools and equipment during maintenance work

Analyse maintenance work documented for escalator and travelator systems to identify possible workflow improvements to prevent fault recurrence

Diagnose root causes of failure and prevent recurrence

Establish structured failure investigation and specify functional testing requirements

Perform fault tree analyses to diagnose root cause failure of escalator and travelator systems

Review organisational escalator and travelator systems maintenance procedures and/or WI

Propose new and/or enhanced maintenance procedures and/or WI in reference to OEM technical recommendations

Monitor overall maintenance progress of escalator and travelator system to ascertain effectiveness of maintenance procedures

Develop solutions by analysing diagnostic data to prevent faults and failures recurrence

Develop troubleshooting, rectification and fault analysis methods

Develop test procedures for system performance checks

Coordinate escalator and travelator system maintenance with other rail systems maintenance needs