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How far would you go to repair UPS equipment as a non-mechanic?
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<blockquote data-quote="lazydriver" data-source="post: 1058883" data-attributes="member: 21880"><p>It's not legal unless qualified to do brake repairs on commercial vehicles. When I have been put out of service for faulty brakes, I wait at the weigh station til a mechanic arrives. Here is FMCSA section.</p><p></p><p>(c) No motor carrier or intermodal equipment provider may require or permit any employee who does not meet the minimum brake inspector qualifications of paragraph (d) of this section to be responsible for the inspection, maintenance, service or repairs of any brakes on its commercial motor vehicles.</p><p>(d) The motor carrier or intermodal equipment provider must ensure that each brake inspector is qualified as follows:</p><p>(1) Understands the brake service or inspection task to be accomplished and can perform that task; and</p><p>(2) Is knowledgeable of and has mastered the methods, procedures, tools and equipment used when performing an assigned brake service or inspection task; and</p><p>(3) Is capable of performing the assigned brake service or inspection by reason of experience, training, or both as follows:</p><p> (i) Has successfully completed an apprenticeship program sponsored by a State, a Canadian Province, a Federal agency or a labor union, or a training program approved by a State, Provincial or Federal agency, or has a certificate from a State or Canadian Province that qualifies the person to perform the assigned brake service or inspection task (including passage of Commercial Driver's License air brake tests in the case of a brake inspection); or </p><p>(ii) Has brake-related training or experience or a combination thereof totaling at least one year. Such training or experience may consist of:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lazydriver, post: 1058883, member: 21880"] It's not legal unless qualified to do brake repairs on commercial vehicles. When I have been put out of service for faulty brakes, I wait at the weigh station til a mechanic arrives. Here is FMCSA section. (c) No motor carrier or intermodal equipment provider may require or permit any employee who does not meet the minimum brake inspector qualifications of paragraph (d) of this section to be responsible for the inspection, maintenance, service or repairs of any brakes on its commercial motor vehicles. (d) The motor carrier or intermodal equipment provider must ensure that each brake inspector is qualified as follows: (1) Understands the brake service or inspection task to be accomplished and can perform that task; and (2) Is knowledgeable of and has mastered the methods, procedures, tools and equipment used when performing an assigned brake service or inspection task; and (3) Is capable of performing the assigned brake service or inspection by reason of experience, training, or both as follows: (i) Has successfully completed an apprenticeship program sponsored by a State, a Canadian Province, a Federal agency or a labor union, or a training program approved by a State, Provincial or Federal agency, or has a certificate from a State or Canadian Province that qualifies the person to perform the assigned brake service or inspection task (including passage of Commercial Driver's License air brake tests in the case of a brake inspection); or (ii) Has brake-related training or experience or a combination thereof totaling at least one year. Such training or experience may consist of: [/QUOTE]
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