MT Maintenance

Question 1

Who is responsible for the through life management of vehicles within the 3 services?

Answer 1

Project Teams

Question 2

What 4 categories of vehicles are there to help with recognition? And what are they?

Answer 2

• A Vehicles: Tracked or Wheel armoured combat land vehicle
• B Vehicle: A tracked or wheeled land vehicle self propelled or towed, not primarily designed for offensive purposes
• Trailer: A vehicle drawn by a motor vehicle
• C Vehicle: Tracked or wheeled item of earth moving equipment

Question 3

What different vehicle fleets are there and what do they consist of?

Answer 3

• White fleet: Commercials (off the shelf, fulfils its role with little or no modification)
• Green fleet: Operational (Specifically designed or procured to fulfil an operational role)
• Yellow fleet: Powered mobile materials handling equipment (contractor owned and maintained (Forklifts))

Question 4

Levels of maintenance for MT policy are found in which JSP?

Answer 4

JSP 930 (Generic Maintenance, Inspection, Certification and Testing (MICat) of Vehicles)

Question 5

What are the 4 levels of MT vehicle Maintenance?

Answer 5

Level 1 - Carried out by the driver or operator
Level 2 - Carried out by GTM and GTE personnel
Level 3 - Beyond unit MT capacity, requires specialist work
Level 4 - Specialised repair

Question 6

What does Level 1 maintenance consist of?

Answer 6

• Daily, Before and After use checks
• Weekly Maintenance
• Vehicle Cleaning
• Wheel Changes

Question 7

What does level 2 maintenance consist of?

Answer 7

• Replacement of U/S components
• Mechanical and electrical component repairs
• Minor, Major and Area maintenance
• Initial maintenance
• Vehicle acceptance checks

Question 8

What does level 3 maintenance consist of?

Answer 8

Includes work that is deemed beyond Station/Unit maintenance facility capacity

Question 9

What does level 4 maintenance consist of?

Answer 9

• Normally a repair nature and includes specialist repairs which are beyond 3rd level maintenance
• Undertaken by the motor trade under contract repair

Question 10

How often should maintenance be carried out?

Answer 10

• Lubrication Maintenance (6000 Miles/6 months, 300 hours for forklifts)
• Minor Maintenance (12,000 miles/12 months, 600 hours for forklift)
• Major Maintenance (24,000 miles/24 months, 1,200 hours for forklifts
  Area Maintenance - Carried out when vehicle is not available for long periods
• Out of Phase Maintenance (Maintenance that does not fall inline with those above)

Question 11

What are AESP’s?

Answer 11

Army Equipment Support Publications

Question 12

What are the 8 OCTAD categories?

Answer 12

Cat 1: Purpose, Planning information, equipment support policy directive
Cat 2: Operating information, aid memoire & training aids
Cat 3: Technical Description
Cat 4: Initial Instillation and preparation for special environments
Cat 5: Maintenance Information and Instructions
Cat 6: Maintenance Schedules
Cat 7: Parts catalogue, commercial parts list, complete equipment schedules
Cat 8: Modification and general instructions, service engineered modifications (SEM’s)

Question 13

What is table 1 of Cat 6?

Answer 13

Equipment Applicability

Question 14

What is table 2 of Cat 6?

Answer 14

Fuels, Lubricants and Associated Products (FLAP)

Question 15

What is table 3 of Cat 6?

Answer 15

Equipment data

Question 16

What is table 4 of Cat 6?

Answer 16

Action on receipt

Question 17

What is table 5 of Cat 6?

Answer 17

Out of Phase Maintenance

Question 18

What is table 6 of Cat 6?

Answer 18

Driver/Operator Maintenance

Question 19

What is table 7 of Cat 6?

Answer 19

Time/Usage Maintenance

Question 20

What is table 8 of Cat 6?

Answer 20

Out of Use Maintenance