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Saturday, January 30, 2010

What's On An Air Brake Course?

The information flow starts off slowly with a simple air system being built, one component at a time. Each item is introduced, explained and then installed on a working classroom model of an air brake system which you might expect on a vehicle, be it a truck, a bus or a motorhome.
Once the class has an appreciation of the basics, the course moves onto more complex systems like a tractor/trailer combination vehicle. Here we see the interaction between two vehicles, namely the trailer and the vehicle towing it.
To help the student with this new information, there are several practise review quizzes given during the course. Their purpose is twofold: give the student some feedback on their understanding of the material; and help generate questions to clarify areas where they are least comfortable.
Also given on the course is some general information to help the new driver analyze some problems they could encounter while operating air-equipped vehilces, and how to solve them. Note that this is not a maintenance course but a basic understanding of the troubleshooting techniques will help the student get the right help to correct the problem with the least cost.

1 comment:

  1. Thanks so much for sharing this post! I have been looking into air brake course in Vancouver and where I might be able to find more information like this? Thanks again for sharing!

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