Maintenance of Means of Transport

The course "Maintenance of Means of Transport" belongs to the field known as "Maintenance and Technical Assistance". The course "Maintenance of Means of Transport” specializes and integrates the knowledge and skills acquired at the end of the course, in accordance with its productive chain and with the requirements of the local area, with skills satisfying the needs of the businesses working in the maintenance of equipment and plant relative to land, air, and sea means of transport and relative technical services,

Timetable

Subjects

1st and 2nd year

3rd and 4th year

5th year

Weekly timetable

1^

2^

3^

4^

5^

MUTUAL SUBJECTS

Italian language and Literature

4

4

4

4

4

English

3

3

3

3

3

History

2

2

2

2

2

Maths

4

4

3

3

3

Law and Economy

2

2

  

Biology

2

2

  

General and Economic Geography

1

0

  

Physical Education

2

2

2

2

2

Religion

1

1

1

1

1

SPECIFIC AND TECHNICAL SUBJECTS

Technologies and techniques of graphic representation

3

3

  

Physics

(*)

2 (1)

2 (1)

  

Chemestry

(*)

2 (1)

2 (1)

  

Technologies of information & communication

2

2

  

Technological and Practical labs

(**)

3

3

4

3

3

Mechanical Technologies and applications

  

5

4

4

Electrical-Electronic Technologies and applications

(*)

  

5

5

3

Technology and techniques of diagnosis and maintenance of means of transport 

  

3

5

7

TOTAL WEEKLY TIMETABLE

33

32

32

32

32

(*) Practical lessons in the lab with the assistance of both technical and practical teachers
(**) Lessons in the lab carried out by a technical-practical teacher

Profile

The student with the diploma “Maintenance and Technical Assistance” possesses suitable knowledge to manage, organise, and carry out actions of installation and general maintenance of diagnosis, repair and testing of small systems, technical equipment including maritime. His technical-professional skills refer to the chains of general productive fields (electronics, electrotechnics, and others and they are developed specifically for the local area.

He is able to:

  • Check the conformity of equipment and plant, to technical specifications, to users’ safety norms and to environmental protection, during their life cycle
  • Observe the principles of ergonomics, hygiene and safety which precede working on plant
  • Organise and intervene in activities for the elimination of waste produced by machinery and for the elimination of devices
  • Use multidisciplinary knowledge of the technological, economic and managing fields in working processes and in services involved
  • Manage warehouse stock and supply orders
  • Find and interpret technical documentation
  • Assist users and supply them with information useful for the correct use and functioning of devices
  • Act in his field of intervention, respecting specific norms and taking on personal responsability
  • Point out malfunctioning not directly linked to his technical competences
  • Operate in the management of services, evaluating costs and also the economy of interventions

At the end of the 5-year-course, the graduated student in “ Maintenance of means of transport” achieves his learning results in terms of skills as follows:

  1. Understand, interpret and analyse the schemes of means of transport
  2. Use instruments and specific technologies in accordance with safety norms
  3. Use safety norms and safety documentation to guarantee the correct working of means of transport of relative parts, taking care of maintenance during use
  4. Find the components that make up the system and different materials used, in order to intervene in the setting-up and in the substitution of the components and the parts in accordance with the established procedures
  5. Correctly use instruments of measurement, checking and diagnosis and carry out the fine-tuning of means of transport
  6. Completely guarantee and certify the means of transport and relative plant, collaborating in the phases of instalation, testing and technical assistance
  7. Act in the quality system, deal with clients’needs, find technical and technological resources to supply efficient services