Simulated workplaceCAQA Torque Automotive is a fictional business created by CAQA for training and assessment. It is not a real company and no person, client or record here is real.About this simulation
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Simulated workplace
Department

Service Workshop

Carries out scheduled servicing, diagnosis and mechanical, electrical and hybrid or electric vehicle repairs on customer and stock vehicles to manufacturer specification, using documented repair orders, safe work procedures and quality checks before any vehicle is released to a customer.

Service Manager34 staff
Home/Departments/Service Workshop
Responsibilities

What the team is accountable for

  • Complete repair orders to specification and within quoted hours
  • Maintain hoists, tools and diagnostic equipment in safe condition
  • Isolate and depower hybrid and electric vehicles before high-voltage work
  • Record all parts, labour and findings on the repair order
  • Report hazards, near misses and quality defects the same day
Performance measures

How we know it is working

94%
First-time fix rate
108%
Technician efficiency
1.6
Comebacks per 100 jobs
People

Who works here

TO

Tessa Okonkwo

Service Manager

Runs the workshop roster, technician allocation and manufacturer accreditation, and has led the service department for nine years since starting as a technician.

BK

Bree Kowalski

Master Technician, Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

Diagnoses complex electrical and high-voltage faults, supervises the isolated EV bay and mentors apprentices, and has been at Torque for 12 years.

OS

Ollie Sutherland

Third-year Apprentice Technician

Carries out servicing and brake, tyre and cooling system work under supervision, and is in the third year of a light vehicle apprenticeship with Torque.