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General Maintenance Technician Course

What will I learn?

Advance your career in firefighting through our General Maintenance Technician Course, designed to improve your technical skills in maintaining vital emergency generator systems. Learn how to properly organise technical documents, create inspection checklists, and perform routine maintenance. Discover how to diagnose and fix common generator problems, ensuring they are ready for use in fire stations. This short but effective course will give you the practical skills you need to keep important equipment working well, protecting your community.

Apoia's Unique Features

Accessible online course with lifetime access
Certificate aligned with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
Online support available at all times
Select and arrange the chapters you wish to study
Customize your course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Learn at your own pace, no internet required

Develop skills

Enhance your practical skills as listed below

Learn how to manage technical documents for clear and effective communication.

Create inspection checklists to make sure maintenance is done thoroughly.

Carry out generator shutdown and startup procedures safely.

Diagnose generator issues, including overheating and startup problems.

Understand the roles and operations of emergency generators in fire stations.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can adjust the chapters and workload.

  • Choose your starting chapter
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Alter the total course workload

Examples of chapters you can include

You'll be able to generate additional chapters similar to the examples below

This is a free course focused on personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but provides practical and relevant knowledge for your career.