Engine & powertrain build technician
Building, measuring and rebuilding the engine and gearbox to a sheet, to the micron, on a deadline.
Adverts for this work usually name: Race engine building, GD&T.
Who comes into this from somewhere else
Ranked by how much of the job carries over. Our judgement, not a measurement, and it is here to tell you where to start looking.
From Main dealer & vehicle repair
Engine strip, measure and rebuild is the trade. Race engines add a build sheet, a clean room and micron tolerances.
What you would need to add
Stripping, measuring, blueprinting and rebuilding a competition engine to a build sheet. Learned on the bench, with the IMI the recognised qualification route.
From Aerospace & defence
Precision assembly with every measurement recorded and every part traceable is exactly how a race engine is built.
What you would need to add
Stripping, measuring, blueprinting and rebuilding a competition engine to a build sheet. Learned on the bench, with the IMI the recognised qualification route.
From Marine & boatbuilding
Big-engine diagnosis and rebuild in a cramped space carries over. The delta is tolerance and pace.
What you would need to add
Stripping, measuring, blueprinting and rebuilding a competition engine to a build sheet. Learned on the bench, with the IMI the recognised qualification route.
Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing. How a drawing states what actually has to be accurate, and by how much.
Open right now in this discipline
What is open, in how many places, and how much of it asks for no degree. Who each role is with and whether it is open to you is worked out once you sign in, and we ask before putting you forward.