On-the-job Reskilling Program
Cordillera Plants · Manufacturing
Plant Mechanical Assistant
Cordillera Plants is looking for candidates from the Industrial Maintenance Foundations pathway to join its manufacturing team as a plant mechanical assistant.
On-the-job Reskilling Program
This is a 36-month On-the-job Reskilling Program, paid from day 1: 18 months of hands-on field experience plus office-and-home-based training, in rotations of 14 weeks each.
What you'll do
- Apply mechanical systems in day-to-day work with a mentor
- Apply preventive maintenance in day-to-day work with a mentor
- Apply lockout/tagout principles in day-to-day work with a mentor
- Apply technical troubleshooting in day-to-day work with a mentor
Who it's for
- Experienced tradespeople formalizing their skills
- Early-career candidates entering industrial work
Skills taught
- Mechanical systems
- Preventive maintenance
- Lockout/tagout principles
- Technical troubleshooting
Skills assessed
- Fault diagnosis reasoning
- Maintenance planning
- Safety procedure knowledge
Example practical assignment
Build a preventive maintenance plan for a pump station from equipment manuals and a failure log.
How you're assessed
Knowledge checks per module plus a scenario-based troubleshooting assessment reviewed by an instructor.
Where these skills are used
- Maintenance technician
- Plant operations assistant
- Field service technician
Examples of roles that commonly use these skills. Completing the pathway does not by itself qualify you for these roles.
Questions and answers
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