Paying attention to detail
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1 when the same thing keeps failing, re it a major or minor item. Tell the traffic
manager
Once this side of things has been sorted out, the engineer must make arrangements to keep the traffic manager or the senior traffic clerk aware of the changes being made. At this stage, it is worth while going out of your way to make sure that the person involved can see what you are trying to do. From time to time, especi ally in the early days, he is sure to find the system a burden, and so again, the system has to be sold—the fact that vehicles will be taken off the road to a schedule, and not as they go wrong, will appeal here.
Whatever differences there may have been in the past, the engineer must establish a good working relationship with the traffic manager or senior clerk, and in the early stages, it would pay to ask his advice on which vehicles he would prefer to come into the scheme first.
This order will also be affected by the condition of the vehicles, and this point should be made, so that it is recognised that other things must be considered.
Make no mistake, though, close liaison between the engineer and traffic staff is essential if the preventive maintenance scheme is to work smoothly, and the time to set that up is at the start. Next week: Putting all the staff in the picture.