6 Maintenance
General maintenance information
General maintenance information
Personnel qualifications
Only qualified and authorised personnel
are allowed to perform maintenance work.
The annual testing must be carried out by
a qualified person. The examination and
assessment of the qualified person must
be unaffected by operational and economic
conditions and must be conducted solely
from a safety perspective. He/she must have
sufficient knowledge and experience to be
able to assess the condition of a truck and
the effectiveness of the protective devices in
accordance with technical conventions and
the principles for testing trucks.
Maintenance personnel for batteries
Batteries may only be charged, maintained
or changed by properly trained personnel
in accordance with the instructions from the
manufacturers of the battery, battery charger
and truck. The handling instructions for the
battery and the operating instructions for the
battery charger must be followed.
Maintenance work without special
qualifications
Simple maintenance w
ork, e.g. checking
the hydraulic oil lev
el, may be carried out by
untrained personnel
. A qualification, like that
of a specialist, is no
t required to carry out this
work. The required op
erations are described
in sufficient detail i
n the corresponding places
in these operating in
structions.
Information for ca
rrying out mainte-
nance
This section cont
ains all information required
to determine when
the truck needs mainte-
nance. Carry out m
aintenance work within the
time limits accor
ding to the hour meter and
using the followi
ng maintenance check lists.
This is the only w
ay to ensure that the truck
remains ready fo
r operation and provides op-
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