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A Guidebook for Developing and Sharing Transit Bus Maintenance Practices (2005) / Chapter Skim
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... Practices also help ensure compliance with federal and local regulations and provide essential instructions for promoting safety, disposing of hazardous materials, using special tools, and including standard repair times if desired. The complexities involved with government regulations, occupational safety, and bus technology are far too great for transit managers to simply assume that all workers fully understand them and will perform their jobs in a proper manner.
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... Topics covered in the Guidebook include legal considerations; obtaining, applying, and prioritizing reference material; tips on writing well and using photographs to enhance practices; tailoring practices to unique local conditions; formatting practices; and updating and validating completed practices. Also included are seven sample practices developed from applying the Guidebook to popular maintenance jobs performed on a variety of buses operated by large and small agencies alike.
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