My young bloke is a diesel fitter and did his apprenticeship here in Kal.

When he started his apprenticeship, his employer purchased a basic, but fairly comprehensive tool kit and box for him through their normal supplier. It included pretty much all the basic tools required for the type of work that his employer specialised in. He contributed his tool allowance to this and paid off the difference over about the first 6 months of his employment there. He has since added to it, mainly through the same supplier, as he gets a good deal through them.

Some of the tools that he has got are pretty specialised - it depends a bit on what area of diesel fitting you are specializing in. Shaun works mainly on underground mining gear but occasionally works on some of the larger surface mining gear. He used to service and maintain all the Cat and Komatsu loaders on a site that I was running a while back, but now prefers to drive down tunnels and crawl around under the grotty underground gear.

His latest torque wrench that he showed me the other day has digital readout, beeps and plays tunes, and even vibrates through the handle when you achieve the desired pre-set torque. Way too flash for my simple abilities.