Dave was a mechanical technician from Chilcott's who was asked by Kevin Webster to check over the new hydraulic lift at Websters' Auto Centre which had malfunctioned and hospitalised him during May 2011. Dave found that there was no fault with installation and concluded that the machine had been damaged in a deliberate act. Having taken photographs for his report, he pointed out to Tyrone and Jason Grimshaw that the hydraulic pipe had been forcefully cracked at its weakest point. Credited as "Technician", the character's Christian name was revealed in dialogue.