HAND AND PORTABLE POWER TOOL REPAIRER
Skills: Equipment Selection, Operation and Control, Repairing
Posted 6 days ago
Job Definition:
Job Description:
- Repair and adjust hand and power tools.
Duties and Tasks:
- 1) Repairs or replaces tools and defective parts, such as handles, vises, pliers, or metal buckets, using soldering tool, gas torch, power tools, or hand tools.
- 2) Examines and tests tools to determine defects or cause of malfunction, using hand and power tools, observation, and experience.
- 3) Disassembles and reassembles tools, using hand tools, power tools, or arbor press.
- 4) Verifies and adjusts alignment and dimensions of parts, using gauges and tracing lathe.
- 5) Records nature and extent of repairs performed.
- 6) Maintains stock of parts.
- 7) Cleans polishing and buffing wheels, using steam cleaning machine, to remove abrasives and bonding materials and salvages cloth from wheel.
- 8) Sprays, brushes, or recoats surface of polishing wheel and places it in oven to dry.
Activities:
- 1) Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
- 2) Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment — Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
- 3) Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
- 4) Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- 5) Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
Abilities:
- 1)Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
- 2) Finger Dexterity — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
- 3) Wrist-Finger Speed — The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
- 4) Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
- 5) Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Knowledge
- Mechanical — Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.