Set up, test, and adjust manufacturing machinery or equipment, using any combination of electrical, electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, or computer technologies.
Duties and Tasks:
1) Test products or subassemblies for functionality or quality.
2) Troubleshoot problems with equipment, devices, or products.
3) Collect hazardous or non-hazardous waste in correctly labeled barrels or other containers and transfer them to collection areas.
4) Build product subassemblies or final assemblies.
5) Monitor and adjust production processes or equipment for quality and productivity.
6) Prepare and assemble materials.
7) Set up and operate production equipment in accordance with current good manufacturing practices and standard operating procedures.
8) Assist engineers in developing, building, or testing prototypes or new products, processes, or procedures.
9) Build packaging for finished products.
10) Calibrate or adjust equipment to ensure quality production, using tools such as calipers, micrometers, height gauges, protractors, or ring gauges.
11) Inspect finished products for quality and adherence to customer specifications.
12) Keep production logs.
13) Maintain inventory of job materials.
14) Package finished products.
15) Plan and lay out work to meet production and schedule requirements.
16) Prepare production documents, such as standard operating procedures, manufacturing batch records, inventory reports, or productivity reports.
17) Provide production, progress, or changeover reports to shift supervisors.
18) Set up and verify the functionality of safety equipment.
19) Start up and shut down processing equipment.
20) Adhere to all applicable regulations, policies, and procedures for health, safety, and environmental compliance.
21) Clean production equipment or work areas.
22) Install new equipment.
23) Measure and record data associated with operating equipment.
24) Provide advice or training to other technicians.
25) Select cleaning materials, tools, or equipment.
26) Ship packages, following carrier specifications.
27) Clean scrap materials for recycling or reuse, such as preparing aluminum scrap for cold-bonding processes or preparing paper for pulping or ink removal processes.
28) Conduct environmental safety inspections in accordance with standard protocols to ensure production activities comply with environmental regulations or standards.
29) Separate scrap or waste materials for recycling, reuse, or environmentally sound disposal.
30) Transfer hazardous or non-hazardous waste materials to collection areas for disposal, recycling, or reuse.
Activities:
1) Making Decisions and Solving Problems –Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
2) Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
3) Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
4) Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
5) Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
6) Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
7) Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
8) Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
9) Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
10) Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
11) Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
12) 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.
13) Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment — Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.
14) Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
15) Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
16) Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
17) Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
18) Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
19) Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
20) Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
Abilities:
1) Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
2) Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
3) Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
4) Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
5) Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
6) Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
7) Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
8) Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
9) Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
10) Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
11) Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
12) Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
13) 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.
14) 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.
15) Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
16) Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
17) Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Knowledge
1) Mechanical — Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
2) Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
3) Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
4) Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
5) Design — Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.