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On-the-job Training

• Safety
  • Follow industry-specific safety procedures around electricity, machines
  • Equipment & Manufacturing Processes
  • Minimize potential hazards
  • Work following OSHA industrial safety standards
• Operate production equipment
  • Works according to production schedules to meet job specifications
  • Operates equipment safely and efficiently
  • Monitor and inspect products and processes
  • Monitor and adjust equipment during operations as needed
  • Documents work, work processes and adjustments
  • Shuts down equipment properly
• Produce quality product
  • Verifies product quality following quality work instructions
  • Demonstrate awareness of defects and causes of rework
  • Monitors the cost of poor quality (including scrap and rework)
  • Apply quality training to job duties and work processes
  • Follow company specific quality guidelines
• Measure and Inspect Work Using Mechanical Tools and Testing Equipment
  • Measure and visually inspect materials, products or parts, and finished
  • Interpret tolerances using blueprints and job specifications
  • Use gauges and measuring devices accurately
  • Verify workmanship and compliance with job specifications
  • Identify and report non-compliant stock, material, parts, or finished goods
  • Inspects materials, parts, products, or finished goods in accordance with quality
• Demonstrate knowledge of routine equipment maintenance
  • Inspect equipment
  • Demonstrate mechanical problem solving abilities
  • Identify when a machine is not working properly
  • Apply preventative maintenance practices effectively
  • Maintain machine components following manufacturer specifications (if applicable)
  • Follow basic troubleshooting guides
  • Demonstrate awareness of basic maintenance concepts
• Demonstrate knowledge of inventory and material processes
  • Compare inventory flow to roles and responsibilities
  • Demonstrate aware of process flows in a manufacturing plant
  • Identify material management processes
  • Demonstrate awareness of logistics related to raw materials and customer deliveries
• Demonstrate knowledge of trends and the current state of the business
  • Describe the importance of department and plant goals (Ex. Key Performance Indicators)
  • Apply basic business terms to manufacturing related work processes
  • Demonstrate awareness of both upstream and downstream
  • Participate in company leadership briefings
  • Relate the job role and trade to keeping jobs
• Demonstrate continuous improvement
  • Uses tools for continuous improvement effectively
  • Identifies potential defects & identifies equipment abnormalities
  • Follows standard work instructions properly
  • Adapts to process changes including cycle times, set-ups, and tooling
  • Understands the business strategies and motives for continuous improvement
• Set-up production equipment
  • Plans for and identifies set-up requirements
  • Selects tools and materials
  • Verifies safety
  • Assembles equipment
  • Performs mechanical set-up according to employer's Standard Operating Procedure manual, and equipment manufacturer's specifications
• Interpret Technical Information
  • Follows Quality Specifications Accurately
  • Interpret Production Orders Properly
  • Apply Jobs Specifications to Work Processes Accurately
  • Reference Project Plans and Documents by Completing an Apprenticeship Job Book or Check List of Competencies Completion
  • Use Blueprints, Formulas and Process Control Sheets Efficiently
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