Hutchinson Community College

On-the-job Training

• Work Process A
• Work Process B
• Work Process C
• Work Process D
• Work Process E
• Work Process F
• Safety
  • Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
  • Set up and use ladders and scaffolding as necessary to complete work.
  • Use fire suppression methods in industrial emergencies.
  • Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.
  • Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas. Pass forklift safety test.
• Welding
  • GMAW (Mig) weld components in flat, vertical and out of position configurations.
  • Weld separately or in combination, stainless steel, cast iron, and other alloys.
  • Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter.
  • Enter commands, instructions, or specifications into equipment.
  • Align and clamp workpieces together, using rules, squares, or hand tools, or position items in fixtures, jigs, or vises.
  • Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material.
  • Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment.
  • Clean production equipment.
• Cutting
  • Ignite, set flame and operate oxy-acetylene cutting torches with proper flame adjustment.
  • Set up and operate hand plasma equipment
• Quality and Inspection
  • Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
  • Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
  • Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required.
  • Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
  • Record operational or production data.
  • Notify supervision of defects found in materials or workmanship, following procedures.
• Blueprint and Layout
  • Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
  • Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material
  • safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and operations.