LEAP@ForsythTech

On-the-job Training

• Welding
  • Operate welding equipment
  • Adjust equipment controls to regulate gas flow
  • Ignite fuel to activate heating equipment
  • Operate grinding equipment
  • Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication processing
• Fabrication
  • Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
  • Mark products, workpieces, or equipment with identifying information.
  • Clean workpieces to ensure proper assembly
  • Align parts or workpieces to ensure proper assembly.
  • Design templates or patterns
  • Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment
  • Reshape metal workpieces to established specifications
  • Disassemble equipment for maintenance repair
  • Operate metal or plastic forming equipment
  • Shape metal workpieces with hammers or other small hand tools
• Specifications
  • Select production equipment according to product specifications
  • Determine metal or plastic production methods
  • Monitor equipment operation to ensure that products are not flawed
  • Clean production equipment
  • Repair parts or assemblies
  • Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods of sequences
• Safety
  • Maintain safety
  • Notify others of equipment repair or maintenance needs
  • Operate firefighting equipment
  • Watch operating equipment to detect malfunctions