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Job Description
Set up, test, and adjust manufacturing machinery or equipment, using any combination of electrical, electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, or computer technologies.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-3029.09
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Manufacturing Production Technicians”.
Also Known As…
- Manufacturing Production Technicians
- Research and Development Machinist
- Test Technician
- Solar Hot Water Heater Manufacturing Technician
- Semiconductor Manufacturing Technician
- Production Technician, Semiconductor Processing Equipment
- Production Technician
- Production Team Member
- Product Introduction Manager
- Process Engineer
- Operations Technician
- Manufacturing Technician
- Manufacturing Production Technician
- Manufacturing Process Technician
- Manufacturing Engineer
- Manufacturing Associate
- Maintenance Technician
- Advanced Manufacturing Technician
Tasks for “Process Operator”
- Adhere to all applicable regulations, policies, and procedures for health, safety, and environmental compliance.
- Prepare production documents, such as standard operating procedures, manufacturing batch records, inventory reports, or productivity reports.
- Set up and operate production equipment in accordance with current good manufacturing practices and standard operating procedures.
- Measure and record data associated with operating equipment.
- Package finished products.
- Build product subassemblies or final assemblies.
- Collect hazardous or non-hazardous waste in correctly labeled barrels or other containers and transfer them to collection areas.
- Set up and verify the functionality of safety equipment.
- Conduct environmental safety inspections in accordance with standard protocols to ensure that production activities comply with environmental regulations or standards.
- Test products or subassemblies for functionality or quality.
- Select cleaning materials, tools, or equipment.
- Inspect finished products for quality and adherence to customer specifications.
- Plan and lay out work to meet production and schedule requirements.
- Start up and shut down processing equipment.
- Keep production logs.
- Maintain inventory of job materials.
- Provide production, progress, or changeover reports to shift supervisors.
- Separate scrap or waste materials for recycling, reuse, or environmentally sound disposal.
- Prepare and assemble materials.
- Transfer hazardous or nonhazardous waste materials to collection areas for disposal, recycling, or reuse.
- Troubleshoot problems with equipment, devices, or products.
- Provide advice or training to other technicians.
- Install new equipment.
- Calibrate or adjust equipment to ensure quality production, using tools such as calipers, micrometers, height gauges, protractors, or ring gauges.
- 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.
- Ship packages, following carrier specifications.
- Build packaging for finished products.
- Clean production equipment or work areas.
- Monitor and adjust production processes or equipment for quality and productivity.
- Assist engineers in developing, building, or testing prototypes or new products, processes, or procedures.
Related Technology & Tools
- Go/no-go gauges
- V blocks
- Pipe bending mandrels
- Osmometers
- Milling machines
- Power drills
- Protective face shields
- Production robots
- Angle plates
- Conductivity meters
- Programmable function generators
- Power production turbines
- Laboratory centrifuges
- Optical power meters
- Digital calipers
- Soldering equipment
- Forklifts
- Digital logic probes
- Electric boilers
- pH indicators
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Dial calipers
- Wire strippers
- Digital logic analyzers
- Digital spectrum analyzers
- Personal computers
- Vernier calipers
- Dilatometers
- Dial indicators
- In-line flowmeters
- Height gauges
- Blow molding machines
- Safety goggles
- Desktop computers
- Laser cutting equipment
- Gas-powered generators
- Computer numerical control CNC vertical lathes
- Precision rulers
- Digital micrometers
- Boring tools
- Digital oscilloscopes
- Mixing tanks
- Wire splicers
- Drill presses
- Bioreactors
- Grinders
- Pin gauges
- Injection molding machines
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Steam autoclaves
- Optical comparators
- Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines
- Air purifying respirators
- Optical time domain reflectometers OTDR
- Pipe reamers
- Extruding machines
- Gauge blocks
- Laboratory glassware washers
- Optical spectrum analyzers
- Straight screwdrivers
- Safety gloves
- Pipettes
- Autocollimators
- Filtration systems
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Labeling software
- Computer numerical control CNC software
- SAP
- National Instruments Multisim
- Plant maintenance software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Cadence PSpice
- Microsoft Office
- Minitab
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- National Instruments LabVIEW