Production Operator

Production Operator

Primary Function: To operate production equipment, manufacture product, fulfill quality and production requirements.

General Duties:

• Communicate to operators on other shifts regarding production.
• Operate various machines such as trimmers, presses, greasers, air check, laser N & N, redicoat, etc. and make simple adjustments, such as, touch-up cleaning of cavities while in press.
• Assembles component parts according to established procedures
• Grease and oil parts.
• Review production process sheet and quality drawings to determine conformance of part.
• Inspect and sort parts visually and with use of simple and precision measuring devices during production to assure quality standards and specifications, record results, and enter quality information into computer.
• Take and record SPC reading during production.
• Inform proper persons of discrepancies.
• Identify defective parts and place defective parts in proper location.
• Prepare packaging materials and make labels.
• Pack parts in preparation of shipment.
• Record necessary information on bin tickets.
• Record production information on bin ticket and place in bin.
• Clean equipment and work area.
• Other duties as required.
• Review scrap rack and/or communication log to determine how press and parts are running.
• Take new metals to proper persons to be inspected.
• Place rubber prep around rubber plug.
• Spray cavities with mold solution.
• Prepare metal, rubber, and teflon for molding, i.e. filling cement can, dipping teflon, cementing metals, fusing rubber.
• Load metals and prep/teflon stock onto cavities by hand or by poppet board and cycle press and run production.
• Remove molded parts from cavities manually or by knockouts.
• Record defective parts on quality charts and place in proper location and record how press and parts are operating on communication log.
• Use air gun to remove flash from cavities.
• Check prep batch number and job number at press against computer print out, record discrepancies, enter discrepancies into computer, and tag sample for microhardness.

Required Skills

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS: High school diploma or G.E.D.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Stand and walk on cement for 10 hours/day.
• Lift approximately 40 lbs. frequently from floor to possibly above head.
• Document information accurately and legibly.
• Corrected vision must be 20/40 far vision and 20/40 near vision.
• Continuously work on presses where heat reaches maximum of 410 degrees.
• Work in area where heat reaches up to 110 degrees, average temperature in work area is 80 to 85 degrees.
• Must have accurate sensory perception to skin, i.e. to feel burns.
• Work on platform of 2 1/2 feet.
• Frequently bend and twist at waist.

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