Career Details :: Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
Description
Wind wire coils used in electrical components, such as resistors and transformers, and in electrical equipment and instruments, such as field cores, bobbins, armature cores, electrical motors, generators, and control equipment.
Experience
Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful in these occupations, but usually is not needed. For example, a drywall installer might benefit from experience installing drywall, but an inexperienced person could still learn to be an installer with little difficulty.
Education
These occupations usually require a high school diploma and may require some vocational training or job-related course work. In some cases, an associate's or bachelor's degree could be needed.
Training
Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees.
Tasks
- Operates or tends wire-coiling machine.
- Reviews work orders and specifications to ascertain material needed and type of part to be processed.
- Examines and tests wired electrical components, using measuring devices.
- Selects and loads materials, such as workpieces, objects, and machine parts, onto equipment used in coiling process.
- Applies solutions or paints to wired electrical components, using hand tools.
- Attaches, alters and trims materials, such as wire, insulation, and coils, using hand tools.
- Observes gauges and stops machine to remove completed components, using hand tools.
- Repairs and maintains electrical components and machinery parts, using hand tools.
- Records production and operational data on specified forms.
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Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Controlling Machines and Processes
- Monitor Processes, Material, Surroundings
- Implementing Ideas, Programs, etc.
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, Material
Important Skills
- Product Inspection
- Equipment Maintenance
- Operation and Control
- Operation Monitoring
- Equipment Selection
Frequent Work Context
- Degree of Automation
- Indoors
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Consequence of Error
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
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