Career Details :: Timing Device Assemblers, Adjusters, and Calibrators
Description
Perform precision assembling or adjusting, within narrow tolerances, of timing devices, such as watches, clocks, or chronometers.
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
- Screws parts or assemblies into position.
- Disassembles timepieces, such as watches, clocks, and chronometers, to diagnose and repair malfunctions.
- Examines components of timepieces, such as watches, clocks, or chronometers, for defects, using loupe or microscope.
- Cleans and lubricates timepiece parts and assemblies, using solvent, buff stick, and oil.
- Observes operation of timepiece parts and subassemblies to determine accuracy of movement and diagnose cause of defects.
- Reviews blueprints, sketches, or work orders to gather information about task to be completed.
- Bends parts, such as hairsprings, pallets, barrel covers, and bridges, to correct deficiencies in truing or endshake, using tweezers.
- Tests operation and fit of timepiece parts and subassemblies, using electronic testing equipment, tweezers, watchmaker's tools, and loupe.
- Assembles and installs components of timepieces, using watchmaker's tools and loupe, to complete mechanism.
- Adjusts size or positioning of timepiece parts to achieve specified fit or function, using calipers, fixture, and loupe.
- Replaces specified parts to repair malfunctioning timepieces, using watchmaker's tools, loupe, and holding fixture.
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Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Repairing & Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, Material
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Indoors
- Sitting
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