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Career Details :: Production Helpers
Description
Perform variety of tasks requiring limited knowledge of production processes in support of skilled production workers.
Experience
No previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, a person can become a general office clerk even if he/she has never worked in an office before.
Education
These occupations may require a high school diploma or GED certificate. Some may require a formal training course to obtain a license.
Training
Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few days to a few months of training. Usually, an experienced worker could show you how to do the job.
Tasks
- Reads gauges and charts and records data.
- Observes operation and notifies equipment operator of malfunctions.
- Marks or tags identification on parts.
- Mixes ingredients, according to procedure.
- Measures amount of ingredients, length of extruded article, or work to ensure conformance to specifications.
- Cleans and lubricates equipment.
- Places or positions equipment or partially assembled product for further processing, manually or using hoist.
- Removes product, machine attachments, and waste material from machine.
- Starts machines or equipment to begin process.
- Replaces damaged or worn equipment parts.
- Signals coworkers to facilitate moving product during processing.
- Tends equipment to facilitate process.
- Loads and unloads processing equipment or conveyance used to receive raw materials or to ship finished products.
- Dumps materials into machine hopper prior to mixing.
- Turns valves to regulate flow of liquids or air, to reverse machine, to start pump, and to regulate equipment.
Related Careers
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- Glass Cutting Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators
- Heaters, Metal and Plastic
- Helpers, Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
- Maintenance Workers, Machinery
- Metal-Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Operators and Tenders
- Numerical Control Machine Tool Operators and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Plate Finishers
- Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Performing General Physical Activities
- Controlling Machines and Processes
- Repairing & Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
- Documenting/Recording Information
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Job-Required Social Interaction
- Consequence of Error
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Degree of Automation
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
Related Majors
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| Industrial Maintenance |  [ add ] |
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