GACC South

On-the-job Training

• ICATT Apprenticeship contract, company policies and employment regulations
  • Review significance of the apprenticeship training contract, in particular entering into it, its duration, and termination.
  • Review the mutual responsibilities, duties, and obligations arising from the training contract of both parties.
  • Review the essential elements of the training contract.
  • Review the provisions of the labor regulations or collective bargaining agreements that apply to the training company.
  • Review options for continuing education in the trade.
• Structure and Organization of the ICATT Network Company
  • Explain the history, structure, and organization of the training company.
  • Explain basic functions of the training company such as procurement, manufacturing, sales, administration, and management.
  • Review the relationships of the training company and its personnel to business organizations, trade representatives, area Chambers of Commerce, K-12 schools, and colleges.
  • Describe the principles, tasks, and mode of operation of the representative bodies associated with the training company.
• Workplace Safety and Health
  • Determine threats to safety and health at the workplace and actions to take to avoid them.
  • Review safety regulations and required documentation related to company equipment such as the operation of electrical, welding, and mechanical devices and tools.
  • Apply ergonomics, trade-specific safety and accident prevention regulations.
  • Describe actions to take in the event of accidents, falls, and health emergencies
  • Review safety regulations related to working with electrical equipment, devices, and operating equipment.
  • Apply fire prevention rules and describe action to take in the event of fire.
  • Review company CPR/first aid/AED protocols and locations of equipment.
  • Use protective and safety equipment and test their functioning.
• Environmental protection
  • Review company procedures to avoid environmental impacts arising from operations within the occupational work area, in particular: use of green, energy, material, and economical and environmentally sound options.
  • Review possible environmental impact made by the training company and its contribution to protect the environment
  • Identify waste disposal of substances and materials in an environmentally sound manner.
  • Review OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) regulations and applications relevant to the training company
  • Evaluate and apply proper disposal techniques and procedures for fuels and other hazardous waste products.
• Operational and technical communication
  • Select information sources, gather and evaluate information.
  • Interpret and use technical drawings and parts lists and prepare sketches.
  • Collect, supplement, evaluate, and use documents, technical documentation, and relevant specifications.
  • Maintain, back up, and archive data and documents, taking data protection into account.
  • Engage in clear, articulate and appropriate conversations with customers, supervisors, and in teams taking cultural diversity into account.
  • Illustrate factual situations, prepare records
  • Find and utilize information from technical documents or databases.
  • Organize and facilitate meetings; document and present results.
  • Engage in activities to resolve conflicts among team members, customers, supervisors as appropriate.
• Plan and organize the work, assess work results
  • Set up the work space using approved operational processes and procedures of the training company
  • Select tools and materials; order, check, transport, and prepare them in a timely manner and maintain accurate inventory.
  • Plan and execute work flows and partial tasks in compliance with economic and scheduling rules.
  • Use instruments of order processing and scheduling.
  • Collect and evaluate data relevant to operations.
  • Review, present and compare the economic feasibility of various solutions.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of work procedures in your own area.
  • Determine qualification deficiencies and utilize training opportunities.
  • Apply a variety of learning techniques.
  • Select and use testing methods and testing equipment, determine operability of testing equipment.
  • Monitor, evaluate, and document work results.
  • Plan and execute work in the team.
• Distinguish, classify and handle materials and auxiliary supplies
  • Evaluate material properties and their modifications and select and handle materials appropriately.
  • Classify, use, and dispose of auxiliary supplies according to their use.
• Manufacture components and modules
  • Ensure operational availability of machine tools, including tools.
  • Select tools and clamping devices, align and clamp workpieces.
  • Manufacture workpieces using manual and machine manufacturing processes.
  • Manufacture parts using cutting and forming processes.
  • Assemble/join parts made of different materials into modules, machines and other work pieces
• Maintain operating equipment
  • Inspect, maintain, and repair operating equipment and maintain records and reports for equipment maintenance.
  • Visually inspect mechanical and electrical components and connections for mechanical damage, and repair or have them repaired.
  • Select, use, and dispose of materials such as fuels, liquids, and lubricants.
• Control technology (advanced manufacturing and robotics)
  • Analyze the inspection criteria of control technology for training company equipment and tools, and review, evaluate, and maintain relevant records and documents.
  • Use and maintain control technology.
• Lash, secure, and transport
  • Select means of securing equipment and products for lifting, moving, transportation and use taking into account relevant local, state, federal, and global regulations.
  • Demonstrate unloading, storage, and securing of various cargo, equipment and production products
• Customer orientation
  • Procure specifications and information specific to the customer order; review, implement, or forward a customer's order specifications and information to team members
  • Identify order-specific special characteristics and safety regulations with team or customer.
• Manufacture, assemble, and disassemble components, modules, and systems
  • Analyze tool and equipment technical documents.
  • Create and use assembly and disassembly plans and blueprints.
  • Manufacture and fit components using a combination of various manufacturing processes.
  • Assemble modules and components according to position and function.
  • Disassemble and label modules, systems, or equipment.
  • Clean, maintain, and store modules and components and document results
• Program numerically controlled machine tools or production systems
  • Handle data entry and data output devices and storage data
  • Produce programs
  • Enter, test, alter and optimize programs
  • Carry out data back up according to company provisions
• Set up machine tools or production systems
  • Prepare, assemble and align workpiece clamping devices
  • Prepare clamping devices and clamp tools
  • Calculate and save tool correction data
  • Set and enter production parameters
  • Prepare equipment for auxiliary and operating materials
  • Assemble protective equipment and check functionality
  • Carry out test run
• Produce Workpieces
  • Align and clamp workpieces according to form and material properties
  • Produce workpieces from various materials using appropriate production procedures in accordance with technical documents
  • Evaluate suitability for milling of workpieces taking into account material composition, condition of delivery and condition of heat treatment
  • Follow safety regulations in carrying out the milling process
  • Consider economic factors in producing workpieces
• Monitor and optimize production processes
  • Monitor and optimize the production processes
  • Recognize and analyze errors in the production process, identify and rectify causes
  • Repair machine-related malfunctions or arrange for repair
  • Monitor safety equipment and ensure functionality
  • Guide quality and quantity by optimizing the process parameters
• Business practices and quality management in operating area
  • Clarify the nature and scope of orders, identify specific services, agree on particular characteristics deadlines with the customer.
  • Procure, evaluate, and use information for order fulfillment, take technical developments into account, comply with regulations relevant to safety.
  • Accord due consideration to business management and ecological points of view in planning the processing of orders, reach agreement with upstream and downstream divisions, prepare planning documents
  • Arrange for partial orders, review results.
  • Execute orders whilst in particular taking account of health and safety at work, environmental protection and deadlines
  • Apply company quality assurance systems in their own work area, systematically seek out, remedy and document the causes of quality defects.
  • Select and apply test procedures and equipment, check the correct functionality of test equipment, apply test plans and company test regulations, document and evaluate results
  • Document order processing, services and consumption
  • Handover technical systems or products to customers and explain such systems and products, prepare acceptance protocols
  • Evaluate work results and execution of work and contribute to the continuous improvement of work processes
  • Arrange for the optimization of stipulations, particularly of documentation