Metropolitan Community College, KC, MO

On-the-job Training

• Protect self and other workers from accidents and injuries
  • Follow industry-specific safety procedures around electricity, machines, equipment & manufacturing processes
  • Minimize potential hazards
  • Work following OSHA industrial safety standards
  • Maintain clean work areas and follow Six Sigma practices
  • Demonstrate awareness of first aid, CPR, and blood borne pathogens
  • Inspect, maintain, and report and replace hand tools and power equipment
• Operate production equipment
  • Works according to production schedules to meet job specifications
  • Operates equipment safely and efficiently
  • Monitor and inspect products and processes
  • Monitor and adjust equipment during operations as needed
  • Documents work, work processes and adjustments
  • Shuts down equipment properly
  • Disassembles equipment and components, if appropriate
  • Cleans up tooling, equipment, and work spaces
  • Sanitizes equipment according to applicable standards
• Produce quality product
  • Verifies product quality following quality work instructions
  • Report completed work accurately
  • Perform quality checks
  • Demonstrate awareness of defects and causes of rework
  • Monitors the cost of poor quality (including scrap and rework)
  • Apply cost of quality principles to jobs and manufacturing processes
  • Apply quality training to job duties and work processes
  • Document all quality tests & understand implications and consequences of documentation
  • Adhere to customer specific quality requirements
  • Follow company specific quality guidelines
• Interpret technical information
  • Use blueprints, formulas and process control sheets efficiently
  • Reference project plans and documents by completing an apprenticeship Job Book or checklist of competency completion
  • Apply job specifications to work processes accurately
  • Interprets production orders properly
  • Follows quality specifications accurately
• Measure and inspect work using mechanical tools and testing equipment
  • Inspect measuring devices prior to use
  • Maintain and protect measuring devices
  • Measure and visually inspect materials, products or parts, and finished goods accurately in accordance with job specifications
  • Apply math to measuring and inspection of work
  • Interpret tolerances using blue prints and job specifications
  • Use gauges and measuring devices accurately
  • Verify workmanship and compliance with job specifications
  • Identify and report non-compliant stock, material, parts, or finished goods
  • Inspects materials, parts, products, or finished goods in accordance with quality
  • Select and use hand and mechanical tools appropriately
  • Use applicable systems to report results and document work
• Demonstrate knowledge of routine equipment maintenance
  • Demonstrate how and when to use Lock Out/Tag Out
  • Demonstrate safe maintenance practices
  • Inspect equipment
  • Demonstrate mechanical problem solving abilities
  • Identify when a machine is not working properly
  • Apply preventative maintenance practices effectively
  • Follow general lubrication guidelines
  • Maintain machine components following manufacturer specifications (if applicable)
  • Follow basic troubleshooting guides
  • Assist and communicate with maintenance personnel on equipment malfunctions
  • Demonstrate awareness of basic maintenance concepts
• Demonstrate knowledge of inventory and material processes
  • Apply lean manufacturing principles to work processes
  • Compare inventory flow to roles and responsibilities
  • Demonstrate aware of process flows in a manufacturing plant
  • Identify material management processes
  • Demonstrate awareness of logistics related to raw materials and customer deliveries
  • Work with production materials according to work schedules
  • Apply basic manufacturing equipment operations
• Demonstrate knowledge of trends and the current state of the business
  • Identify the competition and potential opportunities (Ex. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats or related analysis)
  • Explain the competition and potential opportunities between internal Businesses
  • Describe the importance of department and plant goals (Ex. Key Performance Indicators)
  • Apply basic business terms to manufacturing related work processes
  • Demonstrate awareness of both upstream and downstream
  • Participate in company leadership briefings
  • Relate the job role and trade to keeping jobs
• Demonstrate continuous improvement
  • Suggests improvements to business and manufacturing processes
  • Uses tools for continuous improvement effectively
  • Minimizes and removes process wastes (associated with water, energy, manufacturing processes, and other resources)
  • Participates in continuous improvement for professional growth
  • Identifies potential defects
  • Follows standard work instructions properly
  • Maintains records regarding machine faults
  • Applies visual management/visual controls through six sigma
  • Applies root cause analysis to continuous improvement of manufacturing work processes
  • Applies autonomous maintenance principles
  • Practices quick change overs (ex. Six-minute exchange of die)
  • Identifies equipment abnormalities
  • Adapts to process changes including cycle times, set-ups, and tooling
  • Participates in cross-training opportunities
  • Understands the business strategies and motives for continuous improvement
  • Applies profitable sustainability concepts to continuous improvement
• Set-up production equipment
  • Plans for and identifies set-up requirements
  • Selects tools and materials
  • Verifies safety
  • Assembles equipment
  • Performs mechanical set-up according to employer's standard operating procedure manual, and equipment manufacturer's specifications
  • Tests and verifies set-up
  • Adjusts set-up as needed to meet product and production specifications
  • Interprets visual controls accurately
  • Inspects equipment and components