Western Piedmont Community College

On-the-job Training

• Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
  • Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments, such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
  • Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
• Calculate dimensions of workpieces, products, or equipment.
  • Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments, such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
• Operate cutting equipment.
  • Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
  • Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
• Operate grinding equipment.
  • Machine parts to specifications, using machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders
• Operate metal or plastic forming equipment.
  • Set up, adjust, or operate basic or specialized machine tools used to perform precision machining operations
  • Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
• Program equipment to perform production tasks.
  • Program computers or electronic instruments, such as numerically controlled machine tools.
• Monitor equipment operation to ensure proper functioning.
  • Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
• Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
  • Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
• Maintain production or processing equipment.
  • Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
• Assemble machine tools, parts, or fixtures.
  • Fit and assemble parts to make or repair machine tools.
• Determine metal or plastic production methods.
  • Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties, and mathematics.
• Prepare fabrics or materials for processing or production.
  • Support metalworking projects from planning and fabrication through assembly, inspection, and testing, using knowledge of machine functions, metal properties, and mathematics.
• Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment.
  • Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines
  • Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment
• Conduct test runs of production equipment.
  • Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency
  • Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions, for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
• Exchange information with colleagues.
  • Confer with numerical control programmers to check and ensure that new programs or machinery will function properly and that output will meet specifications.
  • Confer with engineering, supervisory, or manufacturing personnel to exchange technical information.
• Advise others on ways to improve processes or products.
  • Evaluate machining procedures and recommend changes or modifications for improved efficiency or adaptability
  • Advise clients about the materials being used for finished products
• Install mechanical components in production equipment.
  • Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
• Design tools, fixtures, or other devices for production equipment.
  • Design fixtures, tooling, or experimental parts to meet special engineering needs.
• Diagnose equipment malfunctions.
  • Diagnose machine tool malfunctions to determine need for adjustments or repairs.
• Dispose of trash or waste materials.
  • Dispose of scrap or waste material in accordance with company policies and environmental regulations.
• Draw guide lines or markings on materials or workpieces using patterns or other references.
  • Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
• Measure materials to mark reference points, cutting lines, or other indicators.
  • Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
• Disassemble equipment for maintenance or repair.
  • Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
• Replace worn equipment components.
  • Dismantle machines or equipment, using hand tools or power tools to examine parts for defects and replace defective parts where needed.
• Sort recyclable materials.
  • Separate scrap waste and related materials for reuse, recycling, or disposal.
• Operate welding equipment.
  • Set up or operate metalworking, brazing, heat-treating, welding, or cutting equipment.
• Test materials, solutions, or samples.
  • Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions, for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.
• Monitor lubrication of equipment or workpieces.
  • Check work pieces to ensure that they are properly lubricated or cooled.
• Create diagrams or blueprints for workpieces or products.
  • Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance.
• Plan production or operational procedures or sequences.
  • Establish work procedures for fabricating new structural products, using a variety of metalworking machines.
• Assemble electromechanical or hydraulic systems.
  • Install experimental parts or assemblies, such as hydraulic systems, electrical wiring, lubricants, or batteries into machines or mechanisms.