Manufacturing Production Technicians

Set up and verify the functionality of safety equipment.

Adhere to all applicable regulations, policies, and procedures for health, safety, and environmental compliance.

Calibrate or adjust equipment to ensure quality production, using tools such as calipers, micrometers, height gauges, protractors, or ring gauges.

Monitor and adjust production processes or equipment for quality and productivity.

Inspect finished products for quality and adherence to customer specifications.

Troubleshoot problems with equipment, devices, or products.

Test products or subassemblies for functionality or quality.

Provide advice or training to other technicians.

Set up and operate production equipment in accordance with current good manufacturing practices and standard operating procedures.

Select cleaning materials, tools, or equipment.

Plan and lay out work to meet production and schedule requirements.

Install new manufacturing equipment.

Assist engineers in developing, building, or testing prototypes or new products, processes, or procedures.

Start up and shut down processing equipment.

Prepare and assemble materials.

Keep manufacturing production logs.

Measure and record data associated with operating equipment.

Build product subassemblies or final assemblies.

Prepare production documents, such as standard operating procedures, manufacturing batch records, inventory reports, or productivity reports.

Provide production, progress, or changeover reports to shift supervisors.

Maintain inventory of job materials.

Clean production equipment or work areas.

Conduct environmental safety inspections in accordance with standard protocols to ensure that production activities comply with environmental regulations or standards.

Transfer hazardous or nonhazardous waste materials to collection areas for disposal, recycling, or reuse.

Clean scrap materials for recycling or reuse, such as preparing aluminum scrap for cold-bonding processes or preparing paper for pulping or ink removal processes.

Collect hazardous or nonhazardous waste or scrap materials in correctly labeled barrels or other containers.

Package finished products.

Separate scrap or waste materials for recycling, reuse, or environmentally sound disposal.

Build packaging for finished products.

Ship packages, following carrier specifications.