The Fabricator makes, repairs, adapts, and rectifies tools, dies and other pieces of mechanical equipment with high precision specifications and tolerances.
Requirements
- Knowledge of monitoring gauges, dials or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
- Read and understand work orders.
- Knowledge of mathematics and its application.
Responsibilities
- Lays out, positions, aligns, and secures parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers and rulers.
- Examines work pieces for defects and measures work pieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
- Verifies conformance of work pieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
- Sets up and operates fabricating machines, such as brakes, rolls, shears, flame cutters, grinders, and drill presses, to bend, cut, form, punch, drill or otherwise form and assembles components.
- May position, align, fit and weld parts to form complete units or subunits, follows blueprints and layout specifications, and uses appropriate tools and equipment.
- May weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
- Studies engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences.
Other
- Under direct supervision
- Operates all kinds of mechanical tools under the guidance of a supervisor.
- Operates safety equipment and use safe work habits.
- Keeps work area clean.
- Requires manual dexterity, arm-hand steadiness and multi-limb coordination. Ability to handle material up to 100 pounds.
