Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers

Assemble or modify electrical or electronic equipment, such as computers, test equipment telemetering systems, electric motors, and batteries.

Job Task

• Fabricates and forms parts, coils, and structures according to specifications, using drill, calipers, cutters, and saws.
• Inspects units to detect malfunctions, and adjusts, repairs, or replaces component parts to ensure conformance to specifications.
• Assembles systems and support structures, and installs components, units, and printed circuit boards, following specifications and using hand tools and power tools.
• Positions, aligns, and adjusts workpieces and electrical parts to facilitate wiring and assembly.
• Assists or confers with supervisor or engineer to plan and review work activities and to resolve production problems.
• Cleans parts, using cleaning solution, airhose, and cloth.
• Instructs customers in installation, repair, and maintenance of products and explains assembly procedures or techniques to workers.
• Marks and tags components to track and identify stock inventory.
• Paints structures as specified, using paint sprayer.
• Packs finished assemblies for shipment and transports to storage areas, using hoists or handtrucks.
• Completes, reviews, and maintains production, time, and component waste reports.
• Selects or distributes materials, supplies, and subassemblies to work area.
• Tests wiring installations, assemblies, and circuits for resistance factors and operational defects, and records results.
• Measures and adjusts voltages to specified value to determine operational accuracy of instruments.
• Reads and interprets schematic drawings, diagrams, blueprints, specifications, work orders, and reports to determine materials requirements and assembly instructions.
• Drills and taps holes in specified locations to mount control units and to provide openings for elements, wiring, and instruments.

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