LEAP@ForsythTech

On-the-job Training

• Insuring Shop Safety
  • Follow employer safety requirements, including the consistent and proper use of protective clothing and personal safety devices
  • Maintain a clean and orderly workplace, storing chemicals and corrosive or combustible materials properly and disposing of waste products according to company policies and local/federal laws and regulations
  • Use, store, and maintain hand-tools properly to eliminate trip hazards, injury, electrocution, or damage
  • Lift supplies and materials using proper body mechanics and assistive devices, such as hoists, lifts, forklifts, and straps
  • Report and respond promptly, safely, and appropriately to emergency or hazardous situations and troubleshoot any issues that may arise
  • Use lock-out/tag-out procedures when working with appropriate tools and equipment
• Quality Inspection
  • Recognize and obtain the necessary tools and set up inspection independently
  • Use proper tools to conduct inspection independently
  • Calibrates inspection instruments as needed, using appropriate standards
  • Document appropriate information, such as product quality parameters, lot numbers, or other relevant information
  • Identifies and understands causes of rejection, creates and ensures a corrective action plan on any defects or rejections.
• Calculations
  • Reads, interprets blueprints and specifications, incorporates customer, vendor, and employer specifications when conducting inspections.
  • Determines unstated or hidden dimensions from a blueprint, working with fractions/decimals or other math skills.
  • Perform statistical analysis
• Quality Equipment Maintenance
  • Clean up tooling, equipment, and work spaces
  • Sanitize equipment according to applicable standards
• Use of Computer Software
  • Able to proficiently work in Microsoft Suite of programs
  • Able to proficiently work in engineering related software programs
• Documentation Writing
  • Electronically write or revise standard quality control operating procedures as needed
  • Write technical reports or documentation, such as deviation reports, testing protocols, and trend analyses
• Effective Communication
  • Clearly and openly communicate concerns about quality or quantity of production with appropriate individual, and colleagues in the production chain
  • Able to communicate with onsite vendors/clients as to what tests have been performed and answer any additional questions or concerns that vendors/clients may have
  • Able to communicate effectively with outside vendors to approve materials or operations to check finished product.
• Quality Auditing
  • Performs product and process audits to ensure quality of product delivered from the production line and any products delivered from vendors and/or customers
  • Monitor production quality, including the inspection of parts and products, and troubleshoot if necessary to improve quality and accuracy
  • Able to perform quality audits per internal and regulatory governing processes
  • Able to adjust to changes in production requirements of schedule to ensure quality inspection activities are performed in a timely fashion so that products can be delivered on time
• Continuous Improvement
  • Determine the impact of production time, material supply, and quality and quantity on the business goals of the employer, its supply chain, and its customers
  • Understand the proprietary nature of materials and how it relates to the business goals and functions
  • Prepares original fixtures or methods for cost effective minimization of defects.
  • Participate in cross training activities to expand knowledge and skill set
  • Able to train other quality engineering technicians on proper protocol, processes, and needs to perform necessary work.
  • Participate in the calculation of costs and revenue, as related to production and business goals
  • Recommend design changes that will help enhance quality, reliability, and self-life of product designed.