Engine and Other Machine Assemblers

People in this career often have these skills:

• Operations Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

People in this career often know a lot about:

• Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Production and Processing - Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

People in this career often have talent in:

• Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

People in this career often do these activities:

• Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
• Plan production or operational procedures or sequences.
• Inspect installed components or assemblies.
• Align parts or workpieces to ensure proper assembly.
• Set equipment guides, stops, spacers, or other fixtures.

• Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
• Assemble electromechanical or hydraulic systems.
• Smooth metal surfaces or edges.
• Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.
• Drill holes in parts, equipment, or materials.
• Lay out parts to prepare for assembly.
• Repair parts or assemblies.
• Replace worn equipment components.
• Operate metal or plastic forming equipment.
• Operate grinding equipment.
• Apply lubricants or coolants to workpieces.

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