Soldering and General Assembly

Job Summary

Set up, operate, hand tool(s) for soldering that solder, or heat treat assorted types of wire products, components, or assemblies.

Education and Experience

High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)

Less than a High School Diploma

Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in computer services, personal services, engineering technologies, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)

Skills

Basic Skills

• Active Learning Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problemsolving and decisionmaking.
• Active Listening Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Critical Thinking Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Learning Strategies Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
• Mathematics Using mathematics to solve problems.
• Monitoring Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Reading Comprehension Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in workrelated documents.
• Speaking Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Writing Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Social Skills

• Coordination Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Instructing Teaching others how to do something.
• Negotiation Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
• Service Orientation Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Social Perceptiveness Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Complex Problem Solving Skills

• Complex Problem Solving Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Technical Skills

• Equipment Maintenance Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
• Equipment Selection Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
• Installation Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
• Operation and Control Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Operations Analysis Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
• Operations Monitoring Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Quality Control Analysis Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
• Repairing Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
• Technology Design Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
• Troubleshooting Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
• Tools the use of assorted hand tools, examples are wire cutters, wire strippers, pliers, screw diver and battery or pneumatic screw gun/drill

Systems Skills

• Judgment and Decision Making Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Systems Analysis Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
• Systems Evaluation Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

Primary Job Duties

• Set up, operate, tools that join or bond components to fabricate metal products or assemblies.
• Give directions to other workers regarding machine setup and use.
• Correct problems by adjusting controls or by stopping machines and opening holding devices.
• Inspect, measure, or test completed assemblies to ensure conformance to specifications, using measuring and testing devices.
• Read work orders, or production schedules to determine product or job instructions or specifications.
• Assemble, align, and clamp workpieces into holding fixtures to bond, heattreat, or solder fabricated components.
• Lay out, fit, or connect parts to be bonded, calculating production measurements, as necessary.
• Conduct trial runs before soldering and make necessary adjustments to equipment.
• Remove completed workpieces or parts from machinery, using hand tools.
• Prepare materials/components or workpieces, using handoperated equipment, such as grinders, cutters, or drills.
• Clean, lubricate, maintain, and adjust equipment to maintain efficient operation, using air hoses, cleaning fluids, and hand tools.
• Transfer components, metal products, or assemblies, using moving equipment.

Activities

Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.

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

Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.

Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

About Whirlwind Music Distributors Inc.

We are proud to be nearing our 50th year of leading an audio Interface Industry, an industry we helped create. 49 years later, we offer the world's most extensive custom service capabilities on the planet. We are Innovators, technicians, and artists. Our brand is synonymous with roadworthy, dependable and American made. With the addition of our Power Link® capabilities, combined with our Fiber Optic dept., there's no end where we'll be in the next 50 years!