Different kinds of specialized workers
work in factories. The workers are placed in a role depending on their
education, certification, and years of experience.
One kind of factory job is a welder.
These workers set up and operate machines that heat, cut, and shape metals into
place. The welder may work in a factory or similar space. Metal-refining
furnace operators and tenders operate or tend furnaces, such as gas, oil, coal,
electric-arc or electric induction, open-hearth or oxygen furnaces to melt and
refine metal before casting or to produce specified types of steel. Pourers and
casters operate hand-controlled mechanisms to pour and regulate the flow of
molten metal into molds to produce castings or ingots. Welding, soldering, and
brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders
set up or operate welding, soldering, or brazing machines or robots that
weld, braze, solder, or heat treat metal products, components, or assemblies.
Another type of worker in a factory is a
machinist. Machinists are skilled tradesmen and women who work with tools such
as lathes, milling machines, and grinders to produce precision metal parts.
They plan and carry out the operations needed to make machined products that
meet precise specifications.
Fab shop operators set up and operate
power press to trim, punch, shape, notch, draw or crimp metal components
according to specifications.
General labors perform a variety of tasks
including physically stacking cases on pallets, checking codes and product
labels, applying labels in a sequential manner to the appropriate pallet. They
collect, sort and process remelt including communication and coordination of
re-melt quantities and inventories to the supervisor.
Maintenance workers perform many duties,
including fixing switches, repairing motors, greasing and lubing parts, adding
oil, repairing faulty wiring, and unclogging drains. They may walk the building
two or three times a day searching for repairs to make. Typically the
maintenance worker cleans up his own debris, sweeps the floor, and puts away
his tools.
Material handlers in factories operate
industrial truck equipment with lifting devices to push, pull, lift, stack,
tier or move products, equipment and material in warehouse, storage yard or
factory. They operate a tugger to deliver necessary parts from the warehouse to
the worksite.
Manufacturing technicians ensure all
processes are set up, operating and monitored in accordance with the
requirements set forth by the manufacturing engineer and customer and support a
smooth product transition into manufacturing. They support and perform research
of customer and supplier documentation.
Assemblers assemble product, partially or
completely, position parts according to knowledge of unit being assembled or
follow blueprints, diagrams, layouts or oral instruction. They must be able to
read build sheets and blueprints. They perform various mechanical and
electrical re-op functions to correct defects identified during the assembly
process and/or during test.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports
that projected factory employment will drop to 11.5 million workers by 2020,
down from 11.9 million in January. Manufacturers' share of the labor market
will likely drop to 7 percent by the end of the decade, according to the
government projections.
There is an abundance of factory jobs in
America. It's just a matter of finding the companies that are hiring.
