Team Assemblers work as part of a team having responsibility for assembling an entire product or component of a product. Team Assemblers can perform all tasks conducted by the team in the assembly process and rotate through all or most of them rather than being assigned to a specific task on a permanent basis. The Team Assembler may participate in making management decisions affecting the work. Team leaders who work as part of the team should be included in any decisions that need to be made.
Duties:
- The Team Assembler rotates through all the tasks required in a particular production process.
- The Team Assembler determines work assignments and procedures.
- The Team Assembler shovels and sweeps work areas.
- The Team Assembler operates heavy equipment such as forklifts.
- The Team Assembler provides assistance in production of wiring assemblies.
- The Team Assembler needs knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
Skills:
The Team Assembler selects and uses training methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. The Team Assembler gives 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. The Team Assembler conducts tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. The Team Assembler understands the implications of new information for both current and future problem solving and decision making. The Team Assembler teaches others how to do a project while working together in unison on a project. The Team Assembler watches gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. The Team Assembler determines the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. The Team Assembler understands written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. The Team Assembler adjusts actions in relation to others’ actions. The Team Assembler performs routine maintenance on equipment and determines when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
Abilities:
- The Team Assembler needs the ability to quickly move the hand, the hand together with the arm, or the two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
- The Team Assembler needs the ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- The Team Assembler needs the ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- The Team Assembler needs the ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
- The Team Assembler needs the ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
- The Team Assembler needs the ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules such as patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations.
- The Team Assembler needs the ability to see details at close range within a few feet of the observer.
- The Team Assembler needs the ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
- The Team Assembler needs the ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- The Team Assembler needs the ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Work Activities:
The Team Assembler uses hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. The Team Assembler uses either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes not including computers or vehicles. The Team Assembler provides information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. The Team Assembler identifies information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. The Team Assembler inspects equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. The Team Assembler observes, receives, and otherwise obtains information from all relevant sources in order to perform their job function properly.