Careers in Production

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers

Production

Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of production and operating workers, such as inspectors, precision workers, machine setters and operators, assemblers, fabricators, and plant and system operators. Excludes team or work leaders.

Requires Vocational Training or a Diploma

Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers

Production

Assemble, fit, fasten, and install parts of airplanes, space vehicles, or missiles, such as tails, wings, fuselage, bulkheads, stabilizers, landing gear, rigging and control equipment, or heating and ventilating systems.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers

Production

Wind wire coils used in electrical components, such as resistors and transformers, and in electrical equipment and instruments, such as field cores, bobbins, armature cores, electrical motors, generators, and control equipment.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers

Production

Assemble or modify electrical or electronic equipment, such as computers, test equipment telemetering systems, electric motors, and batteries.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers

Production

Assemble or modify electromechanical equipment or devices, such as servomechanisms, gyros, dynamometers, magnetic drums, tape drives, brakes, control linkage, actuators, and appliances.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers

Production

Construct, assemble, or rebuild machines, such as engines, turbines, and similar equipment used in such industries as construction, extraction, textiles, and paper manufacturing.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters

Production

Fabricate, position, align, and fit parts of structural metal products.

Requires Vocational Training or a Diploma

Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators

Production

Laminate layers of fiberglass on molds to form boat decks and hulls, bodies for golf carts, automobiles, or other products.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters

Production

Perform precision assembling or adjusting, within narrow tolerances, of timing devices such as digital clocks or timing devices with electrical or electronic components.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Team Assemblers

Production

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. May participate in making management decisions affecting the work. Includes team leaders who work as part of the team.

Requires a Matric Certificate