Basic skill set items

[QAFitz]

I'm looking for input on necessary skills for two different positions. One position is a working General Foreman in a machine shop, in the USA (rust belt area - Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Erie, Pittsburgh etc.), specializing in fasteners. The other position is a Quality Manager in the same environment. The shop size is approx 40K Sq.Ft., and between 30 - 40 shop floor personnel, including 3 Inspectors. CNC's, turret lathes, bridgeports, power saws, thread rolling machines, forging press, etc.
These are some of the common basic skills necessary - in no specific order. Please feel free to add to the list:
- read and write in English (both)
- read blue prints specific to fasteners (both)
- have your own tools (G. Foreman)
- use micrometers, calipers, thread ring and plug gauges,
pitch micrometer (both)
- use optical comparator (both)
- use optical comparator with digital readout (Q. Manager)
- use hardness tester, RbW and RcW scales primarily
(Q. Manager)
- create and edit 'Excel' spreadsheets (Q. Manager)
- create and edit 'Word' documents (Q. Manager)
- read and interpret ANSI dimensional Standards (both)
- read and interpret ASTM & SAE Standards
- work to established Procedures and Operating Policies
(both)
- enforce working to established Procedures and Operating
Policies (both)
- release material to the floor (both)
- maintain material traceability (both)

etc...etc

 

[MikeHalloran]

- Show real habitual commitment to shop safety.
I.e., anyone who starts toward the shop wearing a tie or not wearing safety glasses is politely directed to the exit instead.





Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

 

[KENAT]

Minor point, but " - read and interpret ANSI dimensional Standards (both)" depending what standards you mean, they may be ASME std's now and it might be worth explicitly stating which ones you mean. For instance if you mean ASME Y14.5 I'd say so, especially if a certain version.

Do you have any requirement for familiarity with ISO 9001 or related industry Quality standards?

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[TheTick]

[ul][li]Patience[/li]
[li]Persistence[/li]
[li]Ability to deal with junior high study hall mentality while still maintaining self-respect and ability to functin as an adult.[/li][/ul]

 

[ScottyUK]

In the case of the foreman, the ability to do the machinists jobs. Maybe not quite as fast or quite as well as the regular guys, but enough to know when the shop floor are not performing.


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[impeller1]

"Ability to deal with junior high study hall mentality while still maintaining self-respect and ability to functin as an adult."

I second that. Those shop guys in my country feel like you're only supposed to give them simple jobs to do and they still complain

 

[desertfox]

Hi QAFitz

For the General Foreman:- Someone well experienced with all aspects of machining so that when someone asks him "whats the best way to machine this" he will be able to answer.

For the Quality Manager:- Someone who understands engineering and the importance of the product your making and not someone who thinks everything is satisfactory because all the right boxes are ticked on a piece of paper.

desertfox

 

[rbulsara]

Your offer for the compensation must also commensurate with the length of the qualification list. It's easy to make a wish list.

Rafiq Bulsara

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