LASER SETUP OPERATOR 2nd or 3rd Shift

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following.

• 40% Removes lasered components from laser bed and places them on carts/skids.
• 20% Places and aligns raw material on laxer bed utilizing crane assist.
• Reviews part instructions such as assembly layout, blueprints, and sketches, and sets up machine to run production.
• 10% Reviews part instructions such as assembly layout, blueprints, and sketches, and sets up machine to run.
• 10% Performs secondary operations during cycle times.
• 20% Downloads programs for scheduled cutting sequences. Interprets production details such as dimensions and functional requirements, and makes numerical control adjustments to the laser for proper operation. Turns controls of vacuum pump and gas transfer equipment to purge, evacuate, and fill laser body with specified volume and pressure of gases such as helium, neon, or carbon dioxide, to laser beam. Sets up precision electronic and optical instruments to test laser device. Tests laser for gas leaks.
• Other duties may be assigned.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions, risk of electrical shock, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.