Profession battery assembler

Battery assemblers are welding and assembling the battery components such as electronics parts, wiring, and casing around the cells.

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Personality Type

• Realistic / Conventional

Knowledge

• Electricity

  Understand the principles of electricity and electrical power circuits, as well as the associated risks.

• Battery components

  The physical components, such as wiring, electronics and voltaic cells that can be found in batteries. The components vary according to size and type of battery.

• Battery fluids

  The characteristics and properties of battery fluids.

• Electrical discharge

  Tthe qualities and applications of electrical discharge, including voltage and electrodes.

• Quality standards

  The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.

• Battery chemistry

  The different battery types according to the representative chemical components used in the anode or the cathode such as zinc-carbon, nickel-metal hydride, lead-acid, or lithium-ion.

Skills

• Operate soldering equipment

  Use soldering equipment, such as a soldering gun, a soldering torch or a gas-powered iron, to melt and join together pieces of metal or steel.

• Ensure public safety and security

  Implement the relevant procedures, strategies and use the proper equipment to promote local or national security activities for the protection of data, people, institutions, and property.

• Fasten components

  Fasten components together according to blueprints and technical plans in order to create subassemblies or finished products.

• Ensure conformity to specifications

  Ensure that the assembled products are conform to the specifications given.

• Report defective manufacturing materials

  Maintain required company records and forms in order to report any defective materials or questionable conditions of manufacturing machinery and equipment.

• Adjust voltage

  Adjust voltage in electrical equipment.

• Align components

  Align and lay out components in order to put them together correctly according to blueprints and technical plans.

• Meet deadlines

  Ensure operative processes are finished at a previously agreed-upon time.

• Monitor machine operations

  Observe machine operations and evaluate product quality thereby ensuring conformity to standards.

• Install low voltage wiring

  Plan, deploy, troubleshoot and test low voltage wiring.

• Remove defective products

  Remove defective materials from the production line.

• Wear appropriate protective gear

  Wear relevant and necessary protective gear, such as protective goggles or other eye protection, hard hats, safety gloves.

• Read assembly drawings

  Read and interpret drawings listing all the parts and subassemblies of a certain product. The drawing identifies the different components and materials and provides instructions on how to assemble a product.

• Assemble batteries

  Manufacture batteries using hand tools, power tools or automated machines. Understand and read plans and blueprints regarding the technical aspects of batteries to comprehend specifications and requirements.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB