Profession factory hand
Factory hands assist machine operators and product assemblers. They clean the machines and the working areas. Factory hands make sure supplies and materials are replenished.
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Personality Type
Knowledge
- Cleaning products
The ingredients used in the development of cleaning products, their properties and risks.
- Cleaning techniques
Various techniques and tools used to clean different types of surfaces to achieve a certain degree of cleanliness such as sweeping, vacuuming, degreasing and wet cleaning.
- Industrial tools
The tools and equipment used for industrial purposes, both power and hand tools, and their various uses.
Skills
- Clean equipment
Perform cleaning routines after equipment use.
- Maintain work area cleanliness
Keep the working area and equipment clean and orderly.
- Supply machine
Ensure the machine is fed the necessary and adequate materials and control the placement or automatic feed and retrieval of work pieces in the machines or machine tools on the production line.
- Clean building floors
Clean the floors and stairways of buildings by sweeping, vacuuming, and mopping them, according to hygienic and organisational standards.
- Supply machine with appropriate tools
Supply the machine with the necessary tools and items for a particular production purpose.
- Wear appropriate protective gear
Wear relevant and necessary protective gear, such as protective goggles or other eye protection, hard hats, safety gloves.
- Clean surfaces
Disinfect surfaces in accordance with sanitary standards.
Optional knowledge and skills
align components manage delivery of raw materials lift heavy weights work safely with machines store goods operate industrial equipment use power tools maintain machinery troubleshoot quality standards operate floor cleaning equipment pack goods operate grease gunSource: Sisyphus ODB