Mining, Energy, Manufacturing

MANUFACTURING

Pathway 1: Health, Safety and Environmental Assurance

Employees in Health, Safety, and Environmental Assurance ensure that the equipment is being used safely in the workplace; plan for safety in new production processes; conduct health, safety and/or environmental incident and hazard investigations; conduct preventive health, safety, and/or environmental incident and hazard inspections; and implement health, safety, and/or environmental programs, projects, policies, or procedures. They may train workers in health, safety, and/or environmental issues, and provide event documentation.

Pathway 2: Logistics and Inventory Control

People with careers in Logistics and Inventory Control work with an inventory of raw materials and finished parts. They move raw materials to the production line, unload trucks with raw materials, wrap pallets of finished products for shipment, and communicate with traffic managers.

Pathway 3: Maintenance, Installation & Repair

People with careers in Maintenance, Installation and Repair perform preventive maintenance procedures on machines, tools, and equipment. These are performed routinely and on a regular basis. They also troubleshoot and repair electrical, electronic, and mechanical systems. This will include mechanical repair as well as using computer-based inventory control systems, retrieving information histories on each machine from computer records, and recording repair activities on the system to keep accurate records of repairs performed on each machine.

Sample Occupations

• Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers

• Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers

• Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers

• Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers

• Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers

• Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment

• Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay

• First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

• Geothermal Technicians

• Home Appliance Repairers

• Industrial Machinery Mechanics

• Locksmiths and Safe Repairers

• Maintenance and Repair Workers, General

• Maintenance Workers, Machinery

• Medical Appliance Technicians

• Medical Equipment Repairers

• Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners

• Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics

• Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers

• Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers

• Watch and Clock Repairers

• Wind Turbine Service Technicians

Pathway 4: Manufacturing Production Process Development

Employees in Manufacturing Production Process Development are responsible for product design and design of the manufacturing process. They work with customers to ensure the manufacturing process produces a product that meets or exceeds customer expectations. They also monitor the manufacturing process and the materials used to manufacture the product.

Sample Occupations

• Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians

• Automotive Engineering Technicians

• Calibration Technologists and Technicians

• Chemical Technicians

• Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

• Electrical and Electronics Drafters

• Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians

• Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians

• Mechanical Drafters

• Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians

• Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians

• Non-Destructive Testing Specialists

• Nuclear Monitoring Technicians

• Nuclear Technicians

• Photonics Technicians

• Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products

• Robotics Technicians

Pathway 5: Production

People with careers in production work on the shop floor making parts or assembling them. They work with machines, making or assembling electronic parts, constructing or assembling modular housing, performing welding jobs, or printing various materials.

Sample Occupations

• Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders

• Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers

• Biofuels Processing Technicians

• Biomass Plant Technicians

• Butchers and Meat Cutters

• Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters

• Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders

• Chemical Plant and System Operators

• Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders

• Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

• Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers

• Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators

• Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers

• Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders

• Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

• Cutters and Trimmers, Hand

• Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

• Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

• Dental Laboratory Technicians

• Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

• Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers

• Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers

• Engine and Other Machine Assemblers

• Etchers and Engravers

• Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

• Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers

• Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

• Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers

• Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators

• First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers

• Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders

• Food Batchmakers

• Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders

• Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

• Foundry Mold and Coremakers

• Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders

• Furniture Finishers

• Gas Plant Operators

• Gem and Diamond Workers

• Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers

• Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand

• Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

• Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

• Helpers--Production Workers

• Hydroelectric Plant Technicians

• Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers

• Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

• Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic

• Machine Feeders and Offbearers

• Machinists

• Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

• Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders

• Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

• Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

• Model Makers, Metal and Plastic

• Model Makers, Wood

• Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic

• Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

• Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

• Nuclear Power Reactor Operators

• Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians

• Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders

• Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers

• Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

• Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic

• Patternmakers, Wood

• Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers

• Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators

• Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

• Potters, Manufacturing

• Pourers and Casters, Metal

• Power Distributors and Dispatchers

• Power Plant Operators

• Recycling and Reclamation Workers

• Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

• Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

• Semiconductor Processing Technicians

• Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

• Sewers, Hand

• Sewing Machine Operators

• Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers

• Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders

• Slaughterers and Meat Packers

• Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing

• Team Assemblers

• Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders

• Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

• Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

• Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

• Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters

• Tire Builders

• Tool and Die Makers

• Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners

• Upholsterers

• Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

• Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

• Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing

Pathway 6: Quality Assurance

Quality Assurance employees assure that standards and procedures are adhered to and that delivered products or services meet performance requirements. They may have responsibility for monitoring and maintaining the quality of parts and manufacturing processes. This could include identifying the raw product to ensure it meets specifications, as well as measuring or otherwise testing products and parts to ensure they meet required customer specifications.

Sample Occupations

• Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers

• Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

• Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping