AMC 1050 - Certified Production Tech

• Explain why manufacturing is an excellent career choice.
• Understand the major sub-industries within manufacturing.
• Understand the major responsibilities of a frontline production worker.
• Understand the six major concentrations in frontline manufacturing.
• Explain the importance of MSSC certification.
• Identify agencies that regulate safety in the workplace.
• Describe the role of a safety committee.
• Demonstrate knowledge of proper personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Demonstrate knowledge of safety issues and practices to prevent accidents or recommend action in the workplace.
• Explain how to handle hazardous materials and hazardous waste safely.
• Define Quality in reference to advanced manufacturing.
• Explain the key elements of a quality system.
• Explain the purpose of quality management systems.
• Explain the importance of data collection and analysis to quality.
• Identify statistical tools used in process improvement.
• Identify the roles of management and production workers regarding quality.
• Describe inspection procedures.
• Identify methods of inspecting materials, processes, and final products.
• Explain the purpose of documentation and record keeping for inspections.
• Explain the purpose of a quality audit.
• Describe the procedures of a quality audit and how results are reported.
• Identify conditions that require preventative or corrective actions.
• Explain the process of root cause failure analysis.
• Identify when to use preventative action and when to use corrective action.
• Understand principles of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).
• Understand what equipment is to be maintained and monitored.
• Understand how to troubleshoot to identify a problem with equipment.
• Understand preventive maintenance schedules.
• Understand materials management to know what is recyclable and what is not.
• Use appropriate maintenance tools to maintain machines.
• Use monitoring or diagnostic devices to find out when equipment is operating correctly.
• Ensure that equipment is producing a quality product using statistical methods charts.
• Understand which forms and procedures to correctly documenting processes.
• Understand the repair of equipment using diagrams, schematics, manuals and specifications.
• Verify machine safety through proper set‐up.
• Understand safety procedures to prevent accidents.
• Know the certification/license requirements to operate specific equipment.
• Understand how to use and store hazardous materials and chemicals (e.g., compliance with SDS.
• Understand electrical systems reliability issues, including knowledge of when to inform maintenance.
• Understand pneumatic systems reliability issues, including knowledge of when to inform maintenance.
• Understand hydraulic systems reliability issues, including knowledge of when to inform maintenance.
• Understand machine automation systems reliability issues, including knowledge of when to inform maintenance.
• Understand and interpret specifications, drawings, and work orders.
• Identify the major stages of production, production resources, and factors for production method selection.
• Identify the six (6) types of simple machines, operation and application of levers, and concepts of force and weight.
• Understand the effects of friction on machine operation, operation of machine linkages, cams, and turnbuckles.
• Understand production process types and the operation/application of casting, molding, machining, finishing, assembly, separation, conditioning, combining, and filling.
• Understand types, applications and use of hand tools, portable power tools, and equipment.
• Understand and interpret standard operating procedures, read technical manuals to obtain information and machine operating procedures.
• Understand basic concepts of production planning, work flow, and facilities layout; identify bottlenecks and ways to balance workflow, lean manufacturing concepts, product cost estimating.
• Understand types of inventory and inventory management concepts, read a bill of material, identify cost of downtime.
• Understand types and applications of product packaging, packaging regulations and laws; select packaging for products.
• Understand methods and applications of transporting produced products, interpret shipping documents, use a tracking system.
• Implement and promote environmental programs, projects, policies, and procedures.
• Conduct environmental incident and hazard investigations.
• Conduct preventative environmental inspections.