Stranding Operator-KSTROP - Night Shift

Description of essential job functions:

Operates strander, strand tubes, forming cable units or cores. Bind core with yarn, binders, and wraps core with Mylar tape as required. Strands to comply with standard lay, core length, and size in accordance with set-up sheet.

Sets up stranders to cable units or cores. Loads tape supply, filler rod, and CSM. Loads binder heads and changes binders as necessary. Loads tube reels and pulls through, ties new supply to previous run. Continues pull through, attaches binders, tapes, etc., and changes dies as necessary; and changes take-up reel.

Core ends attaches to take-up reel as required. Monitor cable at all time during run, and other supplies as necessary. Makes adjustments as necessary, watches binder heads, and take-up reel speeds, and monitors quality.

Unloads finished reels and secures production tags. Fills out production reports and production tag information accurately. Performs minor maintenance, such adjust payoffs, etc. Cleans work area as required. Cleans tooling and return it to its proper positions. Scrap out and or unloads CSM, filler rod, tube payoff reels; properly tagging reels that go back to storage.

• Responsibility for equipment and materials
• Working condition, hazards, etc
• Adaptation or learning period
• Acuteness of senses
• Skill, dexterity, precision
• Education (Formal) high school diploma or GED
• Knowledge of equipment and materials
• Knowledge of methods
• Judgment, decisions, etc.
• Ingenuity, and /or initiative

• Desirable Requirements - Plant Experience
• Background Prerequisites
• Perception: No defects
• Equipment used:
  • Computer, PLC, Strander with reel payoffs, die plates, dies, and tape payoffs. In line equipment to include binder heads, over-all binder heads, taping heads, counter, guides, and take-ups. Supports equipment to include reels (plastic and metal pay-off reels and both metal and wooden take-up reels), power hoist, band mike, cable cutters, scissors, and various hand tools.
• Material Used:
  • Tubes, Mylar tape, tapes, binders, tags, razor blades and various materials.

In order to perform this job satisfactorily, applicant must be able to:

• Damage to equipment is potentially great if equipment in not operated properly. Rework would be substantial through improper placement of supplies in payoff, wrong color binders and operator negligence. A tube lost due to lack of attention would generate excessive scrap.
• Approximately six months
• Must fill our production reports and scheduling information accurately. Be able to read and work simple math problems. A high school education is not required.
• Operator must possess sufficient knowledge about equipment to correct variances during runtime, adjusting and checking results. Adjustments made would be in the order of synchronizing one unit's motion to another, or adjusting where the results of adjustments are not readily seen or measurable. Knowledge of materials is of some magnitude
• Methods are standardized and defined, however, procedure are numerous
• Operates under ready supervision but job requires decisions concerning quality, machine adjustment, and quantities of supplies. Precedent will often guide decisions
• Procedures to be used in scheduling and performing work are clearly outlined. Must organize self and workplace to perform at an acceptable level. Minor adjustments during runtime are common.
• Process and fill out defect tags.

Physical requirements of this job:

• Hazards would include mashed fingers, cuts, bruises, pinch points, and strains. Belts, drives are guarded. Operator stands on a concrete floor.
• No color vision defects, good physical condition
• Strength: to extreme limits when rolling and controlling finished reels
• Endurance: Work requirements are intermittent with runtime
• A degree of dexterity required particularly in loading supplies. Some skill required to adjust binder heads, etc., to achieve desired results. Precision required in measuring, monitoring and maintaining core or unit O.D's work with tolerances to 1/ 10,000 inch