Mechatronics Technician (Basic, fitter-focus)

Urban Institute

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Work Process Content

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Skills

Follows work processes closely to ensure a safe environment

Identifies contact points within organization (Core)
Follows company policies and regulations (Core)
Recognizes safety, health, and environmental requirements in all departments (Core)
Recognizes safety machinery procedures (Core)

Communicates and works well within a team environment

Reliably follows the instructions of others (Core)
Willingly asks questions about things not fully understood (Core)
Works with due regard to the safety of others (Core)
Establishes a system of maintaining appropriate notes and reminders and completes any required logs, calibration records, etc. (Core)
Ensures proper communications between previous and next shifts, with operations, and with supervision (Core)
Identifies problems and changes which could lead to problems through the exchange of information with operators, supervisors, and others (Core)
Establishes trust and rapport with operators, supervisors, and others (Core)

Works capably with technical documentation

Reads and interprets mechanical drawings (Core)
Reads and interprets fluid power (hydraulics/pneumatics) (Core)
Reads and interprets electrical drawings (Core)
Reads and interprets Process and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) and process control loop drawings (Core)
Reads and interprets vendor information (Core)

Works capably with a computer

Uses a personal computer (PC) with appropriate windows or Linux operating systems (Core)
Uses basic computer office tools such as word processing, spreadsheet, and database (Core)
Uses a browser and accesses the internet to retrieve information, configures wired and wireless networking, and installs applications (Core)
Uses a tablet device (Core)
Adds user accounts to a PC (Core)
Installs and uses anti-virus software and follows a security policy (Core)

Installs and sets up a machine

Locates a machine according to a print (Core)
Levels a machine (non-critical machines +/- 1/8") (Core)
Verifies circuit size and protection (Core)
Verifies proper voltage and phasing, grounding, and proper guards are in place (Core)
Installs proper mounts and raceways for adding a component (such as a sensor) or interlocking a machine (Core)
Properly sizes, installs, labels, and tests circuit conductors for adding a component or interlocking a machine (Core)
Properly lays out, cuts, drills, taps, and assembles a control station for an addition to a machine (Core)
Connects compressed air to a machine from a supply header and verifies proper air pressures and volumes for a machine (Core)
Adds pneumatic or hydraulic components and lines to a machine (Core)
Aligns and adjusts shafts, motors, belts, and chains on a machine (Core)
Verifies proper operation of all safety devices and circuits on a machine and checks and verifies circuits on a machine (Core)
Checks, lubricates, and powers up a machine (Core)
Verifies proper current draw of a machine and machine operation according to a sequence of operation (Core)

Performs work with material transfer conveyors

Assembles rollers and belts (Core)
Adjusts height and distance to adjoining belts (Core)
Reverses direction of travel (Core)
Sets and adjusts tracking (Core)
Measures and adjusts belt speed (Core)
Determines if proper guards are in place (Core)
Adjusts and modifies guards and verifies safe operation meets OSHA standards (Core)

Understands, identifies, locates malfunctions, removes, replaces, adjusts and returns to service industrial components

Installs and troubleshoots key mechanical components (Core)
Installs and troubleshoots electrical components (Core)
Installs and troubleshoots electronic sensors and components (Core)
Installs and troubleshoots electrical control components (Core)
Installs and troubleshoots fluid power components (Core)
Installs and troubleshoots vacuum system components (Core)

Works with PLCs

Installs basic components of a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) including racks, ethernet, power supply, processor, and single point digital input/output modules (Core)
Connects power and digital input/output (I/O) wiring to a PLC (Core)
Selects and appropriately connects sinking and sourcing inputs and outputs (Core)
Configures and connects a laptop or other programming device to a PLC to upload, download, and save a program (Core)
Changes preset timer and counter values and applies and removes forces from a program (Core)
Troubleshoots a machine or process by observing PLC indicator lights and reviewing the PLC software ladder diagram (relays, timers, and counters) (Core)
Adds a function to a machine or process that requires wiring of additional I/O and basic ladder logic programming (Core)
Troubleshoots a PLC or a PLC controlled machine or process by observing input and output conditions and monitoring the program in real time (Core)
Properly installs and terminates wiring for low level analog signals (Optional)
Troubleshoots a machine or process utilizing a PLC or a Programmable Automation Controller (PAC) that implements closed loop process control and general purpose multi-axis motion control (Optional)

Performs work with robotic systems

Exercises appropriate safety procedures for working with robots (Core)
Identifies the types of robots (Core)
Programs robot movement with a teach pendant (Core)
Uploads, downloads, saves, and runs a robot program (Core)
Interfaces a robot to a conveyor system (Core)
Interfaces an end effector to a robot controller (Core)
Calibrates a robot to a conveyor system (Core)
Interfaces a robot to a vision system (Optional)
Sets up lighting for a vision system (Optional)
Teaches a vision system how to identify and orient good and bad products (Optional)
Troubleshoots a robot system, replaces components, and returns to operation (Core)
Performs repair procedures on a robot arm (Core)

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