Helpers--Production Workers

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Job Outlook:
None
Education: High school diploma or equivalent
Salary
High: $47,680.00
Average: $35,740.00
Hourly
Average: $17.18

What they do:

Help production workers by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include supplying or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

On the job, you would:

  • Load and unload items from machines, conveyors, and conveyances.
  • Operate machinery used in the production process, or assist machine operators.
  • Place products in equipment or on work surfaces for further processing, inspecting, or wrapping.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

78% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
75% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
69% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
66% Self-Control  -  Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
66% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

100% Realistic  -  Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
67% Conventional  -  Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Values of the Work Environment

67% Support  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.

Job Details

Responsibilities
Operate industrial equipment.
Inspect work to ensure standards are met.
Watch operating equipment to detect malfunctions.
Notify others of equipment repair or maintenance needs.
Lift materials or workpieces using cranes or other lifting equipment.
Count finished products or workpieces.
Mark products, workpieces, or equipment with identifying information.
Load materials into production equipment.
Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.
Clean work areas.
Clean production equipment.
Clean production equipment.
Lubricate production equipment.
Record operational or production data.
Operate industrial equipment.
Sort materials or products for processing, storing, shipping, or grading.
Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of water, cleaning solutions, or other liquids.
Load materials into production equipment.
Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.
Package products for storage or shipment.
Package products for storage or shipment.
Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
Signal others to coordinate work activities.
Prepare materials for processing.
Weigh finished products.
Feed materials or products into or through equipment.
Record operational or production data.
Mix substances to create chemical solutions.
Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment.
Maneuver workpieces in equipment during production.
Clean work areas.
Clean production equipment.
Clean workpieces or finished products.
Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.
Lift materials or workpieces using cranes or other lifting equipment.
Load materials into production equipment.
Prepare materials for processing.
Install mechanical components in production equipment.
Trim excess material from workpieces.
Replace worn equipment components.
Repair production equipment or tools.
Lift materials or workpieces using cranes or other lifting equipment.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

99% Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets  -  How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets?
91% Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls  -  How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
83% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
79% Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable  -  How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable?
77% Time Pressure  -  How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
76% Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions  -  How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
72% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
72% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
72% Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment  -  How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.)
71% Contact With Others  -  How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
69% Spend Time Standing  -  How much does this job require standing?
69% Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)?
67% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
67% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Tasks & Values

79% Handling and Moving Objects  -  Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
76% Performing General Physical Activities  -  Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
75% Controlling Machines and Processes  -  Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
68% Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events  -  Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
66% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.

Getting Started

Education:
49%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
32%
Less than a High School Diploma

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