Is Manufacturing a Fit for You?

Core skills that are necessary for success in these occupations:
- Repairing – Repairing machines or systems using the right tools
- Equipment Maintenance – Planning and doing the basic maintenance on equipment
- Installation – Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs
- Equipment Selection – Deciding what kind of tools and equipment are needed to do a job
- Troubleshooting – Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work
- Operation & Control – Using equipment or systems
- Operation Monitoring – Watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working
- Quality Control Analysis – Testing how well a product or service works
- Technology Design – Making equipment and technology useful for customers
- Monitoring – Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
Career Pathway
Environmental Service Systems
Maintenance, Installation & Repair
Manufacturing Production Process Development
Logistics Planning and Management Services
Production

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