9527 – Machine operators and inspectors, electrical apparatus manufacturing

Machine operators in electrical apparatus manufacturing operate machinery or equipment to fabricate complete products or parts for use in the assembly of electrical appliances and equipment, and electrical apparatus, such as batteries, fuses and plugs. Inspectors inspect and test completed parts and production items. Workers in this unit group are employed by electrical appliance and electrical equipment manufacturing companies.

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Index of titles

Example titles

Arbor press tender – electrical equipment manufacturing

Armature tester

Assembly machine setter – electrical equipment manufacturing

Assembly machine set-up person – electrical equipment manufacturing

Automatic coil winder – electrical equipment manufacturing

Balancing machine operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Balancing machine operator – small electric motors

Balancing machine tender – electrical equipment manufacturing

Base filler – electrical equipment manufacturing

Base-filling machine operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Base-filling machine tender – electrical equipment manufacturing

Battery assembler

Battery case inspector and tester

Battery case inspector and tester – electrical equipment manufacturing

Battery charger – electrical equipment manufacturing

Battery charger assembler

Battery charger operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Battery maker

Brush lacer and trimmer – electrical equipment manufacturing

Brush-lacing and trimming operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Cable-coding machine tender – electrical equipment manufacturing

Cable-marking machine tender – electrical equipment manufacturing

Cement-filling machine operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Charger – electrical equipment manufacturing

Charger operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Charging room operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Coater – electrical equipment manufacturing

Coating machine operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Coding machine tender – electrical equipment manufacturing

Crimping machine tender – electrical equipment manufacturing

Dip and bake operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Dry battery coremaking machine tender

Dry battery inspector – electrical equipment manufacturing

Dry battery process room operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Dry battery tester – electrical equipment manufacturing

Dry cell and battery assembler

Dry cell assembler

Dry cell assembly machine feeder – electrical equipment manufacturing

Dry cell battery assembler

Dry cell capping machine tender – electrical equipment manufacturing

Dry cell charge machine operator

Dry cell charge machine operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Dry cell charger operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Dry cell coremaking machine tender

Dry cell coremaking machine tender – electrical equipment manufacturing

Dry cell sealer – electrical equipment manufacturing

Dry cell tester – electrical equipment manufacturing

Dry cell tube machine assembler – electrical equipment manufacturing

Electric bulb maker

Electric fuse maker

Electrical connection crimper

Electrical dry battery inspector

Electrical dry cell inspector

Electrical dry cell inspector – electrical equipment manufacturing

Electrical dry cell-making inspector

Electrical equipment base filler

Electrical equipment impregnator

Electrical equipment manufacturing machine operator

Electrical lamp-making machine set-up man/woman

Electrical lead acid storage battery filler

Electrical light bulb inspector

Electrical plug maker

Electrical storage battery charger operator

Electrical storage battery inspector

Electrical storage battery plate washer and dryer

Electrical storage battery repairer – electrical equipment manufacturing

Electrical storage battery tester

Electrical-equipment-impregnating machine operator

Electrode installer

Electrolytic anode changer

Encapsulator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Epoxy coater – electrical equipment manufacturing

Epoxy coating machine operator

Epoxy coating machine operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Epoxy encapsulator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Filling machine tender – electrical equipment manufacturing

Flat battery maker

Flat cell maker – electrical equipment manufacturing

Flat dry battery assembler

Flat dry cell assembler

Flat dry cell machine tender – electrical equipment manufacturing

Foam machine operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Forming room operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Heat seal equipment operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Heating element coil former – electrical equipment manufacturing

Heating element coil-former operator

Heavy-duty electrical battery charger tester

Incandescent lamp making inspector

Industrial battery assembler

Industrial storage battery plate assembler

Lamination-stacking machine tender – electrical equipment manufacturing

Lamp filament processor

Lead acid battery parts inspector

Lead acid battery production tester – electrical equipment manufacturing

Lead acid electrical battery production tester

Lead acid storage battery plate former – electrical equipment manufacturing

Lead acid storage battery plate maker

Lead acid storage battery tester

Lead acid storage battery tester – electrical equipment manufacturing

Lead former – electrical equipment manufacturing

Light bulb inspector

Light bulb inspector and tester

Light bulb maker

Light bulb making inspector

Light bulb making machine operator

Light bulb tester

Light-bulb-sealing machine operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Light-bulb-sealing machine tender – electrical equipment manufacturing

Machine base cement filler – electrical equipment manufacturing

Machine operator – electrical appliance and equipment manufacturing

Machine operator – electrical appliance manufacturing

Machine operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Machine riveter – electrical equipment manufacturing

Machine set-up operator – electric equipment manufacturing

Machine set-up operator – electrical appliance manufacturing

Machine set-up operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Machine sleeve assembler – electrical equipment manufacturing

Machine tube assembler – electrical equipment manufacturing

Machine tuber – electrical equipment manufacturing

Machine wire-cutter and wire-stripper – electrical equipment manufacturing

Operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Pasting machine operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Plate-parting machine operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Press operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Press tender – electrical equipment manufacturing

Production line battery repairer – electrical equipment manufacturing

Production line setter and servicer – electrical equipment manufacturing

Production line storage battery repairer – electrical equipment manufacturing

Production machine operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Production machine set-up operator – electrical appliance and equipment manufacturing

Riveting machine operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Riveting machine tender – electrical equipment manufacturing

Sleeve-making machine tender – electrical equipment manufacturing

Spray foam machine operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Stacking machine operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Storage battery assembler

Storage battery assembly line operator

Storage battery charger – electrical equipment manufacturing

Storage battery tester

Storage battery tube filler – electrical equipment manufacturing

Taper operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Taper tender – electrical equipment manufacturing

Taping machine tender – electrical equipment manufacturing

Top-capping machine tender – electrical equipment manufacturing

Transformer coil impregnator

Wafer machine tender – electrical equipment manufacturing

Wafering machine operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Wire stripper – electrical equipment manufacturing

Wire-numbering machine tender – electrical equipment manufacturing

Wireworker – electrical equipment manufacturing

Wrapper-stacker operator – electrical equipment manufacturing

Wrapping machine tender – electrical equipment manufacturing

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

Machine operators in electrical apparatus manufacturing

Operate machinery to assemble, test or package dry cell batteries

Position lead acid storage batteries on assembly line and insert battery contents into casing

Operate machinery, such as pasting and stacking machines, to fabricate plates for lead acid storage batteries

Load machinery with glass tubes, bulbs and other parts used to produce incandescent, fluorescent and other types of light bulbs and tubes, and remove and pack finished product

Operate or feed machinery and equipment to produce electrical wiring devices such as fuses, plugs, caps, sockets, connectors and switches

Operate equipment to apply protective coatings to items such as freezer cabinets, small electric motors or transformer assemblies

Perform minor repairs to items rejected from production line

Set up and adjust production machinery and equipment for operation.

Inspectors and testers in electrical apparatus manufacturing

Check in-process and completed production items for visual or mechanical defects or operate testing equipment to maintain quality of products

Identify and mark acceptable and defective assemblies and return faulty assemblies to production for repair

Collect, record and summarize inspection results.

Employment requirements

Some secondary school education is usually required.

On-the-job training is provided.

Inspectors may require experience as an assembler in the same company.

Additional information

With experience, machine operators may progress to inspecting and testing positions.

Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.

Exclusions

Assemblers and inspectors, electrical appliance, apparatus and equipment manufacturing (9524)

Supervisors, electrical products manufacturing (9223)