hwboivin3 wrote:steamin10 wrote: . Same as a CNC Operator, is generally a loader, and does not have a clue on programming, as that comes from some office.
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Uh......I'll have to disagree on this. Unless they don't care about their job or they're switch parts and doing dumb production jobs, most operators can program to a certain point.
Not sure if this was supposed to be here, but figured I'd chime in.
Call me defensive.
Depends on the
position and the
role that the company wants them to fill.
When I worked at Rock Island Arsenal on a co-op, we did some programming... mainly because the network was down so we'd manually input our programs. Faster than waiting for the network to come back up on the simpler parts.
At my company, operators simply load parts. It's not their job to mess with the program, save for certain operations such as basic manual operations pertaining to the job. Clamp, unclamp, check to make sure the proper program is loaded etc... But even then, all they should be doing is loading parts and hitting the start button. Thanks to my machining background, I was asked to step in and help understand why we kept breaking tools. Engineers (that have a background like mine) and maintenance are the only ones that make program changes.
-Mike