Job Description:

• 1) Performs any combination of following duties in assembly of electronic components onto printed circuit boards according to specifications, using handtools: Reads worksheets and wiring diagrams, receives verbal instructions, or follows sample board to determine assembly duties, and selects components, such as transistors, resistors, relays, capacitors, and integrated circuits.

• 2) Twists, bends, trims, strips, or files wire leads of components or reams holes in boards to insert wire leads, using handtools.

• 3) Inserts color-coded wires in designated holes and clinches wire ends, using pliers.

• 4) Press-fits component leads onto board.

• 5) Places plastic insulating sleeves around specified wire leads of components and shrinks sleeves into place, using heat gun.

• 6) Crimps wire leads on underside of board, using handtools or press.

• 7) Applies sealer or masking compound to selected parts of board to protect parts from effects of wave solder process.

• 8) Solders wire leads and joints on underside of board, using soldering iron, to route and connect lead wires to board and between individual components.

• 9) Installs heat sinks, sockets, faceplates, and accessories on boards, using handtools.

• 10) May be designated according to unit installed as Socket Assembler or stage of production as Post-Wave Assembler; Pre-Wave Assembler.

• 11) May assist other workers in wave-soldering PCB's.