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Today’s production and manufacturing workers need to be at the top of their game, with a wide scope of skills to be successful.
These include being able communicate with supervisors and coworkers and interpret documents – such as safety rules and machinery instructions – and apply them to the job.
Most of all, however, you need to bring your schooldays savvy and show you can be a star pupil.
Follow our simple rules and you could move from learning on the job to training new recruits yourself.
Perfect Attendance
In manufacturing everything must run like clockwork – and that includes you.
Being on time for your shift is crucial but arriving just a little early makes you stand out as super-enthusiastic.
Perhaps you’re just starting out in a role as assembly operator? If you can show this kind of attitude and self-discipline every day, you’ll quickly race ahead of those who are late.
A Desire to Learn
Like any good school teacher a factory manager loves it when employees have a natural desire to learn. This not only makes the job of showing the ropes so much easier, it means staff become faster, better and more efficient.
With technology constantly changing the way manufacturing workplaces operate, a love of learning also keeps you ahead of the game.
Instructions Included
Training manuals can seem daunting and training days boring . . . and that’s because they are. But when you’re working with machinery in a high-paced environment, they are also vital.
The star employee who swots up on procedures and always follows instructions is more likely to avoid mistakes.
Enjoy Cross-Training
We don’t mean that cruel contraption found in gyms: we’re talking about learning many skills in one role.
The manufacturing industry covers many sectors and, even in one workplace, your job can include different tasks.
You may also have to step in for someone else during busy holiday periods or if a co-worker is off ill.
Dependability
If you’re the kind of person who was able to sit in a classroom and get on with your assignment even when the teacher had left the room, you’re the kind of worker managers need.
Being able to rely on your dedication and dependability to do the job on your own frees managers to concentrate on the bigger picture: company growth.
School yourself in our five steps and your next Production & Manufacturing role from s1jobs could take you to the top of the class.