Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
Coil winders tapers & finishers wind wire coils that are used in electrical components, such as resistors and transformers, and electrical equipment and instruments, such as field cores, bobbins, armature cores, electrical motors, generators, and control equipment.
Coil winder job description involves tending wire-coiling machines to wind wire coils used in electrical components such as resistors and transformers and in electrical equipment and instruments such as bobbins and generators.
The person responsible for coil winding performs other tasks as well, including attaching, altering, and trimming materials such as wire, insulation, and coils, using hand tools, cutting, stripping, and bending wire leads at ends of coils, using pliers and wire scrapers, reviewing work orders and specifications to determine materials needed and types of parts to be processed and selecting materials such as workpieces, objects, and machine parts onto equipment used in coiling processes.
Coil winders, tapers & finishers usually require a high school diploma along with some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience. Further, the candidate will benefit from experience working directly with the public. These occupations offer work value, job security, and good working conditions. Corresponding needs to be successful as coil winding associates are activity, compensation, independence, security, and variety.
Qualifications
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- NSQF Level 4 Electrical Winder
Tasks
- Operate or tend wire-coiling machines to wind wire coils used in electrical components such as resistors and transformers, and in electrical equipment and instruments such as bobbins and generators.
- Review work orders and specifications to determine materials needed and types of parts to be processed.
- Cut, strip, and bend wire leads at ends of coils, using pliers and wire scrapers.
- Select and load materials such as workpieces, objects, and machine parts onto equipment used in coiling processes.
- Record production and operational data on specified forms.
- Attach, alter, and trim materials such as wire, insulation, and coils, using hand tools.
- Stop machines to remove completed components, using hand tools.
- Examine and test wired electrical components such as motors, armatures, and stators, using measuring devices, and record test results.
- Apply solutions or paints to wired electrical components, using hand tools, and bake components.
- Disassemble and assemble motors, and repair and maintain electrical components and machinery parts, using hand tools.
Progression Routes
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