Calibration Technician

Calibration Technician

Requirements

• Associates degree from a junior college or technical school; and four years related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
• Apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Responsibilities

• Travels to customer site for calibration, repair, and technical support when necessary.
• Reads quality control manual and testing specifications to obtain data to test or calibrate specific devices.
• Selects and installs accessories, such as adapters, indicating gauges, or holding devices on test or calibration fixture, and connects instrument or device to fixture, according to specifications, using hand tools.
• Sets controls to regulate factors, such as current flow, timing cycle, pressure, temperature, or vacuum, according to specifications, and activates test or calibration equipment.
• Observes readings on meters and gauges, and other displays and performance of device or instrument to identify functional defects and determine calibration requirements.
• Adjusts calibration mechanisms to obtain specified operational performance of device or instrument, using hand tools and precision measuring and calibrating instruments and equipment.
• Applies sealing compound on calibration mechanism to prevent readjustment of settings and loss of calibration.
• Rejects malfunctioning devices and routes devices to specified department for rework or salvaging of parts.
• Prepares calibration certificates and data reports.
• Processes required service report paperwork.
• Interacts with other departments and personnel to resolve any related issues.
• Assists in creation of calibration procedures as necessary.
• Evaluates calibration/repair jobs.
• Assists in developing new product capabilities and standards.
• Performs necessary database maintenance.
• May disassemble instrument or device to determine cause of defective operation and notify supervisory personnel of findings.
• Participates in Service/Quality Initiative; continually improves processes; quantitatively monitors processes. Completes required quality core classes and uses skills and techniques presented. Uses the Core Values in work environment. Adheres to company/customer safety procedures.

Preferred Qualifications

• Must be a team player
• Organized
• Self-motivated and able to prioritize