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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Perform precision assembling, adjusting, or calibrating, within narrow tolerances, of timing devices such as digital clocks or timing devices with electrical or electronic components. | Develop, test, calibrate, operate, and repair electrical, mechanical, electromechanical, electrohydraulic, or electronic measuring and recording instruments, apparatus, and equipment. | |||
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Assemble and install components of timepieces to complete mechanisms, using watchmakers' tools and loupes. | ||||
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Observe operation of timepiece parts and subassemblies to determine accuracy of movement, and to diagnose causes of defects. | ||||
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Test operation and fit of timepiece parts and subassemblies, using electronic testing equipment, tweezers, watchmakers' tools, and loupes. | ||||
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Replace specified parts to repair malfunctioning timepieces, using watchmakers' tools, loupes, and holding fixtures. | ||||
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Disassemble timepieces such as watches, clocks, and chronometers so that repairs can be made. | ||||
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Clean and lubricate timepiece parts and assemblies, using solvents, buff sticks, and oil. | ||||
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Examine components of timepieces such as watches, clocks, or chronometers for defects, using loupes or microscopes. | ||||
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Bend parts, such as hairsprings, pallets, barrel covers, and bridges, to correct deficiencies in truing or endshake, using tweezers. | ||||
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Change timing weights on balance wheels to correct deficient timing. | ||||
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Adjust sizes or positioning of timepiece parts to achieve specified fit or function, using calipers, fixtures, and loupes. | ||||
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Mount hairsprings and balance wheel assemblies between jaws of truing calipers. | ||||
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Estimate spaces between collets and first inner coils in order to determine if spaces are within acceptable limits. | ||||
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Bend inner coils of springs away from or toward collets, using tweezers, in order to locate centers of collets in centers of springs, and to correct errors resulting from faulty colleting of coils. | ||||
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Turn wheels of calipers and examine springs, using loupes, to determine if center coils appear as perfect circles. | ||||
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Examine and adjust hairspring assemblies to ensure horizontal and circular alignment of hairsprings, using calipers, loupes, and watchmakers' tools. | ||||
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Review blueprints, sketches, or work orders to gather information about tasks to be completed. | ||||
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Tighten or replace loose jewels, using watchmakers' tools. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Timing Device Assemblers, Adjusters and Calibrators
Timing Device Assemblers, Adjusters and Calibrators
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Repairing | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. | |||
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Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. | |||
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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. | |||
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Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |||
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Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. | |||
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Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. | |||
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Hearing Sensitivity | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months | |||
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On-the-Job Training | Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months | |||
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Related Work Experience | Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Adjuster | |||
Assembler | |||
Balance and Hairspring Assembler | |||
Banking Pin Adjuster | |||
Barrel Assembler | |||
Barrel Bridge Assembler | |||
Barrel Endshake Adjuster | |||
Calibration Specialist | |||
Calibrator | |||
Chronometer Adjuster | |||
Chronometer Assembler | |||
Chronometer Assembler and Adjuster | |||
Chronometer Balance and Hairspring Assembler | |||
Clock Repairer | |||
Clock and Watch Assembler | |||
Clockmaker | |||
Dial Maker | |||
Digital Watch Assembler | |||
Electrical Calibrator | |||
Electrical Timing Device Calibrator | |||
Escapement Maker | |||
Escapement Matcher | |||
Hairspring Adjuster | |||
Hairspring Assembler | |||
Hairspring Setter | |||
Hairspring Staker | |||
Hairspring Truer | |||
Hairspring Vibrator | |||
Horologist | |||
Manufacturing Assembler | |||
Marine Chronometer Assembler | |||
Pallet Stone Inserter | |||
Pallet Stone Positioner | |||
Poiser | |||
Time Stamp Assembler | |||
Timing Adjuster | |||
Truer | |||
Watch Assembler | |||
Watch Repairer | |||
Watch Technician | |||
Watch Train Assembler | |||
Watchmaker | |||
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