Tool Technician 2 - Apprenticeship

About the role

Continue your insightful journey with us at Canon Virginia, Inc. We are seeking a dedicated and motivated individual to join our team as a Tool Technician 2. This role offers the unique opportunity to earn your Journey-worker card and advance to a Tool Maker A position upon successful completion of the apprenticeship.

Canon’s corporate philosophy is kyosei, which we translate to “all people, regardless of race, religion, or culture, collaboratively living and working together into the future.” Canon’s goal is to help give to the prosperity of the world and happiness of humanity, which will lead to growth and bring the world closer to achieving kyosei.

Responsibilities

• Work with tools in cleaning, polishing, repairs, disassembly, and / or making changes.
• Visually inspects tool using appropriate equipment following a check list.
• Attends in person classes to complete required educational curriculum for the state sponsored apprenticeship program.
• Cleans, polishes and inspects components of tool.
• Uses measuring equipment, such as micrometers, magnifying lenses and calipers.
• Uses CAD viewer to understand the work to be performed on a part.
• Assists toolmakers with assembling tools.
• Cleans and polishes using various stones.
• May use an ultrasonic handheld polishing unit.
• Visually inspects and performs measurements using measurement tools such as micrometers, calipers, metric scale and magnifying lenses.
• Assist with securing inserts using wrenches and other hand tools.
• Visually uses CAD viewer, to understand the work to be performed on a part.
• Completes process flow time sheets.
• May assist toolmakers in assembling tools.
• Refers inspection/part problems to Tool & Die Makers and/or Supervisor as needed.
• Routinely performs cleaning responsibilities which may include one or more of the following: sweeping, wiping up oil, wiping and cleaning dies and molds, emptying trash and scrap receptacles.
• Rotates through different areas of tooling gaining knowledge and experience to all fundamental aspects of toolmaking through hands on instruction and completing online courses; works with assigned mentor in each area of instruction.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED with vocational/trade certification preferred and 1-3 years of molding experience preferably with tool maintenance/repair/cleaning or related experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Must be quality oriented.
• Requires manual dexterity.
• Demonstrated mechanical ability.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.

Pay

The pay range for this hourly position is $17.50 - $22.96.

Schedule

This position requires full-time presence at your assigned office(s)/worksite(s)/territory on your scheduled work days.