Eeeeeuuuuwww! Upon my arrival to our line on my third day as a ranger, Mike, who is in charge of rangers told me I was to go to oven cavities. Okay, I knew it was coming and I wanted the challenge. By the way, what a name! I wish someone could give it a better name. I mean, is the name left that way intentionally. It makes me wander if working in oven cavities is as dreadful as making a visit to the dentist office?
Daily Archives: April 9, 2006
Read List in 30 Seconds
When I was in the insulation booth position in oven cavities, here’s a list of things that needed to be done:
Note: Oh, by the way, before you rotate to the insulation booth, find the time (as assembly line continuously moves in half minute intervals) to take off your gloves and safety sleeves, throw on a protective zip up body suit, put back on gloves and safety sleeves and then put on a face mask (Don’t knock off your safety glasses as you frantically do this!).
Ranger Job: Mainback
On Day 2 of being a ranger I was sent to mainback. This area has about nine work positions on the assembly line. They mainly put on steel coverings on the back, sides, and underneath the oven. When the range reaches this area it is made of the front frame attached to the oven. And just like a big itchy present, the “oven box” has been wrapped in two big sheets of white fiberglass insulation.
Ranger Job: Storage Drawers
The second half of my first day of being a ranger was spent in the storage drawer area. I worked in this area when I first came to Assembly Line 4 and for about a year and a half on another line.
Ranger Job: Front Frames
On my first day as a ranger I went to the area at the start of the assembly line. In order to make a range you have to start with some kind of frame. The steel frame we use is the dark gray porcelain facing that is around the oven and the storage drawer at the bottom of the stove. (Oops! Did I say stove? In our manufacturing plant it is an unspoken courtesy to not use that word.) The front frame team had about 7 positions.
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