Justin Cardoza

As a dock lead at building 150, working with Pratt and Whitney, my job is to handle material that arrives from several storage locations and process these parts so they can then be sent to the floor for the machinists to work next.

Upon a piece of material arriving I take the paperwork from that piece to determine what the part it is and what assembly (different sized crates and carts) will be required to be able to send it out to the floor. After setting up the material in the assembly, I check for specific etchings on the part to help me create what is called a ‘traveler’ for the material. A set of paperwork that helps guide the part along its path to being ready to be assembled into an aircraft engine.

Along with that task I am to make sure I receive other required shipments, like the crates and carts themselves that are used to house the material. I am also in charge of shipping out a good portion of material to vendors that Pratt and Whitney works with, or material being sent to storage locations.

I carefully maintain the well I work in to help satisfy the customer and make sure they get the material they need in a timely and efficient manner.

As a MET associate the idea was to undertake ‘projects’ that would either change an aisle’s layout entirely or change the fixtures to help grab the attention of customers, make their shopping experience easier, and introduce new product. This would range from reassembling aisles (or sections of aisles) of paint cans, tiles, gardening supplies, bathroom appliances, electrical equipment, furniture and many more.

Working as a bag boy at Traditions Golf Course in Wallingford meant that I would be the first interaction between the customer and the golf course. I would greet them respectfully and then ask if they required assistance with loading up their golf bag onto a golf cart. Besides making sure customers were appropriately set up on a cart, you would also make sure that customers were sent out at the time they would have scheduled before arriving.

That was the bulk of the job, but the other tasks a bag boy would handle were making sure the driving range was well kept, maintain the carts themselves, and occasionally patrol the course to see if anything was out of place.