Michael Hendickson

Manufacturing company that not only assembles zero turn transmissions for lawn mowers but cuts different molds into parts as well as to meet our customer demands & expectations.

Basically a trainer to ensure new hires that were assigned to me were trained to receive the best knowledge possible. Safety being the priority. Training upon several different machines that cut variety of different molds into parts. Following Standard work was a high principle to ensure to provide the best quality products upon the customer to meet their expectations.

Feeder/Piler/Binder Helper/Backend Utility Relief

As a Feeder

Properly feed signatures into hand packers or bomacks. Ensuring we are running the proper edition of stock. Following safety procedures while lifting & bending. Keeping my section clean by great house keeping.

As a Piler

Piling or stacking down different bundles of magazines or catalogs. Following flag requirements upon the orders given from the start of a load to finish. Paying close attention to edition changes & load ID to ensure the load went out correctly & complete.

As a Binder Helper

Feeding a signature called a cover to meet the backbone to become glued on as the signatures were coming from the Gather(front) to the Backend as they were sawed evening to further go around the binder to be met by glue & cover breaker. Cover breaker would pinch the cover precisely upon the signatures as the glue hardened. Then on down the line it traveled to where it was going to become piled off according to certain flags. Also maintaining the run of line offering teamwork to ensure the production was ongoing.

As a Backend Utility Relief

Properly maintain the backend of line to run accordingly. Even properly doing makeready or run off procedures correctly. Making sure flags were done properly to maintain the communication with the piler upon what's going on upon what we would be shipping out or sending to other binder lines called offline equipment. If there was any downtime that I couldn't manage fixing alone, I would let the Backend Operator know immediately. Production was mine main focus to ensure the delivery was met on time.

Boxer/Bagger/Operator

Boxer

Making sure the correct amount of products were applied in different size boxes depending on the product being made. Staples were added or tape depending on what the orders were called for. Finally, stacking them on a skid to a specific size upon the order given.

Bagger

Simply applying bags around different mops or brooms at the head to ensure the fibers to remain fixed in location upon being boxed later on.

Operator

Production was a must. Keeping the machine running was a priority even though down time happened often but act efficiently to get a mechanical to fix the issue. Any down time was no doubt clean up time. Utilizing your down time to further prepare the machine to run much more & great house keeping.