Battery assembler

Battery assemblers are welding and assembling the battery components such as electronics parts, wiring, and casing around the cells.

The following job titles also refer to battery assembler:

battery builder
battery constructor
battery production operative
constructor of batteries
battery fabricator
assembler of batteries
assembler of battery components
battery production assembler
battery component welder
battery component assembler
dry cell production operator
battery maker
battery component production assembler
dry cell production worker
fabricator of batteries
battery assembly operator
battery assembly worker
battery production worker
welder specialised in battery components
battery production operator
battery assembly operative
dry cell production operative
battery welder

A high school diploma is generally the minimum required to work as a battery assembler.

ISCO skill level is defined as a function of the complexity and range of tasks and duties to be performed in an occupation. It is measured on a scale from 1 to 4, with 1 the lowest level and 4 the highest, by considering:

• the nature of the work performed in an occupation in relation to the characteristic tasks and duties
• the level of formal education required for competent performance of the tasks and duties involved and
• the amount of informal on-the-job training and/or previous experience in a related occupation required for competent performance of these tasks and duties.

Battery assembler is a Skill level 2 occupation.

These occupations, although different, require a lot of knowledge and skills similar to battery assembler.

automotive battery technician
wire harness assembler
electrical equipment assembler
battery test technician
electrical cable assembler

These occupations require some skills and knowledge of battery assembler. They also require other skills and knowledge, but at a higher ISCO skill level, meaning these occupations are accessible from a position of battery assembler with a significant experience and/or extensive training.

electrical equipment production supervisor
electrical engineering technician
electromechanical engineering technician
calibration technician
microsystem engineering technician

This knowledge should be acquired through learning to fulfill the role of battery assembler.

• Battery fluids: The characteristics and properties of battery fluids.
• Electrical discharge: Tthe qualities and applications of electrical discharge, including voltage and electrodes.
• Battery chemistry: The different battery types according to the representative chemical components used in the anode or the cathode such as zinc-carbon, nickel-metal hydride, lead-acid, or lithium-ion.
• Battery components: The physical components, such as wiring, electronics and voltaic cells that can be found in batteries. The components vary according to size and type of battery.
• Quality standards: The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.
• Electricity: Understand the principles of electricity and electrical power circuits, as well as the associated risks.

These skills are necessary for the role of battery assembler.

• Monitor machine operations: Observe machine operations and evaluate product quality thereby ensuring conformity to standards.
• Read assembly drawings: Read and interpret drawings listing all the parts and subassemblies of a certain product. The drawing identifies the different components and materials and provides instructions on how to assemble a product.
• Remove defective products: Remove defective materials from the production line.
• Assemble batteries: Manufacture batteries using hand tools, power tools or automated machines. Understand and read plans and blueprints regarding the technical aspects of batteries to comprehend specifications and requirements.
• Ensure public safety and security: Implement the relevant procedures, strategies and use the proper equipment to promote local or national security activities for the protection of data, people, institutions, and property.
• Align components: Align and lay out components in order to put them together correctly according to blueprints and technical plans.
• Wear appropriate protective gear: Wear relevant and necessary protective gear, such as protective goggles or other eye protection, hard hats, safety gloves.
• Meet deadlines: Ensure operative processes are finished at a previously agreed-upon time.
• Adjust voltage: Adjust voltage in electrical equipment.
• Report defective manufacturing materials: Maintain required company records and forms in order to report any defective materials or questionable conditions of manufacturing machinery and equipment.
• Fasten components: Fasten components together according to blueprints and technical plans in order to create subassemblies or finished products.
• Ensure conformity to specifications: Ensure that the assembled products are conform to the specifications given.
• Operate soldering equipment: Use soldering equipment, such as a soldering gun, a soldering torch or a gas-powered iron, to melt and join together pieces of metal or steel.
• Install low voltage wiring: Plan, deploy, troubleshoot and test low voltage wiring.

This knowledge is sometimes, but not always, required for the role of battery assembler. However, mastering this knowledge allows you to have more opportunities for career development.

• Electrical equipment regulations: The national and international regulations with regards to the use and manufacture of electrical equipment on the workfloor. These regulations provide rules and guidelines on topics such as general risk management, electrical equipment manufacture, electrical equipment testing, electrical equipment installation, warning labels, and certificates.
• Electrical engineering: Understand electrical engineering, a field of engineering that deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism.
• Waste management: The methods, materials and regulations used to collect, transport, treat and dispose of waste. This includes recycling and monitoring of waste disposal.
• Waste removal regulations: Know and understand the regulations and legal agreements governing the performance of waste removal activities.
• Electrochemistry: Subdiscipline of chemistry that studies the chemical reactions that take place during the interaction of an electrolyte, a chemical substance that works as an ionic conductor, and an electrode, or an electrical conductor. Electrochemistry deals with the electrical charge that moves between the electrolyte and electrodes and studies the interaction between chemical changes and electrical energy. Electrochemistry is famously used in the manufacture of batteries.

These skills and competences are sometimes, but not always, required for the role of battery assembler. However, mastering these skills and competences allows you to have more opportunities for career development.

• Apply soldering techniques: Apply and work with a variety of techniques in the process of soldering, such as soft soldering, silver soldering, induction soldering, resistance soldering, pipe soldering, mechanical and aluminium soldering.
• Resolve equipment malfunctions: Identify, report and repair equipment damage and malfunctions; communicate with field representatives and manufacturers to obtain repair and replacement components.
• Provide documentation: Prepare and distribute documentation to ensure all people involved in the production receive relevant and up-to-date information.
• Measure electrical characteristics: Measure voltage, current, resistance or other electrical characteristics by using electrical measuring equipment such as multimeters, voltmeters, and ammeters.
• Troubleshoot: Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.
• Maintain electrical equipment: Test electrical equipment for malfunctions. Take safety measures, company guidelines, and legislation concerning electrical equipment into account. Clean, repair and replace parts and connections as required.
• Oversee logistics of finished products: Ensure that the processes of packing, storage and shipment of finished products meet the requirements.
• Dispose of hazardous waste: Dispose of dangerous materials such as chemical or radioactive substances according to environmental and to health and safety regulations.
• Repair battery components: Repair battery components through replacing cells, repairing wiring, or spot-welding cells.
• Oversee stock quality control: Check overall product quality prior to shipment.
• Operate battery test equipment: Operate equipment used for battery testing, such as a soldering iron, a battery tester, or a multimeter. Detect flaws affecting the battery’s performance, test the battery’s capacity for accumulating charge, or test its voltage output.
• Replace defect components: Remove defective parts and replace them with functioning components.
• Clean components during assembly: Clean components before fixing them to other compounds or units of components during the assembly process.
• Repair wiring: Find faults in wires or cables by using specialised equipment and repair these faults depending on type of wiring.
• Apply technical communication skills: Explain technical details to non-technical customers, stakeholders, or any other interested parties in a clear and concise manner.
• Keep records of work progress: Maintain records of the progress of the work including time, defects, malfunctions, etc.
• Adjust manufacturing equipment: Regulate and monitor the manufacturing equipment settings and process parameters, such as its temperature and power level. Review the manufacturing process and equipment and suggest improvements.
• Prepare shipments in time: Prepare product for shipment as scheduled.
• Assemble automotive batteries: Manufacture batteries for motor vehicles by using hand tools, power tools or automated machines. Read and understand blueprints and technical plans to comprehend specifications and requirements.

8212 – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers

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References

1. Battery assembler – ESCO