Teacher Internship Journal

Monday - July 11, 2016                                                                                                     

Office hours for most of the workers are from 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with a

30-minute lunch break.  They are scheduled to work four 10-hour days. My 40-hour schedule was divided up into two weeks and was very flexible due my previously scheduled teacher in-service. (I had a workshop on Thursday and AMC is not open on Friday.)

Mrs. Loomis told me to show up around 8:00 a.m. to fill out paper work. After I filled out the proper paperwork, Mrs. Loomis introduced me to the management team in the office and asked Mr. Carl Ramsay, the Operations Manager, to go over the procedures to verify calibration on quality inspection equipment as required by the Tooling Maintenance Calibration Inspection Log by due date using E2 Shop System Software. All equipment must be checked periodically according to regulations. Some inspection equipment has to be tested every 30 days, some every 6 months, and others yearly.

I watched Mr. Ramsay test various types of measuring tools that included: calipers, a Micro-Hite (metrology height gauge), other various gauges, and a yardstick. I had never seen most of this equipment, and Mr. Ramsay did a great job explaining what they used the equipment for and how they read the measurements using the metric system. After each inspection, Mr. Ramsay signed and recorded the data, entered the new due date on an inspection sticker that was placed on the equipment and on the calibration log, then returned the calibration logs to Amber Jones, the Quality Clerk, so that she could enter the data in their E2 Shop System.

Tuesday - July 12, 2016

On Tuesday, I worked with Amber Jones (Quality Control Clerk), and she explained the procedure for using the E2 Inventory Software Tooling Maintenance so that I could enter the data by part number to create new jobs in the system for calibration.  I wrote down the step-by-step instructions and entered the data.

Next, I used Microsoft Office 2010 Excel to edit inspection dates in a spreadsheet sorted by part number. My students are using Microsoft Excel and I will be able to share this real-life application with them.

We also went over some of the Quality Inprocess Reports and the Dimensional Inspection Reports and the requirements on the blue prints.

Wednesday - July 13, 2016

On Wednesday, I received folders of old part numbers that they were receiving new orders for and verified blue prints by part number to make sure that all the specs were included on the Dimensional Inspection Report and the Quality Inprocess Inspection Sheets that Mrs. Loomis and Mr. Ramsay would be reviewing and updating.

AMC received a shipment of parts and I counted the parts.

Amber Jones went over the shipping and receiving documentation and process in E2.

I watched a former student of mine using a caliper to test parts in the machine shop using WINWedge software on a laptop that was connected through a USB port to verify the quality inspection tolerance requirements on AMC’s manufactured parts. After the employee entered the measurement into the computer, the employee received immediate notification of “Pass” or “Failure” through the use of an IF logical function that Mrs. Loomis had been saved in an Excel spreadsheet. The employee was required to sign the spreadsheet for accountability and save the spreadsheet for documentation and verification.

My student told me that he used lots of technology working at AMC, and he was glad that he had taken CBA and knew how to use Microsoft Office.

Monday - July 19, 2016

Monday was a very exciting day. After I counted the parts on hand that were located in the cabinet in Mr. Ramsay’s office, I got to see Mrs. Jones sell off some parts to Lockheed Martin. She explained the processes they go through to sell off parts to Lockheed Martin. AMC must log in to myexostar.com and submit to sell, requesting inspection and payment. Suppliers are issued secured credentials referred to as SMS/OTP. These credentials must be verified over the phone prior to allowing access to any Lockheed Martin applications. Lockheed sends a Quality Inspector to check and verify all documentation and certifications including any outside source they may have used to build the part. Quality will then inspect and test the parts.

That afternoon, I got to use a Micro-Hite connected to the WINWedge software to test the dimension and tolerance requirements of a part number. I entered that data in the laptop and recorded the dimension and tolerance.  This was a new experience for me, and I was a little nervous using this technology for it first time.

Tuesday - July 20, 2016

On Tuesday, I worked with one of my former students packing and labeling parts to ship.  When we finished, I spent the rest of the day with Mrs. Loomis. She provided additional information on their hiring practices, safety procedures, and certification and training requirements. Forklift training is provided using the Toyota curriculum. Employees are required to pass a written and hands-on test before they are allowed to drive a forklift.

AMC pays for their employees training and recertification. They also provide eye examinations, profit sharing, and retirement benefits for their employees.

Mrs. Loomis is member of our Vocational Advisory Committee, and volunteers on Fridays to work in the classroom. She has agreed to speak to my students; and she gave me some samples of the documentation that I worked with to share with my students.

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