Executive Summary
HRM FPX 5025 Assessment 2 Capra Tek, a long-established 45-year-old company that manufactures and designs computer service parts, requires a team assembler for its warehouse factory. The core reason for hiring this role is to increase production and sales. The following analysis gives an appropriate job description and a competency model to direct the Human Resources department at CapraTek. Based on skill sets and U.S. salary data,. Department of Labor accessible via the O*NET service, the group will be capable of creating accurate job descriptions and hiring the appropriate personnel for this role and upcoming job vacancies (Summary Report).
Job Analysis
Job Summary
Job Title: Team Assembler
Job Type: Full-time, entry-level, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., with potential for overtime
Salary Range: $15.19 hour / $31,590 annually
Reports to: Department Manager (Manufacturing)
Description:
Team assemblers in CapraTek are required to review work orders, by precise blueprints for quality, check products, and package completed products to ship. As a team assembler, experience with heavy equipment, knowledge of production, and the ability to maximize equipment usage would be necessary. They are also needed to maintain work areas clean and safe, support other assemblers, and train others as required. Physical endurance, manual skills, and proper time-management, analytical, and communication skills are necessary for the job. The other duties could be assigned when necessary.
KSA Requirements
For efficient work in the position, a CapraTek team assembler should possess the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:
Knowledge
• Production and Processing: Understanding production operations, materials, quality checking, and shipping processes.
• Heavy Equipment and Machinery: Skill in the operation of equipment like forklifts, with focus on accuracy of control and safety.
• Safety Regulations: Familiarity with and adherence to OSHA safety regulations.
• Education: High school diploma or equivalent, or 1+ years of relevant experience.
Skills
• HRM FPX 5025 Assessment 2 Coordination: Capable of adjusting actions in relation to others’ movements and possessing good hand-eye coordination in order to assemble efficiently.
• Monitoring: Checking personal and team performance to recommend adjustments or corrective actions.
• Quality Control: Inspection and testing to ascertain the quality and performance of product and processes.
• Time Management: Efficient management of personal and team time.
• Communication: Good active listening and effective communication with team and management.
Abilities
• Manual Dexterity: Skilled in coordinating hand and finger movement to assemble and manipulate products.
• Information Ordering: Ordering tasks or team members in a logical order for effective assembly.
• Control Precision: Operating machinery and equipment quickly and accurately.
• Oral and Written Communication: Relating and understanding information clearly.
• Deductive Reasoning: Applying general rules to specific manufacturing problems to reach reasonable conclusions.
Legal Risks
Defining the physical and job demands of the job helps CapraTek avoid potential disability discrimination. Giving information about operation of heavy machinery, safety standards compliance, simulation of skills, and background checks reduces legal risk during recruitment. Separating better employees from “barely acceptable” employees also helps avoid legal problems (Phillips & Gully, 2015).
Competency Model
A competency model describes the particular skills and behaviors needed to effectively perform a role within an organization (Manufacturing Competency Model, 2017). The model below is specific to the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) needed for the team assembler role at CapraTek. This model can be used as a performance measurement tool and guide for future training and development (Phillips & Gully, 2015).
Specific Competencies for Team Assembler
• Personal Effectiveness Competencies:
• Integrity: Adhering to accepted workplace and social norms, like safety standards.
• Initiative: Taking active measures to perform the job and provide quality work.
• Dependability: Meeting timeliness, following standards, and adhering to rules.
• Academic Competencies:
• Critical Thinking: Applying logical processes to analyze data and develop solutions.
• Communication: Listening attentively and communicating well with team members and management.
• Basic Knowledge: Literacy, writing, mathematics, and science to support problem-solving and communication.
• Workplace Competencies:
• Scheduling: Organizing and planning activities to manage time.
• Teamwork: Collaborating with others to achieve organizational goals.
• Industry-Wide Competencies:
•Production and Process: Synchronizing the production process with suppliers and customer needs.
• Health and Safety: Ensuring compliance with safety standards and promoting a safe working environment.
• Quality Control: Keeping products and processes at quality levels.
Job analysis helps CapraTek to identify work required for a position and the attributes required to do the job successfully. Using O*NET information and a manufacturing competency model, CapraTek can identify current and future staffing needs. This allows alignment of potential employees with the company’s values and longer-term strategy (Phillips & Gully, 2015). The goal is to create an attractive employee value proposition that helps to attract and retain high-quality employees.
Hiring Recommendations
CapraTek’s Human Resources department should employ various candidate screening techniques to identify the best candidate for the team assembler job and other vacancies. The techniques include background and reference checks to confirm individual abilities and face-to-face interviews to ascertain the skill sets of the individuals, including honesty and dependability. Skill simulation tests, though more costly, are proposed to gauge the candidates’ critical thinking and competence in constructing tasks. The tests set a benchmark for future training and development.
It is also recommended to implement mentorship programs at CapraTek. This will allow new employees to receive thorough training from experienced team assemblers and ongoing mentoring. Mentorships will promote adherence to company policies, procedures, and safety protocols, resulting in quality work and standards compliance.
References
Competency Model. (2017). Retrieved April 17, 2020, from https://hr.nih.gov/about/faq/working-nih/competencies/what-competency-model
Phillips, J. M., & Gully, S. M. (2015). Strategic staffing (3rd ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.
Manufacturing Competency Model. (n.d.). Retrieved April 17, 2020, from
http://www.themanufacturinginstitute.org
HRM FPX 5025 Assessment 2 JMJ Profile: Machine Operator Job Analysis
Summary Report for: 51-2092.00 – Team Assemblers. (n.d.). Retrieved April 17, https://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/51-2092.00
