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maintenance of machines making jigs,
and fixtures for special jobs and for
building and commissioning new
machines.
Responsible to Forman/woman
Likes/dislikes Likes the job because of the variety of
work.
b. Age 42
Job title General foreman/woman.
Education Technical college, City and Guilds
Certificate by day release over 4 years.
Duties Is in charge of 26 people-machine tool
operators, tool setters, etc. Based on the
shop floor. Controls everyday production
jobs.
Responsible to Superintendent.
Likes/dislikes Doesn’t like having to sack people.
c. Age 22
Job title Applications engineer.
Education Technical college, City and Guilds
Certificate by day release over 4 years.
Duties Works in applications department –
around 30 people. Responsible for
liaison between the company and the
customer. Tries to insure that customer’s
requirements can be maybe the company’s
products. Carries out tests on the products
and sends results to the customer on how
the product performs.
Responsible to Department manager.
Likes/dislikes Gets a lot of job satisfaction because
she/he gets to see an end result.
Finds the systems in the factory a bit
cumbersome. They can hold up the work
of the section.

Student B: Choose from one of these three profiles.

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