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Title: Metal Worker Reports To: Plant Manager Classification: Full-Time/Non-Exempt Supervises: No one Department: Shop Pay Range: DOE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE JOB The purpose of this job is to work as part of a lean manufacturing team to fabricate pylons, letters, cabinets, and structures from various types of metals. This position requires intermediate skills in all phases of metal fabrication. ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES 1. Fabricate a variety of sign types from various metals with high quality. 2. Maintain a safe working environment in the sheet metal department and assist in enforcement of safety rules and regulations. 3. Layout raw materials using templates when applicable. 4. Use welder as needed: arc, mig, spot, stick, wire feed. 5. Be proficient in all metal cutting tools: jig saw, band saw, iron worker, plasma cutter, torch. 6. Manufacture the signs for ease of installation and serviceaiblity. 7. Inform the Supervisor of all accidents in the sheet metal department. OTHER DUTIES 1. Participate on cross functional work teams as assigned. 2. Assist other departments as needed. REQUIRED EDUCATION 1. High school diploma or equivalent recommended. 2. Basic understanding of electrical theory. 3. Knowledge of UL and NEC requirements preferred. JOB REQUIREMENTS 1. Two years sheet metal experience preferred. 2. Ability to read blueprints and scale ruler. 3. Ability to learn wiring primary and secondary side of ballasts, transformers, and flashers. 4. Ability to do basic math (add, subtract, multiply, divide). 5. Ability to extend hands and arms in any direction. 6. Ability to learn lean manufacturing concepts and be an active member of lean manufacturing processes. 7. Ability to move materials up to 100 pounds with or without assistance. 8. Ability to move about to accomplish tasks. 9. Work well in a team of 2 to 6 members 10. Perform essential duties of the job without posing a direct threat to the health and safety of self or others. WORKING CONDITIONS 1. The worker is subject to high levels of noise. Hearing protection is recommended and required for certain job functions. 2. The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions: Protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes. 3. The worker will be subject to fluctuating levels of overtime, including weekends. This job description does not list all of the duties of your job. You may be asked by managers to perform other tasks and duties. You will be evaluated in part based upon your performance of the tasks listed in this job description. Management has the right to revise this job description at any time. The job description is not a contract for employment, and either you or the employer may terminate employment at any time, for any reason. Apply by e-mail to: Humanresources@imagenational.com

This is a perfect example of how UL works. It just don't make since. I don't have a problem with testing equipment. Making every shop purchase and maintain them just is not logical. It make more since to hit all of the shops in the area with a service fee and split the cost among all of them have the inspector tote them to all shops. He would then be insured that they are compliant. It would cut the time and money wasted trying to ensure multiple set of tools and equipment are certified. I do believe that training is UL’s biggest downfall. We recently had our very knowable inspector retire. They sent two in from out of the area and both of them tried to give us a VN. We all know that means $500 luckily I have all of the documentation to prove that they don’t know their job and they withdrew the Variation Notices. It OK for them to be wrong they don’t care its not costing them money. It’s costing us. Increases to $400 is nothing to how they are gouging the sign industry with other tactics. Example would be we used to place a section sticker on each letter. We now have to place an individual sticker on each letter that is self contained. No big deal except that if you have a customer that has 15 letters in the sign as we do UL used to count that as one sign. Now it counted as 15 meaning that if you build 4 signs for that customer you will be logging 60 signs and the maximum amount of visit and possible VN’s for that quarter. That is the reasoning—business income. We all in the sign business need to have a UL question and answer section just to protects us from UL and there poorly trained inspectors. Some place that we can go to get the correct answers from a co-op of trained professionals because its clear that they don’t know and it costing us.

I've looked into ETL in the past. It happens to be a worldwide testing laboratory that is a direct competitor with UL. Fact is my inspector will not allow any product that has an ETL listed component to be installed in our signs manufactured then labeled with a UL label. ETL has been conducting performance and reliability tests in North America since 1896, the year in which the original ETL laboratory was founded by the Edison Electric Illumination Company. Today Intertek, and the ETL Listed and the cETL Listed Marks are accepted by Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs) throughout the United States and Canada as evidence of compliance with nationally recognized safety standards for electrical, gas and oil-fired products. The closest rep is in Portland Oregon in this part of the country. Although they were willing to service us I let it slide. Anyone have experience with them?