Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters

• Apply lubricants or coolants to workpieces.
• Repair precision devices or workpieces.
• Align parts or workpieces to ensure proper assembly.
• Assemble metal or plastic parts or products.
• Disassemble equipment for maintenance or repair.
• Reshape small metal components for precision assembly.
• Inspect timing devices.
• Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
• Calculate dimensions of workpieces, products, or equipment.
• Clean workpieces or finished products.

• Having face-to-face discussions.
• Freedom to make decisions without supervision.
• The freedom to determine tasks, priorities, and goals.
• Working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions.
• Working with a group or team.
• Sitting.

• Precision Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Enrolling in a community college can be a great place to start your four-year degree. While all 31 Minnesota State community colleges, technical colleges and universities offer all or part of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (a 40-credit package of general education courses accepted for transfer to other state colleges and universities, the University of Minnesota, and some private colleges and universities), not all two-year colleges offer degrees intended to transfer to a four-year bachelor's degree.

If you plan to transfer to obtain a four-year bachelor's degree, it is important to know which degree path is right for you:

• Associate of Arts (AA) degrees offered at community colleges are designed to transfer into liberal arts four-year majors.
• Associate of Science (AS) and Associate of Fine Arts (AFA) degrees offered at community and technical colleges transfer into specific four-year majors and will likely require completing additional general education courses at a university.
• Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degrees offered at technical and community colleges are not designed to transfer. They lead to immediate entry into the workplace.
• Diplomas and certificates offered at technical colleges are not designed to transfer. They lead to immediate entry into the workplace.

Talk to a transfer specialist as early as possible to determine the best associate degree for your goals. Be sure to review your Degree Audit Report (DARS) each semester to best prepare for transfer. Get more help understanding transfer using the tools below.

• Visit Transferology to see if your courses will transfer.
• Search Articulation Agreements to find formal transfer agreements between schools.

• Repairing—Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
• Maintaining Equipment—Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
• Thinking Critically—Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Controlling Quality—Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
• Solving Complex Problems—Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Listening—Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Making Decisions—Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Managing Time—Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Monitoring Performance—Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Operating Equipment—Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

• Mechanical—Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Engineering and Technology—Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
• Production and Processing—Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• Education and Training—Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
• Mathematics—Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
• Customer and Personal Service—Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Computers and Electronics—Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
• English Language—Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Physics—Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
• Psychology—Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

• Realistic—Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
• Conventional—Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

• Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
• Lathe and Turning Machine Operators
• Bicycle Repairers
• Watch Repairers
• Wood Sawing Machine Operators
• Forging Machine Operators
• Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
• Print Binding and Finishing Workers
• Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
• Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers

• Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

• Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
• Lathe and Turning Machine Operators
• Bicycle Repairers
• Watch Repairers
• Wood Sawing Machine Operators
• Forging Machine Operators
• Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
• Print Binding and Finishing Workers
• Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
• Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers