Tool and Die Specialist - Ford Motor Company SA
(2023-03)
Deliver the best Tool & Die to produce high quality product at the required rate according to specification.
- Manufacture, maintain, and modify Press tools, Jigs and Fixtures according to company standard and requirement and improvement of tooling quality
- Perform safety inspections using corporate tools and conduct safety talks, Identify and insure that safety hazards and unsafe practices are promptly corrected
- Conduct test runs with completed tools or dies to ensure that parts meet specifications; make adjustments as necessary
- Cut, shape, and trim blanks or blocks to specified lengths or shapes, using power saws, shears, rules, and hand tools
- File, grind, shim, and adjust different parts to properly fit them together
- Fit and assemble parts to make, repair, or modify dies, jigs, gauges, and tools, using machine tools and hand tools
- Inspect finished dies for smoothness, contour conformity, and defects
- Lift, position, and secure machined parts or die components using hoists and overhead cranes
- Measure, mark, and scribe metal or plastic stock to lay out machining, using instruments such as protractors, micrometers, scribes, and rulers
- Select metals to be used from a range of metals based on properties such as hardness and heat tolerance
- Set up and operate conventional or computer numerically controlled machine (CNC/MECOF) tools such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders to cut, bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes
- Study blueprints, sketches, models, or specifications to plan sequences of operations for fabricating tools, dies, or assemblies
Toolmaker - Saturn Tool & Die - Windsor Oldcastle, ON, N0R 1L0, Canada
(2020-08 - 2022-12)
- Repairing faulty tools as recommended by Manufacturing Cell Leaders
- Standardizing of presses for standardized tools
- General tool repairs
- Making of machine components for maintenance support
- Maintain record of all tool repairs
- Building of new tools from drawings of production and use of machines
Press Toolmaker - Federal Mogul of S.A (Pty) Ltd Sealing Systems Division
(2013-01 - 2020-08)
- Repairing faulty tools as recommended by all Manufacturing Cell Leaders
- Standardizing of presses for standardized tools
- General Tool repairs
- Making of machine components for maintenance Support
- Maintain record of all tool repairs
- Building of new tools from drawings for production and use of machines
- Use of machines in Tool room (example: Lathe Milling Machine, Grinder and Welders)
Press Toolmaker - Volkswagen S.A (Pty) Ltd - Tool room A-Plant, Press Shop and Skin Panels
(1997-06 - 2001-05)
- Building, Repairs, Maintenance, Modifications, Skin Panels Repairs
- Punches, Draw Tools and Welding of Tools
- Welding (MIG, TIG, Oxy-Acetylene Gas and Arc Welding)
Product Engineering B-Plant Proto-Type Build Tool room - Volkswagen S.A (Pty) Ltd - Product Engineering B-Plant Proto-Type Build Tool room
(2001-05 - 2012-05)
- Building of Proto-Type Parts for New Products
- Welding (MIG, TIG, Oxy-Acetylene Gas and Arc Welding)
- Milling, Lathe Machine Work (Jig Boring & Advance Machining)
- Measuring of Component Part, Precision Work, Building of big, Small Tools, Jigs and Fixture and Fabrications work
Apprentice Toolmaker - Volkswagen S.A (Pty) Ltd
(1991-01 - 1994-10)
Qualified as Press Toolmaker October 1994
