Quality Control Inspector
Quality control inspectors oversee order and productivity within their organization, in addition to product quality.
Responsibilities
- Read blueprints and specifications
- Monitor operations to ensure they meet production standards
- Recommend adjustments to the assembly or production process
- Inspect, test, or measure materials or products being produced
- Measure products with rulers, calipers, gauges, or micrometers
- Operate electronic inspection equipment and software
- Accept or reject finished items
- Remove all products and materials that fail to meet specifications
- Report inspection and testing data such as weights, temperatures, grades, moisture content, and quantities inspected
Quality control inspectors monitor quality standards for nearly all manufactured products, including food, clothing, glassware, electronics, computers, and structural steel.
What Does it Take to Become a Quality Control Inspector?
A quality control inspector plays a critical role within the steel industry.
They help products and companies succeed and stay afloat.
When a product lacks quality, the customers are not happy and the business, in turn, suffers.
It is up to the quality control inspector to ensure that standards are met, and that quality is always a top priority.
Required Skills
This requires a special set of skills.
Eye for detail to catch defects.Experience with quality management systems (QMS).Math skills – data reporting, measuring, calibrating, and calculating specifications.Critical thinking skills, to help work through customer problems and production issues, as well as develop strategies for improving product quality.Physical strength and stamina, as the job requires time on the feet.Ability to read blueprints, technical documents, and manuals.A desire to achieve the best and ensure top-quality products.Minimum Requirements
Structural steel knowledgeAssembly experienceSurveillance floor inspectionWelding signoffData Book CompilationData Book ReviewBoiler inspectionConducted preliminary inspectionsPerformed visual inspectionsReviewing and signing off on Data BooksISO complianceKnowledge of expediting experienceQC Level 1, 2, or 3 certificationOnline evaluation & checking experience#J-18808-Ljbffr