Success Stories - Manufacturing: Assembly

Company: K&L Microwave

Job title: Product Equipment Operator

Job Description: responsible for operating electronic equipment used in the assembly of electronic boards as well as maintaining and cleaning the equipment

Disability: Rehabilitated from head trauma

Accommodation needed: no special accommodation was necessary. The employee was teamed with a mentor. This is standard practice with all new employees.

Length of employment: Eight years, since 1999

Promotion or advancement: Started as an assembler and was promoted to a technician

Attendance: Above average compared to other employees. This individual is a role model to others without disabilities.

Comments: At the recruitment stage, K&L Microwave was told this employee would be limited in scope, however, after being placed in employment, this employee proved he could do so much more. Since beginning his career as simply a wire cutter, his job expanded to assembly, which involved soldering skills, to a product equipment operator which includes training others.

Company: K&L Microwave

Job title: Assembler

Job Description: Soldering electrical component into aluminum housing. Some parts are so small, a microscope is used

Disability: Physical, some mobility limitations such as frequent standing and sitting

Accommodation needed: no special accommodation was necessary. The employee was teamed with a mentor. This is standard practice with all new employees. As the employee progresses, his team will most like trade tasks with him to accommodate his mobility limitations.

Length of employment: newly hired, 2007

Promotion or advancement: N/A

Attendance: Above average compared to other employees

Comments: As a job candidate, many felt this individual may not be the best candidate from the labor pool available. This individual was trained, proved he could do the work, and was then hired. He is currently successful in his work wrapping wire coil and soldering.