subject: A Guide To Pcb Assembly Northampton [print this page] If you've always been interested in the idea of working in the electronics field then PCB assembly might be for you. Say you live in Northampton, for example. A few miles down the road there's a PCB assembly specialist making printed circuit boards, cables and electro mechanical assemblies.
What kind of skills do you think that company would be looking for when taking on staff for PCB assembly at its Northampton plant? Most manufacturers will be looking for recruits with at least some experience of PCB assembly before they consider them for a role at their Northampton base.
In recent months some businesses have been advertising with recruitment agencies for a PCB and cable assembly operator. In one particular advertisement the employer's requirements for the PCB assembly post included a person who could solder conventional components to IPC-A-610 or J Standard, hand place surface mount components, pre-form, insert and crop component leads using hand tools such as cutters, pliers, etc.
It also required that anyone carrying out the role of PCB assembly, whether they were from Northampton or anywhere else in the UK, needed to understand component identification such as resistors, capacitors and ICs and work from assembly drawings and Boms (Bill of Materials). It's generally accepted that anyone who takes on a PCB assembly role needs to understand the requirements for PCB assembly and ESD.
Just imagine that that Northampton manufacturer is about to expand its operations and is searching for more PCB assembly staff.
The business might need soldering technicians with high levels of soldering skills to add to the PCB assembly team and build PCB products to IPC level two and three.
A good PCB assembly specialist who joins the Northampton based company needs to understand orientation and component types and always be able to follow written instructions.
By doing this the chances of getting an order wrong is greatly reduced and productivity levels can remain healthy and high.
