Simulated workplaceCAQA Ironbark Engineering is a fictional business created by CAQA for training and assessment. It is not a real company and no person, client or record here is real.About this simulation
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Simulated workplace
Department

Machine Shop

Turns, mills, bores and grinds components on CNC and manual machines at the Wodonga centre, holding drawing tolerances and surface finish, verifying parts with calibrated measuring equipment and returning them with inspection records the customer's engineers can rely on.

Machine Shop Supervisor14 staff
Home/Departments/Machine Shop
Responsibilities

What the team is accountable for

  • Set and operate CNC and manual lathes, mills and borers
  • Interpret drawings and plan machining sequences
  • Measure and record dimensions against drawing tolerances
  • Maintain cutting tools, coolant and machine guarding
  • Manage machine loading against the production schedule
Performance measures

How we know it is working

97.2%
First-pass inspection acceptance
78%
Machine utilisation
1.1% of sales
Scrap and rework cost
People

Who works here

TN

Tan Nguyen

Machine Shop Supervisor

Tan runs the Wodonga machining centre, programs the CNC lathes and machining centre and reviews every inspection report before parts ship, with eleven years at Ironbark.

SO

Sienna Okafor

CNC Machinist

Sienna sets and operates the CNC lathe and machining centre at Wodonga, checks parts on the coordinate measuring machine and has been with the machine shop for three years.