On the Assembler side of things, my experience is that the right temperament is much more important and difficult thing to find than any specific skill.
Regardless of the skill set needed to do the job, being able to tolerate repetition with no pause outside of break times and adhering to instructions whether they understood their necessity or not was what made for a good Assembler; it wears most people out. I would joke that to be a successful assembly line/cell worker you needed to view each new unit as a visit from an old friend and not own guns.
My experience (in BC) is that the amount of skill/cost of your assemblers can vary.
Where I have worked, low volume production of relatively complex products required more skilled/trainable people because they ended up putting the whole thing together and they were paid well; some sub assemblies could be handled by less technical/skilled Assemblers.
On higher volume lines, if we needed highly skilled workers then it was a sign that we should look at the process and break up or farm out the steps that needed them.
^Actual chip foundries are no sweat shops.
I know nothing about semiconductor production, but maybe they can be sweaty shops? A room can 21 degrees, but if you're in a bunny suit...
Regardless of the skill set needed to do the job, being able to tolerate repetition with no pause outside of break times and adhering to instructions whether they understood their necessity or not was what made for a good Assembler; it wears most people out. I would joke that to be a successful assembly line/cell worker you needed to view each new unit as a visit from an old friend and not own guns.
My experience (in BC) is that the amount of skill/cost of your assemblers can vary.
Where I have worked, low volume production of relatively complex products required more skilled/trainable people because they ended up putting the whole thing together and they were paid well; some sub assemblies could be handled by less technical/skilled Assemblers.
On higher volume lines, if we needed highly skilled workers then it was a sign that we should look at the process and break up or farm out the steps that needed them.
^Actual chip foundries are no sweat shops.
I know nothing about semiconductor production, but maybe they can be sweaty shops? A room can 21 degrees, but if you're in a bunny suit...