Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)

Machakos County, nicknamed 'Macha,' was the first capital city of Kenya and is now an administrative county in Kenya. Machakos is made up of eight (8) constituencies including Machakos Town, Mavoko, Masinga, Yatta, Kangundo, Kathiani, Matungulu, and Mwala. Machakos Town is the administrative capital of the County.

Responsibilities or duties

General fitting

• Participating in assembling machinery and equipment according to technical specification;
• Taking part in aligning and connecting mechanical components;
• Participating in testing machinery to ensure proper functioning;
• Cleaning and lubricating machinery component to ensure optimal performance:
• Taking part in replacing and replacing defective parts such as bearing, gears, valves and pumps;
• Cutting and fabricating tasks to repair metal components; and
• Collecting and collating data on records and inventory pertaining to general fitting services

Machining/ turning

• Machining to perform turning, grinding, milling, facing, boring, drilling, threading, grooving, operations on metal work pieces;
• Loading raw materials such as metals bars rods or billets into the lathe and secure them safe for machining;
• Taking part in setting-up manual or computer numerical control (enc) machines according to work piece specification and engineering drawing:
• Installing cutting tools, toolholders and work holding fixtures such as chucks, collates or centers;
• Replacing damaged or defect cutting tools and sharpening them to maintain cutting performance;
• Operating machining tools and equipment’s; and
• Collecting and collating data for records and inventory pertaining to machining services;

Welding

• Cutting, shaping, assembling of materials and operating of welding machines;
• Performing visual inspection and tests such as dye-penetrant, ultrasonic pressure tests to verify integrity and strength strength of welds:
• Undertaking welding maintenance works; and
• Collecting and collating data for records and inventory pertaining to welding works and equipment

Blacksmith

• Heating metal in a forge until it reaches malleable temperature and shape metals;
• Joining metal components to ensure proper alignment and maintain structural integrity. and aesthetic appeal;
• Taking part in heat treatment on metals to enhance its mechanical properties;
• Maintaining tools and equipment to ensure optimal performance and longevity;
• Operating equipment and machine;
• Taking part in inspection and testing metal works to ensure dimensional accuracy and structural integrity in adherence to specifications: and
• Collecting and collating data for records and inventory pertaining to forging works and equipment

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

Requirements for Appointment

For appointment of this grade, a candidate must have:

• Government Trade Test II in any of the following options; General Fitting, Turning Welding, Blacksmith from a recognized institution; and

Experience needed

This will be the entry and training grade for this cadre. An officer at this level will work under the guidelines of a designated supervisor.

• Participating in assembling machinery and equipment according to technical specification;
• Taking part in aligning and connecting mechanical components;
• Participating in testing machinery to ensure proper functioning;
• Cleaning and lubricating machinery component to ensure optimal performance:
• Taking part in replacing and replacing defective parts such as bearing, gears, valves and pumps;
• Cutting and fabricating tasks to repair metal components; and
• Collecting and collating data on records and inventory pertaining to general fitting services
• Machining to perform turning, grinding, milling, facing, boring, drilling, threading, grooving, operations on metal work pieces;
• Loading raw materials such as metals bars rods or billets into the lathe and secure them safe for machining;
• Taking part in setting-up manual or computer numerical control (enc) machines according to work piece specification and engineering drawing:
• Installing cutting tools, toolholders and work holding fixtures such as chucks, collates or centers;
• Replacing damaged or defect cutting tools and sharpening them to maintain cutting performance;
• Operating machining tools and equipment’s; and
• Collecting and collating data for records and inventory pertaining to machining services;
• Cutting, shaping, assembling of materials and operating of welding machines;
• Performing visual inspection and tests such as dye-penetrant, ultrasonic pressure tests to verify integrity and strength strength of welds:
• Undertaking welding maintenance works; and
• Collecting and collating data for records and inventory pertaining to welding works and equipment
• Heating metal in a forge until it reaches malleable temperature and shape metals;
• Joining metal components to ensure proper alignment and maintain structural integrity. and aesthetic appeal;
• Taking part in heat treatment on metals to enhance its mechanical properties;
• Maintaining tools and equipment to ensure optimal performance and longevity;
• Operating equipment and machine;
• Taking part in inspection and testing metal works to ensure dimensional accuracy and structural integrity in adherence to specifications: and
• Collecting and collating data for records and inventory pertaining to forging works and equipment

• Government Trade Test II in any of the following options; General Fitting, Turning Welding, Blacksmith from a recognized institution;