Assembler Pre-Apprentice

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live.

Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

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Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc. When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live.

Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters h a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe. When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world.

We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer’s needs. Join us.

The Caterpillar Assembly Pre-Apprenticeship program is a year and a half program that prepares high school students for employment specifically at the Caterpillar plant located in Clayton, North Carolina. Eligible high school students will take manufacturing related classes at Johnson Community College three days a week during their junior year spring semester and work/train at Caterpillar starting the following summer. Caterpillar compensates enrolled students for their time spent working at Caterpillar during the summer (up to 32 hours per week) leading into their senior year and during their senior year (minimum of 16 hours per week).

At the completion of the program, successful graduates will have earned 10 free credit hours from Johnson Community College and a certificate from the North Carolina Community College System. During the program, pre-apprentices will train for positions as a Product Assembler, and work in an environment that supports excellence. For a look at what we do in Clayton, NC,  >>

As a Product Assembler, you will work to assemble/test parts, components, or systems for BCP machines according to the specified work orders. Job responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Uses various tools provided in the work area to perform assembly duties
• Use of lifting devices to move heavy components of weights of more than 35 lbs
• Rotation to various positions within the Job Function area to perform related activities
• Follows documented procedures standard work, routings, and blueprints to perform safe and defect-free assembly and adjustment of components and prime product
• Perform other related work duties as assigned
• Follows and utilizes CPS principles of 5S, Continuous Improvement Idea Reporting, Waste Elimination, and Standard Work
• Keeps work area in a clean and orderly condition
• Contributing team member with effective communications skills

• Must be a high school Junior in good academic…