Employment Skills Test

This test is designed to help JMC Recruitment Solutions Ltd make a decision about your employment. They are part of an assessment process that includes a structured interview and line trial. The test results are combined with your performance in the other areas to give an overall result.

The test is based around things that you may be expected to do as part of your work at the Company. This includes looking at and understanding instructions, counting and examining products, responding to test equipment readings, writing part numbers and other figures.

There are two skill tests – literacy and numeracy. You will not be timed on how long it takes you to complete these tests, however this should take about 30 minutes in total.

You may not use a calculator in these tests.

You may use a sheet of paper for notes or working out figures.  

Images for referene during the test:

Process Sequence Chart

Process Control Plan 1

Process Control Plan 2 

The Test

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Study the attached Process Sequence Chart. We use this to tell us the different steps to be taken when assembling brake hoses.

For example, the first step is to ‘Receive Raw Hose’. The second step is to ‘Cut Hose to Length and Mark Sight Lines’ etc. You will sometimes see ‘Assy’, this is a shortened form of the word ‘Assembly’.

The symbols on the chart are identified on the key at the bottom of the page and these tell us what is done at each step of hose manufacture.

For example, an arrow means that the part assembled hose is transported from one area to another, a circle in a square means the hose must be 100 percent tested at that stage.

Using the Process Sequence Chart, answer the following questions:

Q1 What step number is ‘Assy Solid Grommet’? *

Q2 What is the symbol for ‘Storage’? *

Q3 What is done at step number 28A? *

Q4 At step number 22, the operation is the ‘Assy Bundy & Torque’, what else is done at step number 22? *

Q5 SPC (a type of measurement check) is done at three different steps of the process, what are the three step numbers? *

Q6 Raw hose, loose hose sleeves and nipples all come together at which step number? *

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Study the attached Process Control Plan. This is used to identify how the hose should be checked and by whom as it is assembled. It also shows what should be done if the hose is not correct.

The Process Control Plan has numbered steps that correspond with the step numbers on the Process Sequence Chart.

The checks that need to be done are shown under the ‘Characteristic’ column on the Process Control Plan.

For example, step 16 is ‘Assembly of the Roll Pin’, if you look at the Process Control Plan step number 16 you will see that there are two checks to make sure the assembly is correct. The first check on correct assembly is a visual check done by the ‘Cell Op’ (this is short for Cell Operative) when the job is first set up and at the when the run is finished. The second check also a visual check is done by the Cell Member on 100 percent of the parts.

Using the Process Control Plan, answer the following questions:

Q7 Step 19 ‘Armour’ requires a visual check on the first and last off parts assembled, who does the check? *

Q8 What visual check must be done by the Cell Member on 100 Percent of the parts at step number 24A Banjo? *

Q9 What must the Cell member do to contain the fault if the ABS Clips are not correctly closed at step number 25? *

Q10 If the Cell Member has a problem at step number 21 with the brackets and they place the rejects in the identified reject box, what should they also do to correct the problem? *

Q11 What ‘Record Documents’ should the Cell Op use at step 20 ‘Sheath’? *

Q12 How many samples should be checked by the Cell Member at step 23 ‘3-Way’? *

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Read the following and answer the questions at the end:

Syncreon Ltd was founded in January 2007. Syncreon was formed when Walsh Western International and TDS logistics Inc., both market leaders in their respective specialty areas of global supply chain management, joined forces to establish a new company.

As a contract logistics provider, Syncreon offers a full line of logistics and supply chain solutions that ensure our customers products and materials are at the right place at the right time.

Our versatile services are designed as modular building blocks which form a flexible and performance proven tool set that we adapt and apply to the unique needs of each of our customers.

Main Customers who make vehicles include General Motors, Vauxhall, Chrysler, BMW, Rolls Royce, Ford and Audi. Other Customers include Sharp, Dell, Canon and Harley Davidson.

Our Quality standards

Syncreon is committed to attaining certification that meets or exceeds our customer requirements.

Industry
Our established facilities are registered (or in process of certification) to:
• ISO 9001 or ISO/TS 16949 Relevant facilities are certified to the Medical Device standard:
• ISO 13485 Customer Specific Relevant facilities are certified for specific customer requirements:
• Q1-Award
• VDA 6.1

Six Sigma & Business Process Improvement (BPI)
Key objectives:
• To increase operational efficiencies & eliminate waste
• To meet competitive cost challenges and create customer value
• To reinforce a 'quality company' and invest in the development of their people

Health & Safety
• OHSAS 18001

Environmental
• ISO 14001

Security
• TAPA

Syncreon Mission Statement

• Syncreon strives to be an agile logistics company, specializing in the optimization of the supply chain for its customers
• syncreon provides its customers with tailored, innovative and scalable solutions which reduce their costs and increase their competitiveness
• syncreon focuses on sustainable, profitable long-term growth while continually providing great opportunities to its people and truly best-in-class services to its customers

Questions:

Q13 What 2 companies joined forces to become Syncreon? *

Q14 Syncreon like to ensure that their customers what, “is in the right place at the right time”? *

Q15 Who are the Company’s main Automotive Clients apart from General Motors and Vauxhall? *

Q16 What are the 3, Six Sigma & Business Process Improvement (BPI), Key objectives? *

Q17 Syncreon strives to be what? *

Numeracy

Consider the following:

You are working in the Company’s actuation area making Air Control Valves, each valve is made up of the following components
1 Body
1 Cove
1 Filter
3 Seals
2 Springs

The target on the job is to make 20 air control valves per hour. The machine that you are using to assemble the valves can make a maximum of 30 per hour.

Q18 What is the total number of components in each assembly? *

Q19 If you assemble the valves on target, how many will you make in 5 hours? *

Q20 What is maximum number of valves that could be made in 5 hours? *

Q21 If you make 100 valves how many seals will you have used? *

Q22 If you make 10 valves, what is the total number of components that you will have used? *

Q23 If the target were increased by 50%, how many valves would you have to build per hour? *

Q24 If you built 20 valves, how many seals, covers and springs in total would you have used? *

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