Master Prototyper Application Form

Application Form

Introduction

• Name
• Email
• Phone
• Link to Resume. If not available, email an attachment to recruiting at opensourceecology dot org
• Link to 3 work samples. If not available, email an attachment to recruiting at opensourceecology dot org
• Age

Core Experience

List the years of experience that you have. If not applicable, leave blank. For any items you fill - quantify your skill level with 1= good working proficiency; 2=master.

• Precision machining (mill, lathe, surface grinder, etc.)
• Custom fabrication (torching, welding, drilling, etc)
• Machine design (conceptual or CAD)
• Creating fabrication drawings
• Mechanical design with CAD
• Power electronic device design
• Electronic design
• Computer programming
• Performing CAE analysis
• Developing/managing a startup enterprise
• Heavy eqiupment operation
• Fluid power systems

Specific Skills

Please write 1 if you have solid working proficiency with any of the following, and leave blank otherwise. Please do not put 1 for 'something that you could do without a problem but have never done before' - as this is an assessment of your experience level.

Survey of Relevant Hands-on Skills

• Drilling
• Mag drilling
• Milling
• Lathing
• MIG welding
• TIG welding
• Stick welding
• Fabricating gears
• Fabricating shaft couplers
• Fabricating electrical motors
• Fabricating engines from the ground up
• Fabricating precision machines
• Making bolts
• Building hydraulic circuits
• Making ball bearings
• Oxyacetylen cutting
• Oxypropane cutting
• Water jet cutting
• Cold saw operation
• Oxyhydrogen cutting
• Surface grinding
• Band sawing
• Metal shear/punch operation
• Sharpening drill bits by hand
• Sharpending drill bits on a sharpener
• Lapping metal surfaces
• Using a digital readout
• Designing machines
• Design of power electronic devices
• DRO
• Sheet metal stamping
• Technical writing
• Creating exploded part diagrams
• Metal Casting
• Hardening steel
• Working with tool steel
• Tool-and-die making
• Press forging
• Blacksmithing
• Hot metal rolling
• Populating surface mount circuits
• Etching or milling circuits
• CNC routing of wood
• Building microcontroller circuits and sensors
• Using an induction furnace
• Sawmilling
• Table sawing
• Carpentry work
• Plumbing installation
• Pottery
• Animal husbandry
• Forest management
• Orchard management
• Farm management
• Auto mechanic work
• Small engine repair
• Chainsaw use
• Using a torque wrench
• Mortise-and-tenon construction
• Steel building erection
• High ropes fabrication work
• Bulldozing
• Plowing
• Disking
• Backhoe work
• Bobcat work

Design

• Sketchup modeling
• Professional CAD package use
• Electronic schematics design
• PCB layout design
• Power electronics design
• Windmill design
• Automotive design
• Interior design
• Architectural design
• Structural engineering design
• Thermal calculations
• Computer programming
• Web design
• Making presentations
• Speech and script writing
• On-demand publishing

Analysis and Planning Work

• Google spreadsheets and drawings
• Image processing
• Statistical analysis
• Quality control work
• Analyzing smoothness of surfaces
• G,D & T
• Site master planning
• Site analysis for planning
• Creating bills of materials
• Estimating costs
• Land surveying
• Leveling a site
• Measuring hydraulic flow rate and pressure
• Strategic planning
• Business planning
• Implementation planning
• Interviewing
• Systems design
• Mechanical interface design

Soft Skills

Please write 1 if you have solid working proficiency with any of the following, and leave blank otherwise.

• Teaching students
• Managing teams
• Emotional intelligence
• Videograohy
• Photography
• Cooking
• Editing video
• Blogging
• Counseling
• Mediation
• Meditation
• Reading body language
• Empathizing
• Yoga, Tai Chi, and other body-mind arts
• Massage
• Integrative transformative practice
• Public speaking