Jayce Spice | Fabricator
AGE: 21
YEARS AT MILLER: 2.5
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION: Jayce is currently in the Industrial Welding Technology program at FVTC
What do you do on a day-to-day basis at your job?
Daily tasks include: set-up and running sheet metal punching and bending equipment, changing machine tooling, prepping parts to be painted, basic troubleshooting. Jayce is also training in programming.
How did you arrive at your current position? What was your professional or career path?
Jayce had only completed a few classes in his FVTC program when he joined Miller as an agency employee. He was hired after several months and has demonstrated his ability to learn, training with Miller employees while attending school.
What is the best part about your job?
The best part of the job, according to Jayce is the ownership he feels over the work that he’s doing.
Kyle Belonger | Machinist
AGE: 29
YEARS AT MILLER: 10
What do you do on a day-to-day basis at your job?
My day as a machinist at Miller can vary from day-to-day. The week will start with taking care of weekly preventative maintenance on the machines, followed by checking dimensions on all parts being machined and adjusting, as necessary. Throughout the week machines will need to be set up for open orders and will also come across machines that will need to be troubleshooted for alarms or improperly machined parts. Most days will have a balanced routine but, there is always something new to learn and a problem to be solved.
How did you arrive at your current position? What was your professional or career path?
To get skills in trades that have value wherever I may need to go. I made my way into machining by starting in assembly and found a good fit to utilize my problem solving skills in machining applications.
What is the best part about your job?
Most days present a new challenge and the satisfaction you get when you find a solution to it.