Steve,

A good place to start might be the local Chamber of Commerce or Better
Business Bureau.  They have cost of living factors for different regions and
local union information for different trades.

R. G. Blomberg
Honeywell
Staff Production Engineer

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen R. Gregory [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, August 30, 1999 10:23 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [TN] Wave Solder Operator Wages...


Hi Ya'll,

Well, with my new job as was supposed to be a SMT Process Engineer, I got
tasked with taking over our wave solder operations (and being the supervisor
to boot! Hey, whatcha' gonna do? With relocating and everything?) Nuff'
said...

Anyhoo, I've been wave soldering everything myself the past couple of weeks
and need to hire a competent operator so I can go on to bigger and better
things. Problem is, I'm not really familiar with the wage scales for wave
solder operators in Oklahoma.

Myself, I think a good operator that can think on his feet is worth their
weight in gold, just as I think a good manual soldering operator is.
However,
my opinion I've learned, is not shared by those that control the "purse
strings" (if you will...nuff' said about that too, if you catch my drift...)

What I'm asking, is there a web page someplace that will give me some
ammunition to justify a certain hourly pay-scale for someone that I'm
looking
for? Something that I can go to management with and let them know that they
can expect to hire someone for a certain figure and expect a competent
person. Just to let you know, they think they I can hire someone for between
$6.50-7.50 an hour out here...I don't think so myself...that's if I can find
someone that knows anything about wave soldering...hehehe

I'm going to interview them to be sure, and I think I'll be able to
distinguish whether or not the person has the where-with-all to be a good
operator...I'll share everything I know about the process with this person.

I've always been an engineer, and not usually involved in the hiring of
operators... especially here in Oklahoma. I know pretty much what production
positions get in "Silicon Valley" but not here in Oklahoma.

Boy, this sucks...I just need a web page, something...anything

-Steve Gregory-

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