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Stuff-Fall 2016

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F a l l 2 0 1 6 • S T U F F 13 CNC machine operator, Waters Corp. Work location: Milford Home: Marlborough Education: Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School, advanced manufacturing program Salary: Did not disclose (Machinists generally make between $25,000 and $61,000 per year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.) Job duties: Set up machines for new jobs, inspect and run machine, inspect output Career aspirations: To become an engineer and start his own business Off time: David appreciates the fact the he works a 40-hour week in just three days, leaving him four days every week to pursue other interests. David Cabrera, 19 40-hour work week into three long days. In the other four days, he helps out with the soccer program at his old high school, works some overtime hours or just enjoys the extra-long weekends. Fluid dynamics & heat transfer Like Cabrera, Julie Fehlman decided early on that she wanted to be an engineer. "I loved math and science, and engineering was actually a field you could go into where you could use those skills and create things," she said. At Union College in New York, she enjoyed learning about fluid mechanics and heat transfer. Now, she puts that knowledge to use at FLEXcon in Spencer. Fehlman said manufacturing is a tough business, with lots of compe- tition from overseas. "But that's exactly why we need people to be in manufacturing, because we need these jobs to be in the U.S.," she said. Fehlman said she sees her job as helping FLEXcon to operate ef- ficiently and improve constantly so that it can keep being the important institution in the local area. CSB IS VERY PROUD TO WORK WITH JIM RICHARDSON, PRESIDENT OF REED & PRINCE MANUFACTURING CORP. OF LEOMINSTER, MA.

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