Tyler joined us as a Press Brake Operator, a job title he still holds. He currently spends a lot of time producing PPAP (production part approval process) parts. He also uses the FAROArm to verify the quality of his parts and has been entrusted to verify parts produced by other members of his department as well. Or, as he puts it, he spends all day creating world-class, quality parts.

Never being someone who enjoyed sitting in front of a computer all day, one of the things that quickly made Tyler realize he enjoyed life as a press brake operator was finding joy in getting to work with his hands and create something. “Every part you make is like a puzzle, and then you figure out how the pieces fit together to get them to come into tolerance to produce a quality part.”

One of the things that Tyler enjoys most about figuring out how all the pieces fit into the puzzle is trouble-shooting any issues he runs into on the job. He enjoys knowing that he’s making it easier for someone else to make the part. Part of the job is running into all sorts of challenges, and he often has to think outside the box for new issues that arise from new parts.