Role design and job descriptions for Cement Product Makers: who strips, who cures, who signs the batch
Strip time and curing sit in a few heads in a cement yard. Writing each step as a role, with an owner, stops products being moved before they are ready.
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Mould fillers, demoulding crew, curing attendants and stackers hand work to each other with little said. When the yard is busy, someone strips early to free the mould. Curing is cut short, and the product cracks days later at the customer. The supervisor blames the crew, the crew says nobody told them the strip time.
Good looks like a card for each post. The batching operator knows the mix and records it, the mould filler and vibrator operator know the fill and vibrate steps, the demoulding crew knows the strip time and who may authorise early strip, the curing attendant owns tanks and covers, and the yard supervisor signs the batch.
How to set it up
1. List the steps in the yard
From batching to stacking, write each step and who does it today. Keep it on one sheet where the supervisor can reach it.
2. Name an owner per step
Assign one person per shift for batching, moulding, demoulding, curing and stacking. Go over it with the people who do the work, and note what they change.
3. Write strip and cure rules per product
A one page card with strip time, curing days and who signs the batch. See role design and job descriptions.
4. Define what a supervisor may decide
State who may authorise early stripping, and what to record. Write the name of the person responsible next to it.
5. Brief the crew
Walk through the cards at the start of a shift and adjust after a week. Check it again after a month and adjust what did not work.
Check these first
Before changing anything, find out what is true today. These take an afternoon and use your own records.
- Ask your yard supervisor how the strip time of each product is decided and written.
- Look at the last batch that cracked and see who stripped it and when.
- Check whether each shift has a named curing attendant.
- Count how many products were stripped early last month.
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Questions owners ask
The yard supervisor, using a written strip time per product. Early stripping should need his sign off and a note of why.
Purpose, tasks, decisions the person may take, who they report to and the key rules for their step, such as strip time. Keep it to one page.
Brief the crew, use the cards when something goes wrong, and have the supervisor check one step each day. Show that the cards protect workers from blame.