Assembly Jobs in the Triangle Area (Raleigh, Cary: find a job, club, assessments)
Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, CaryThe Triangle Area
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I am hoping to tap into the wisdom and extensive network of well-informed triangle residents on this one. I am working with a young man that I need to try to help find a job. I really think assembly jobs would be perfect for him. He has a brain injury which left him blind in one eye and he has difficulty with his social skills. I think he would thrive in an environment where he could just do the same task over and over again and not deal with the public. My question is, does anybody know of any triangle area employers that have these kinds of positions? I am finding very few advertising vacancies except for highly technical jobs assembling using schematics and they are requiring lots of experience. This may be a dying field due to automation and robotics but do any employers in the area still hire entry level positions where people just stand on an assembly line and do a repetitive task all day?
Your ideas and suggestions are much appreciated in advance.
Is it the Lions Club that deals specifically with vision impaired people? I think they actually have a pretty big operation here. Being sighted in one eye may disqualify him, but they would at least know some referrals probably.
Also dialing 211 here in the Triangle will get you connected with the United Way and they are an awesome source of info like you are looking for: 211 - United Way of the Greater Triangle
Also the Employment Security Commission now called the Department of Employment Security
has Job Finders linked from their site. Division of Employment Security
I would strongly encourage him to contact VRS. He would likely be eligible for services and they have Voc Rehab Counselors, work assessments sites, and a network of providers that they subcontract for vocational services.
Alas, there are few low skill assembly jobs available any longer in this country. I would suspect that by now, any that are left are more readily accessed via one of the above agencies than on your own.
Disassembling computers might be an option. I think Synergy Recycling does this but it appears that this is in connection with the United Way.
If his brain injury does not affect his math skills and he is good at counting and multiplying and can operate a touch screen computer, inventory work such as what RGIS Industries does, might be a good fit. A person needs to be able to count items quickly and and accurately. Often this includes lining items up and multiplying (five cans across and four deep, for example, is easier to multiply than count.) They often work at night when there is minimal contact with others and the work is straightforward.
If he has the cognitive skills, other options might be night stocking (unloading trucks, putting merchandise on shelves...) or janitorial work -- minimal contact with others, repetitive tasks.
Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I essentially work for VRS. In NC we have a separate VRS for persons with visual impairments so he is getting vocational rehab services already. Unfortunately, Community Workforce Solutions, Raleigh Lions Clinic for the Blind, and Wake Enterprises are not options. Long story, but they are not considered competitive employment or integrated employment. That is why I was asking if there is any private industry here in the triangle that is still using assemblers to do anything. I will definitely look into 211, RGIS, etc. Unloading trucks could be an option too. We have tried him in janitorial settings and food service and he has not been very successful in those situations. Thanks again, guys.
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That is why I was asking if there is any private industry here in the triangle that is still using assemblers to do anything. I will definitely look into 211, RGIS, etc. Unloading trucks could be an option too. We have tried him in janitorial settings and food service and he has not been very successful in those situations. Thanks again, guys.
