Tour of the Bench

= TOUR OF THE BENCH =

PRELIMINARIES Volunteer is actually on the Recycling Bench schedule (or added by you) Volunteer knows to report injury and knows location of first aid and knows to contact a staff member if an injury occurs. Volunteer has safety gear. Gloves & glasses required (prescription glasses OK). Not wearing open-toed shoes. Volunteer knows where to take breaks and use the restrooms. Volunteer knows when to take breaks:
 * Schedule
 * Safety
 * Breaks
 * 2 to 5 hour shift = 15 min break (recorded as volunteer time)
 * 6 hour shift = EITHER: 2 15 min breaks (recorded as vol time)
 * OR 30 min lunch that's NOT part of vol time
 * 8 hour shift = 30 min lunch + 2 x 15 min breaks (all part of volunteer time)

SYSTEM PILE LARGE BINS = GAYLORDS OVERFLOW PALLET METALS CONTAINERS ON TOP OF THE BENCH BINS UNDER THE BENCH
 * Point out pile of computers near recycling check-in.
 * Most are computers, but sometimes other stuff (servers, large network device, DVRs, game consoles, set-top boxes, etc)
 * Goal is to separate the computer into steel, plastic and other recyclables.
 * Power supplies - point out shelf below stereo, and bottom shelf as well. We don't remove steel from power supplies.  Wires will be cut later.
 * Thin wire - single layer of insulation, usually colored wire
 * Ribbon cable - usually gray and wide, sometimes thin & glossy (white, black, orange).
 * CBM - no need to explain much except "staff use only"
 * E-Plastic - rigid plastic from electronics. Very small plastic OK. Thin & flexible plastic not OK. Filmy plastic not OK. NO STEEL OR ALUMINUM. Brass molded in OK.
 * Cords - double insulated. When possible, point our cable/cord that shows part of the colored wire under the outer jacket.
 * If necessary, point out any overflow pallet of systems (systems, servers, etc)
 * Steel versus Non-magnetic metal - point out HD magnets mounted on bench.
 * Use magnet to demonstrate the difference between ferrous and non-ferrous
 * Show "Big Steel" cart, "Small Steel" bin, and "Non-Magnetic Metal" bin.
 * White container - tiny steel, e.g. screws, clips, springs, etc
 * Red container - small cbm (switches, plugs), garbage (foam, thin/filmy plastic). Encourage green drive rail cleaning & wires to be separated from plastic.
 * Top-left is for case fans and speakers (show examples)
 * Other 3 bins for circuit boards and drives
 * Circuits boards can be Mother Boards, PCI, tiny ones
 * Mother Boards
 * We don't take anything off of them unless it's necessary to get them out of the computer
 * It may be necessary to remove wires/cables and other circuit boards (PCI cards).
 * It may also be necessary to remove the heatsink fan combo insome cases, but don't assume.
 * Drives = all drives except hard drives (which we'll cover a little later)
 * Usually CD & Floppy, but also DVD, Tape, Jazz, Zip, etc)

RECYCLING REMINDERS
 * Plastic with Metal
 * Show front panels of computers
 * Clips & screws in corners
 * Metal springs behind buttons
 * Dell aluminum badges
 * Brass inserts molded into plastic can go into E-plastic gaylord
 * But remove steel clips from plastic drive rails (green example)


 * Steel
 * Flatten U-shaped system covers (brace yourself, stomp it flat, but don't spread it out completely)
 * Don't remove rubber or soft plastic feet from steel


 * Hard Drive vs Floppy Drive
 * Show differences = slot in Floppy drive, HD is sealed


 * Hard Drive
 * Hard drives are usually not in these computers to be recycled, but they might slip through.
 * Show Hard Drive with our RECYCLE sticker on it.
 * Hard Drive w/ sticker goes to Recycling staff, usually at check-in station.

DECONSTRUCTION
 * Gauge the volunteer's experience with desktop computer hardware.
 * How do you get inside the computer?
 * Show examples as necessary (Dell, HP, generic, etc)


 * Follow up - do these as appropriate:
 * Work next to them if space allows
 * Ask intern to work next to them
 * Check back during their first deconstruction
 * Put them near an experienced volunteer
 * QC the gaylords, metal bins & bins under the bench
 * Give feedback about where things go to correct errors early on
 * Follow up periodically for first timers