Prebuild Instructor Checklist

General Stuff

• Introduce yourself and let the volunteers know when you are ending your shift (introduce them to the next person, if possible)
• Always keep in mind that most students are here to get through prebuild so they can move on to build.
• Follow what each volunteer is doing to make sure he/she is doing it right
  • Ask frequent questions like "Where are you on the chart?"
• Make sure the volunteers understand how to test out
• Make sure that volunteers are familiar with the goals of each section
• Remind volunteers to take the Command Line class and that it's a necessary step before starting Build
• Encourage people to teach each other. When testing folks out of one step, usually do this by observing the student showing a newbie how to do the job.
  • (Occasionally, there will be students that have learned the job satisfactorily but will not be able to teach someone -- e.g. they don't speak English well enough.)

Opening Shift

• Set up Card Sorting
  • Clear off work space
  • Get new cards to sort from Receiving and Eval
  • Take overflowing boxes (that have been sorted) to their appropriate places
  • Post-it notes and pens for labeling piles
  • Example RAM and motherboards
• Meta Triage - make sure systems are stacked in a safe manner and there are enough incoming systems for each area
• Check the cart
  • Does it need to be sent to the warehouse?
  • Are there parts that haven't been removed
• See if any of the card sorters can be tested out right away
• Does anyone else want to test out?
• Check tools
  • Phillips and regular screwdrivers for Eval 1 and 2
  • Power supply tester for Eval 2

Middle Shift

• Restack systems to be the safest
• Move hard drives into advanced testing for lockup
• Tools (in the future this may be like recycling setup)
• Take card boxes from Eval 1 & 2 to Card Sorting
• If there's time, do some advanced card sorting
• Coordinate with production when you see a need to change the flowcharts
• Replace flowcharts if necessary
• Check the cart
  • Does it need to be sent to the warehouse?
  • Are there parts that haven't been removed?
  • Try to send the cart over before the morning shift leaves, even if it's not full. (This prevents the afternoon folks from having to correct the morning folks' mistakes.)
• Does anyone want to test out?
  • Are there incoming folks that they can show the ropes? Hook 'em up!
• Empty the trash & recycling bins

Closing Shift

• Make sure systems are stacked in a safe manner and in the correct spaces
• Make sure all hard drives have made it to advanced testing for lockup
• Turn off hardware in Eval 2
• Turn off stereo
• Check tools
• Move memory into Advanced Testing
• Check the cart
  • Does it need to be sent to the warehouse?
  • Are there parts that haven't been removed
• Does anyone want to test out?
• Remove all debris from recycled systems (stick it in recycled systems on cart, if possible)
• Make sure Card Sorting and Eval are clean and ready for the next day