Job Descriptions

Colorer, Hides And Skins Job

1. Operates equipment to color and soften hides: Weighs and mixes specified ingredients with water to prepare coloring solution. 2. Pours solution into tray or drum and adds oil. 3. Pulls hide through tray until specified color is obtained or places hides in drum and starts machine to tumble hides …





Buckle-Wire Inserter Job

1. Pushes reinforcing wire through tubular material for use in making buckle frames. 2. Cuts off material to match length of reinforcing wire, using scissors.

Tumbler-Machine Operator Job

1. Tends tumbler machine to break off flash from molded rubber products: Loads tumbler with rubber products and sets controls to regulate flow of liquid nitrogen to machine and tumbling time. 2. Starts machine that freezes product to make it brittle and tumbles product to break off flash. 3. Empties …

Bow Maker, Custom Job

1. Selects, laminates, shapes, and finishes woods, plastics, and metals to make archery bows: Selects materials from stock according to customer’s specifications, and preshapes parts, using handtools and power tools. 2. Applies specified adhesives between parts. 3. Assembles parts and places assembled bows in glue press to cure. 4. Heats …

Barrel-Cap Setter Job

1. Attaches cap to mainspring barrel assembly, using handtools: Places barrel assemblies in nests of special holder. 2. Positions caps on assemblies, using tweezers, and presses caps firmly in place, using cap press. 3. Oils assembly, using fountain oiler or oil-filled hypodermic syringe.

Lacer Ii Job

1. Tends machine that laces string through shoe eyelets to close throat prior to lasting: Turns knob that adjusts length of string according to specifications. 2. Pushes or pulls lever to adjust distance between protruding needles on machine bed to correspond with eyelet spacing. 3. Positions part on machine bed …

Casting-And-Curing Operator Job

1. Controls equipment to fill rocket motor cases with rocket fuel and to cure rocket fuel: Attaches handling ring or sling to motor case, using handtools or portable power tools. 2. Positions motor cases in casting rig, using hoist, and tightens holding clamp with wrench. 3. Inserts mandrel inside motor …

Enrobing-Machine Corder Job

1. Marks top surface of coated candies with identifying or decorative stroke to simulate hand-dipped appearance: Dips fingers in semiliquid chocolate or other coating and marks candies with diagonal line, bead, or other design as candies emerge from enrobing machine on conveyor. 2. May mark tops of candies with symbol …

Rack-Room Worker Job

1. Tends machines that fill metal kegs with beer in keg-filling room of brewery: Pushes metal keg or barrel onto conveyor leading to racking machine. 2. Lifts barrel from conveyor and positions barrel on machine. 3. Lowers filling arm of counter-pressure filling machine, and fits nozzle into bung. 4. Turns …

Laundry Worker I Job

1. Washes and irons wearing apparel, sheets, blankets, and other linens and clothes used by employees of logging, construction, mining, or other camp, or washes uniforms, aprons, and towels in establishments supplying employees with these linens. 2. Uses equipment usually found in household or in small laundry.

General-Handling Supervisor Job

1. Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in sorting, stacking, and weighing metal pigs and metal scrap, and in receiving, checking, storing, and distributing raw materials, such as coke, chlorine, and gasoline. 2. Performs duties as described under SUPERVISOR Master Title.

Wool-And-Pelt Grader Job

1. Inspects sheep and lamb pelts to determine condition of pelts and grade of wool: Examines and feels wool to determine color, texture, and length, and sorts pelts or loose wool into grades for pulling or drying. 2. Inspects pickled slats for cuts, tears, blemishes, and skin quality, and stacks …

Pulmonary-Function Technician Job

1. Performs pulmonary-function, lung-capacity, diffusion capacity, and blood-and-oxygen tests to gather data for use by physician in diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary disorders: Confers with patient in treatment room to explain test procedures. 2. Explains specified methods of breathing to patient and conducts pulmonary-function tests, such as helium dilution and …

Underwater Hunter-Trapper Job

1. Collects and captures sea life specimens, such as finfish, shellfish, and mammals working individually or as member of crew, using skin-diving equipment: Dives or walks into sea and swims underwater to scout terrain and reach work area. 2. Twists, cuts, and tears specimens, such as abalone, starfish, or sponge, …

Stone Polisher, Machine Job

1. Sets up and operates machine to grind stone to smooth finish or polish stone to lustrous finish: Selects grinding or polishing wheels according to type of stone, finish specified, or step in finishing process. 2. Moves arm of machine over wheel and attaches wheel to spindle with bolt or …

Gambreler Job

1. Hangs animal carcasses on overhead rail preparatory to dressing: Slits skin to expose tendons in hind ankles, using knife, and inserts gamb stick between tendon and ankle bone to spread legs. 2. Hooks gamb stick to trolley on overhead rail and pushes carcasses to next work station. 3. Cuts …

Stull Installer Job

1. Installs stulls inside partially cured concrete pipes to maintain round contour of pipes during curing process: Saws boards to specified length, using table saw. 2. Nails crosspiece to end of each board. 3. Inserts first stull at one end of pipe to span diameter and wedges stull ends tightly …

Nurse, Office Job

1. Cares for and treats patients in medical office, as directed by physician: Prepares patient for and assists with examinations. 2. Administers injections and medications, dresses wounds and incisions, interprets physician’s instructions to patients, assists with emergency and minor surgery, and performs related tasks as directed. 3. Maintains records of …

Cylinder Filler Job

1. Tends equipment to fill cylinders and other containers with liquefied or compressed gases: Changes cylinder valves with wrench, or adjusts them to prescribed tension, using torque wrench. 2. Rolls cylinders onto platform scale, or positions cylinders in manifold racks manually or with chain hoist. 3. Connects lines from manifold …

Engine Repairer, Service Job

1. Repairs internal combustion engines in factory service departments or repair establishments, according to company specification charts, using machine tools, handtools, and measuring instruments: Positions and bolts engine to test stand. 2. Tests engine to determine malfunctions, using instruments, such as vacuum gauge, compression gauge, and exhaust gas analyzer. 3. …

Top-Hat-Body Maker Job

1. Builds top-hat bodies from shellacked muslin, shellacs assembled body, and irons top, crown, and brim: Wraps several layers of shellacked muslin around shaped hat block to form crown of hat. 2. Cuts several layers of muslin to shape of brim, using knife, slides them over crown, and fastens them …

Riveter Job

1. Rivets structural members, assemblies, and parts of railroad cars, using portable riveting, dimpling, and drilling machines and handtools: Reads work orders, blueprints, and operation sheets to determine sequence of operations and type size and hole pattern of rivets. 2. Removes temporary bolts or fasteners and inserts rivets in predrilled …

Sales Representative, Construction Machinery Job

1. Sells construction machinery, such as truck cranes, bulldozers, graders, concrete mixers, and trenchers: Recommends specific standard or modified machine best suited for customer’s use. 2. Performs other duties as described under SALES REPRESENTATIVE Master Title. 3. May test-operate machinery at customer work site. 4. May sell machine maintenance and …

Crusher-And-Blender Operator Job

1. Operates machines and equipment to crush and blend coal of various compositions to obtain specified mixture used in producing coke: Turns valve to admit oil to mixer. 2. Starts hammer mill, mixer, and conveyor equipped with harrow disks. 3. Moves lever to adjust blade on feed tables to deliver …

Radio Mechanic Job

1. Tests and repairs radio transmitting and receiving equipment in accordance with diagrams and manufacturer’s specifications, using electrical measuring instruments, wiring diagrams, and handtools: Examines equipment for damaged components and loose or broken connections and wires. 2. Attaches test leads or plugs in test equipment to unit being tested, turns …