Job Descriptions

Bead Builder Job

1. Wraps rubberized tape around coiled and rubber coated wire to reinforce tire bead: Positions bead on machine guide wheels and sets roller clamps to hold bead. 2. Applies end of stock(bead-wrap fabric, gum-filler strip, or bead-flipper fabric. to bead. 3. Starts machine and guides stock from roll onto bead …





Bb Shot Packer Job

1. Tends machine that automatically fills paper tubes with BB shot for air rifles and crimps tube ends: Starts machine and observes action to detect malfunctioning. 2. Fills stations on dial plate manually with tubes from hopper when automatic feed skips. 3. Removes damaged tubes from feeder plate. 4. Examines …

Battery-Wrecker Operator Job

1. Loads conveyor of battery-crushing machine: Lifts batteries from stockpile. 2. Loads conveyor of machine that crushes batteries and separates plastic, metal, and lead-bearing acid. 3. Listens for machine jams and other malfunctions. 4. Dislodges jams, using metal bar or air compressor. 5. Notifies designated worker of major malfunctions. 6. …

Battery-Container-Finishing Hand Job

1. Sprays, dips, or liquid-treats battery containers and terminal boxes and loads containers and boxes into drying ovens: Rubs surfaces of products, using sandpaper to smooth surfaces preparatory to painting. 2. Arranges items on drying racks after painting and pushes racks into oven, or hooks parts on conveyor which carries …

Battery-Charger Tester Job

1. Tests electric battery chargers, using portable testing unit: Clamps battery charger cables to appropriate tester terminals. 2. Pushes control buttons to supply battery charger with specific amount of current that registers on charger meters and compares meter reading with tester meter to determine that meter is registering accurately. 3. …

Battery Repairer Job

1. Repairs and recharges electric-storage batteries: Melts sealing compound on cover, using gas torch. 2. Loosens compound from sides of case, using putty knife. 3. Removes and disassembles cells and inspects parts to detect defects. 4. Replaces defective parts, fuses lead parts, using oxyacetylene torch, reassembles battery, and pours hot …

Battery Recharger Job

1. Tests and treats rejected storage batteries and mixes acid solutions: Determines specific gravity of electrolyte in rejected batteries and adjusts solution to specified concentration and height in cells. 2. Fills batteries with fresh electrolyte, charges battery and tests battery for performance, using voltmeters and ammeters. 3. Segregates batteries that …

Battery Loader Job

1. Loads batteries or magazines of automatic looms with quills or bobbins of filling: Conveys quills or bobbins of filling to loom, using handtruck, and places them in battery or magazine of loom. 2. Draws loose ends of filling through guides and winds ends around thread holder on side of …

Battery Charger, Conveyor Line Job

1. Performs any combination of following tasks to charge storage batteries: Sets acid-filled batteries apart from batteries requiring acid and routes batteries requiring acid to designated areas. 2. Places charging plugs loosely over cells of acid-filled batteries to prevent escape of battery acid during charging process. 3. Clears jams on …

Battery Assembler, Plastic Job

1. Performs any combination of following tasks to prepare and assemble components of plastic-cased batteries: Places state-of-charge indicator in case in prescribed channel position and attaches glass mat to rear surface of ball channel, using adhesive. 2. Applies liquid-level lines to case according to drawing, using marking devices. 3. Inserts …

Battery Assembler, Dry Cell Job

1. Performs any combination of following duties to assemble batteries for commercial use in products, such as photographic equipment, flashlights, and pagers: Fills electrolyte or mercury dispensing devices to specified levels. 2. Pours partial battery assembly parts into respective conveyor line bowl feeders, places spools of metal strips and paper …

Batter-Out Job

1. Prepares clay for forming into pottery and porcelain ware by either of following methods: Pulls chunk of clay from large roll or picks up clay slab cut by machine. 2. Centers clay on rotating horizontal wheel and pulls lever to lower tool that flattens clay and forms bat. 3. …

Batter Scaler Job

1. Operates machine that deposits measured amount of batter into baking pans as pans pass on conveyor: Dumps batter from mixing bowl into machine hopper, using hoist. 2. Attaches depositing dies to machine and tightens, using wrench. 3. Adjusts gauge on hopper to measure specified amount of batter. 4. Weighs …

Batter Mixer Job

1. Tends machine that mixes ingredients to prepare batter for ice cream cones: Dumps required number of sacks of sifted flour into mixer. 2. Measures or weighs out specified amounts of other ingredients, such as sugar, coloring, water, and baking soda and pours them into mixer. 3. Starts mixer and …

Bath-Mix Operator Job

1. Tends still that purifies solvents used in processing plastics: Screws drain valves into chemical drums and lifts drum onto rack, using hoist. 2. Dumps contaminated solvents into still, and turns steam valve to vaporize impurities and reclaim solvents. 3. Cleans empty drums, using brush and solvent and moves them …

Batch-Tank Controller Job

1. Tends equipment to maintain specific gravity of starch suspensions emerging from filter machines and starch-flushing system, and transfers solution for conversion into sugar and glucose: Dips sample from breaker tank and tests for specific gravity, using hydrometer. 2. Turns valves to return suspension for reflushing if density does not …

Batch-Still Operator I Job

1. Tends batch stills to separate, by distillation, liquids having divergent volatilization temperatures: Pours specified types and quantities of materials into still. 2. Observes thermostat and sets controls on instrument panel to maintain specified volatilization temperatures throughout distillation cycle and to control condensation of components. 3. Draws samples of distilled …

Batch-Records Clerk Job

1. Compiles and maintains plastic-mixing and ingredient records, and prepares daily mixing instructions for use by MATERIAL MIXERS : Compiles and maintains daily mixing and perpetual inventory records from work orders, mixing logs, and formula cards that indicate production information, such as type and quantity of plastic ingredients mixed, ingredient …

Batch-And-Furnace Operator Job

1. Controls automatic equipment to weigh, mix, and melt ingredients to make glass: Adjusts panel controls to transfer specified amounts of ingredients, such as silica sand, soda ash, limestone flurospar, feldspar, borax, clay, and cullet from storage bins to automatic weigh hopper and batch mixer. 2. Adjusts panel controls to …

Batch Trucker Job

1. Feeds specified quantities and types of ground devulcanized scrap rubber into mix mill to prepare batch for processing: Shovels mixture into monorail bucket or pushtruck, and dumps mixture into designated chute or onto feed conveyor of mix mill. 2. Records batches produced. 3. May drive scooptruck to transport mixture. …

Batch Mixer Job

1. Mixes and dumps raw materials, such as silicas or clays, into mixers: Obtains materials from storage area, using shovel, wheelbarrow, or towmotor, and transports material to batching area. 2. Measures specified quantities of materials according to batch cards, using scales or measuring box. 3. Dumps material from sacks onto …

Batch Maker Job

1. Tends equipment that mills and recovers powdered metal used in powder metallurgy: Pours specified amount of powder into ball mill. 2. Screws covers on drum and straps drum to ball mill machine rack. 3. Starts motor that rotates drum to grind powder by tumbling action of metal balls. 4. …

Basting Puller Job

1. Breaks, cuts, or pulls basting stitches or loose threads from completed garments or garment parts, using fingers, scissors, or bodkin. 2. Brushes chalk marks and lint from garments.

Basket Patcher Job

1. Inspects and repairs defective baskets and basket covers, using handtools: Examines basket or covers for defects, such as knotholes, split or misaligned staves, and unstapled parts. 2. Places basket or cover over form or on table to facilitate repair. 3. Loosens, tightens, bends, or replaces basket or cover parts, …

Basket Grader Job

1. Inspects finished baskets for defects, such as splits in wood, discoloration, warping, and rot. 2. Discards imperfect baskets and stacks accepted ones in tiers to conserve space and to ensure that baskets conform to size standards. 3. Ties each tier with twine and transfers baskets to storage area.