Job Descriptions

Assistant Designer Job

1. Lays out, marks, and cuts muslin pattern and garment parts for manufacturer of women’s sportswear, using design sketch, master pattern, and scissors: Traces outline of specified paperboard pattern onto muslin fabric, and cuts muslin pattern, using scissors. 2. Positions and pins muslin pattern sections onto dressmaker model form for …





Assistant Construction Superintendent Job

1. Assists superiors in directing activities of workers concerned with construction of buildings, dams, highways, pipelines, or other construction projects: Assists superiors in planning construction procedures, specifications, work schedules, and material needs. 2. Inspects work in progress to ensure that work conforms to specifications and adherence to work schedules.

Assignment Editor Job

1. Supervises and coordinates activities of radio or television news gathering staff: Maintains contact with outside news agencies, police and fire departments, and other news sources to obtain information regarding developing news items. 2. Determines priority and assigns coverage to news units. 3. Originates or approves ideas for news features. …

Assignment Clerk Job

1. Compiles data to notify establishment personnel of position vacancies, and identifies and assigns qualified applicants, following specified guidelines and procedures: Scans reports to detect listings of vacancies or receives telephone notices of vacancies from establishment personnel. 2. Types or writes information, such as position titles, shifts, days off, and …

Assembly-Press Operator Job

1. Tends hand or power press that shapes or assembles metal, plastic, rubber, or glass parts by crimping, shaping, locking, staking, or press fitting: Aligns workpiece against fixtures under ram as specified. 2. Moves controls to lower ram that shapes parts or presses parts together. 3. May tend machine to …

Assembly-Machine Tender Job

1. Tends variety of machines that weld and assemble components into plastic products and stamp or silk screen logos on products: Positions plastic products or components on fixtures of hot-stamp, silk screening, and ultrasonic welding machines, and presses buttons or treadles to actuate machines that apply logos to product or …

Assembly-Machine Operator Job

1. Feeds components, such as barrels, caps, cartridges, and nibs into and removes assembled pens and pencils from automatic assembly machine: Places components in predetermined sequence on revolving spindles or dumps components into hoppers. 2. Lifts assembled pens or pencils from machine spindles and inspects for loose components. 3. Places …

Assembly-Line Inspector Job

1. Inspects unfinished metal articles of furniture for defects in metal or poor work: Marks rejected piece with chalk or crayon and returns it to proper department for repairs. 2. Observes and feels welds and bent corners for burrs. 3. Removes burrs, using file or emery paper. 4. May inspect …

Assembly-Inspector Helper Job

1. Assists ASSEMBLY INSPECTOR in testing power lawnmowers: Selects lawnmower for test run, according to instructions, and moves mower from assembly line to test area, using hoist. 2. Pours fuel in tank and starts engine. 3. Pushes or drives mower around test area and moves controls, such as gearshift and …

Assembly Supervisor Job

1. Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in assembling parts or assemblies into units, such as carburetors, refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, electric motors, or vending machines, applying knowledge of assembly process, tools, equipment, products, and production methods. 2. Reports machine and equipment malfunctions to maintenance personnel. 3. Performs duties as …

Assembly Repairer Job

1. Repairs assembly defects of agricultural equipment, such as tractors, hay balers, and combines, using handtools and power tools: Reads inspection reports and examines equipment to determine type and extent of defect. 2. Aligns, adjusts, or replaces parts, such as drive chains, sprockets, housings, and springs, using handtools and pneumatic …

Assembly Loader Job

1. Selects and arranges specified type and quantity of component parts in trays preparatory to line assembly of surveying instruments: Positions instrument base or support structure in jig, and spreads bracket of standard to specified width to facilitate attachment of parts, using tongs. 2. Files burrs from bracket holes, using …

Assembly Inspector Job

1. Inspects lawn and garden equipment, such as garden tractors, snow blowers, and power lawnmowers for assembly defects, and repairs defects, using handtools: Examines equipment for surface defects, such as paint streaks and scratches and improper decal application. 2. Touches up paint defects, using brush or spray can. 3. Pushes …

Assembly Adjuster Job

1. Tests and adjusts assembled phonograph turntable and record-changer unit for specified operation: Adjusts speed of turntable to specified number of revolutions per minute, using screwdriver and stroboscope. 2. Listens for and eliminates noise in bearing. 3. Removes humming noise from coil. 4. Adjusts pickup arm, record magazine, elevator shafts …

Assembler-Installer, General Job

1. Builds up and joins structural assemblies, such as wing, tail, and fuselage, and installs functional units, parts, or equipment, such as landing gear, control surfaces, doors, stowage units, fuel and oil tanks, wire harnesses, and floorboards, according to specifications, using handtools and power tools: Locates and marks reference points …

Assembler-Arranger Job

1. Assembles decorative wall plaques by hand: Arranges flowers or other ornamental material, according to prepared design, and glues parts on pasteboard, plastic, or wooden background. 2. Places sheet of glass over design and applies gummed tape around edges to hold glass in place. 3. May assemble decorative arrangement, using …

Assembler-And-Gluer, Laminated Plastics Job

1. Assembles plastics laminates, using handtools and electrically heated press: Mixes urea resin glue with water and applies glue to surfaces of wooden boards, using hand spreader. 2. Lays laminates between wooden boards and places unit into press. 3. Removes unit after specified heating time and routes off excess material. …

Assembler, Wire-Mesh Gate Job

1. Fabricates frames from pipe stock and special fittings and installs wire mesh fencing to assemble gates, using handtools and power tools: Cuts pipe stock to specified size, using hacksaw, power saw, or pipe-cutting machine. 2. Inserts pipe ends into corner fittings and verifies length of frame, using template. 3. …

Assembler, Wet Wash Job

1. Reassembles washed laundry according to lot number or individual customer’s bundles preparatory to subsequent processing, such as tumbling, starching, or ironing: Compares pin number on nets of laundry to numbers on laundry ticket and hangs nets in bins, or slides key-tag onto key-tag holder to assemble lots. 2. Counts …

Assembler, Watch Train Job

1. Assembles, inspects, and adjusts watch train, using watchmaker’s tools, loupe, and holding fixture: Examines parts to ensure freedom from defects, using loupe. 2. Positions pillar plate in holding fixture and inserts pivots of wheel staffs into holes drilled in pillar plate jewels, using tweezers. 3. Positions train bridge over …

Assembler, Unit Job

1. Fabricates and assembles custom-built products, such as doors, windows, window screens, and metal awnings according to work orders, diagrams, or layout, using handtools, power tools, and metalworking machinery: Aligns component parts in jig or straightens and squares parts, using measuring instrument and straightedge. 2. Smooths edges to obtain specified …

Assembler, Type-Bar-And-Segment Job

1. Assembles typewriter type-bar-and-segment units and bends ends of type bars to specified angles and clearances preparatory to type soldering, using handtools and hand-powered brake: Clamps segment to holding device and inserts type bars into segment slots. 2. Pushes curved wire through channel in segment and through holes in type …

Assembler, Tubing Job

1. Fabricates and assembles tubing components for air, fuel, oil, hydraulic, and related systems of aircraft and spacecraft, according to specifications, using handtools, power tools, machines, equipment, and measuring instruments: Reads work order, blueprints, sketches, and bend data charts, or works from master tubing templates to determine tubing dimensions, configuration, …

Assembler, Surgical Garment Job

1. Performs any combination of following tasks to assemble surgical garments and personal safety devices, such as colostomy pouches, trusses, belts, cervical collars, hosiery, and back, knee, wrist, elbow, and ankle braces: Reads work order to determine number and type of parts required to assemble garment. 2. Measures and cuts …

Assembler, Subassembly Job

1. Joins precut wood, metal, and plastic board pieces to assemble roof, sidewall, and floor subassemblies of manufactured buildings or travel trailer coaches, using assembly jig, handtools, and power handtools: Positions and aligns roof trusses, girders, studs, and other frame members in assembly jig, according to blueprint specifications. 2. Fastens …