1. Washes excess glue from clamped wooden pencil slats, using water and sponge. 2. Turns valve to start flow of water onto slats and rubs all sides of clamped slats with sponge. 3. Places washed slats in handcart and pushes loaded cart to kiln for further processing.
1. Tends equipment that bleaches and washes cooked rags used in making paper: Turns valve to fill vat with water. 2. Dumps specified quantities of chlorine, lime, and alum into vat to prepare bleaching solution. 3. Places rags in solution to bleach them for specified length of time. 4. Turns …
1. Tends machine that washes raw fruits or vegetables, preparatory to processing, canning, freezing, or packing: Opens valve to fill machine with water and adds prescribed cleaning agents. 2. Dumps raw fruits or vegetables into machine hopper and starts conveyor that carries produce through machine. 3. Drains, cleans, and refills …
1. Tends portable or stationary automatic warp-tying-in machine that ties warp ends from full warp beam to warp in loom in order to resume weaving without repeating drawing-in process: Reads work order or confers with supervisor to determine looms needing warp-tying-in process. 2. Divides, combs out, straightens, and applies warp …
1. Sorts yarn packages into sets of specified numbers to be placed on creel of warper. 2. May convey yarn from storage or other department, using handtruck. 3. May distribute yarn.
1. Off bears ropes of yarn from discharge end of yarn mercerizing, dyeing, or drying machine, or from machine that divides ball warps into smaller warps: Observes ropes of yarn as ropes coil onto cloth or fold into baskets or cartons to detect breaks or tangles in yarn. 2. Ties …
1. Tends machine that winds yarn in sheets onto spools used on narrow-fabric looms or dresser machines: Places yarn packages on creel of machine and draws yarn ends through guides and tension devices. 2. Lifts spool onto machine brackets and laps yarn ends around spool. 3. Doffs spool when specified …
1. Tends machine that washes, bleaches, dyes, rinses, and dries warp yarn in rope form: Weighs chemicals and dyes, according to formula, and dumps ingredients into mixing tank. 2. Turns valves to admit steam and water into tank, and stirs solution with paddle. 3. Turns valves to release dye mixture …
1. Tends table-type rotary warping machine that winds warp yarn onto pegs or spools for use in weaving narrow fabrics: Places spool of warp yarn over revolving spindle of machine. 2. Mounts spools on spindles or positions wooden pegs in holes of machine table to produce warp of specified dimensions. …
1. Tends battery of warp-knitting machines to knit diverse products, such as tulle, lace, net, fabrics for outer and undergarments, elastic fabric for foundation garments, and carpet material: Patrols knitting area and inspects cloth for defects, such as holes, yarn breaks, and discolorations. 2. Ties broken yarn ends with fingers. …
1. Tests and adjusts tension of warp on looms or other textile machines, using tensiometer: Presses arm of tensiometer against several threads of warp and reads gauge. 2. Removes or adds weights, or turns adjustment nut with wrench to adjust tension, according to specifications. 3. May test accuracy of tensiometer …
1. Smooths surface of pressed, cast, or glaze-dipped clay products to remove flash, cracks, and loose material, using fingers, pick knife, sponge, or sandpaper: Trims soft flash or picks loose clay from indentations of cast or pressed clay products, using pick knife and wet sponge. 2. Smooths hardened surface, using …
1. Dresses and polishes glazed and decorated ware and segregates ware into standard grades: Chips pin marks from bottom of ware with dressing iron. 2. Grinds down dressed spots and other defects, such as glaze droplets, kiln dirt, and color spots, using grinding wheel. 3. Polishes dressed ware, using power …
1. Finishes hand pressed or blown glassware by forming and attaching lips, handles, and pedestals: Cuts required gob from molten glass, using shears. 2. Forms gob into handle, using wooden paddles to shape handle. 3. Drops gob into hand-press mold to form pedestal. 4. Presses handle and pedestal to glassware …
1. Collects, inspects, and tests glassware, such as containers and cathode-ray tubes, for conformance to specifications: Collects samples to be tested and measured, and marks samples and logs with identifying information, such as batch number, machine number, and mold number. 2. Visually inspects glassware for defects, such as striations, bubbles, …
1. Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in receiving, transporting, stacking, order filling, shipping, and maintaining stock records in warehouse. 2. Supervises labeling and casing or packing of materials or products. 3. Trains new workers. 4. May be known by specific area worked as Cooler Supervisor. 5. Performs duties …
1. Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in unloading and placing tobacco on auction warehouse floor and directs traffic to and from warehouse: Directs drivers of loaded vehicles to unloading site, and empty vehicles to exits, to expedite unloading of vehicles and avoid traffic congestion. 2. Directs workers to …
1. Reheats blown or pressed glassware in furnace to fire-polish glassware and make it malleable for further processing: Clamps snap on hot glassware, grasps snap, and inserts glassware into furnace opening. 2. Rotates ware to heat it evenly to ensure retention of its molded shape. 3. Withdraws ware from furnace …
1. Attends to costumes of members of cast of theatrical production: Examines costumes and cleans and mends them. 2. Presses costumes, using electric iron. 3. Refits costumes as necessary. 4. Assists cast to don completed costumes, or assigns DRESSERS to assist specific cast members. 5. Arranges costumes, or assigns DRESSERS …
1. Makes, repairs, alters, and revamps special wardrobe items and accessories, such as military hats and caps, badges, shoes, belts, and leather pouches, or other leather, suede, and canvas items, working from patterns and diagrams, and using handtools and power sewing machines.
1. Applies paint to decorate textured wallcoverings in prescribed pattern: Reads production card and paint sample book to determine information, such as colors specified, patterns, and methods of paint application. 2. Positions roll of wall covering stock on worktable, and tapes end of stock to takeup reel of drier used …
1. Inspects wallpaper for printing defects and prepares wallpaper for shipment: Lifts bolt of wallpaper onto letoff rack. 2. Pulls wallpaper across inspection table and clamps wallpaper to rod on powered windup rack. 3. Sets footage meter. 4. Presses foot switch and observes wallpaper for defects, such as color splashes, …
1. Sets up and operates machine to print colored patterns on wallpaper: Seats and locks print rollers for designated pattern in specified brackets on machine, using wrench: Threads wallpaper through machine. 2. Turns adjustment screws on drive gears to position print rollers. 3. Adjusts scraper bar and tension on sieve …
1. Assists WALLPAPER PRINTER I to print wallpaper, performing any combination of following duties: Carries pails of prescribed color solutions to printing machine. 2. Ladles color solutions into specified color trays of machine and maintains supply of color solutions during printing process. 3. Changes color trays and assists WALLPAPER PRINTER …
