Job Descriptions

Detective Job

1. Carries out investigations to prevent crimes or solve criminal cases: Investigates known or suspected criminals or facts of particular case to detect planned criminal activity or clues. 2. Frequents known haunts of criminals and becomes familiar with criminals to determine criminals’ habits, associates, characteristics, aliases, and other personal information. …





Detailer, School Photographs Job

1. Performs variety of tasks to prepare and disseminate school photographs: Reads photographer’s work orders and records information, such as number of prints and type finish specified, as guide for processing film. 2. Assigns control number to each order. 3. Records customer charges on worksheet and submits to accounting department …

Detailer, Furniture Job

1. Prepares detailed shop drawings in scale or full size, from blueprints of FURNITURE DESIGNER, showing methods of construction and upholstering, and indicating sizes and kinds of material to be used. 2. Performs other duties as described under DRAFTER Master Title.

Detailer Job

1. Drafts detailed drawings of parts of machines or structures from rough or general design drawings: Shows dimensions, material to be used, and other information necessary to make detailed drawing clear and complete. 2. Makes tracing of finished drawing on semitransparent paper from which blueprints can be made. 3. Performs …

Detacker Job

1. Tends machine that removes tacking stitches from selvages of fabric and opens fabric to full width after wet processing: Clips tacking stitches with knife and ravels out length of stitching by hand. 2. Feeds end of fabric over beating roller and through takeoff rollers and swing-folding attachment. 3. Laps …

Desulfurizer Operator Job

1. Controls equipment, such as vats, thionizer tower, absorbing tower, and autoclave, arranged in series to recover sulfur from coke-oven gas: Turns valve to admit coke-oven gas into absorbing tower. 2. Starts pumps that force solution containing arsenic compound and soda ash through tower. 3. Pumps resulting foul solution into …

Destaticizer Feeder Job

1. Feeds auto clock lenses into machine that coats lenses with anti-electrostatic solution: Wipes dust from lenses, using cloth, and examines lenses for imperfections. 2. Discards defective lenses. 3. Presses lenses in clamps of circular conveyor that carries lenses through spray booth for application of solution that dissipates electrostatic charges …

Dessert-Cup-Machine Feeder Job

1. Feeds freshly baked wafers into machine that forms dessert cups: Positions and holds wafer over male die. 2. Withdraws hand as female die forces wafer over male die to form dessert cup.

Desk-Pen-Set Assembler Job

1. Joins parts, such as swivel, penholder, and base to assemble desk-pen sets. 2. Selects parts, according to work ticket specifications. 3. Screws threaded parts together, using portable power screwdriver, or positions parts on bed and under ram of machine and presses switch to lower ram, joining interlocking parts. 4. …

Deskidding-Machine Operator Job

1. Tends automatic machine that cuts wavy or zigzag designs in outsoles for rubber footwear to provide nonskid surface: Positions sole on slide carriage under blade and between spring clamps that hold ends of sole to carriage. 2. Starts machine and moves lever to depress cutter that automatically cuts single …

Desk Officer Job

1. Supervises and coordinates activities of personnel assigned to police precinct station: Assumes responsibility for safekeeping of money and valuables taken from prisoners, lost or stolen articles, and property held as evidence. 2. Supervises work of POLICE OFFICER II or POLICE OFFICER I who search suspects. 3. Supervises TELEPHONE OPERATOR …

Desk Clerk, Bowling Floor Job

1. Assigns bowling alleys to patrons and collects fees: Reserves alleys for bowling league or individuals. 2. Issues scoresheets and alley numbers to patrons. 3. Inspects alleys to ensure that bowling equipment is available. 4. Observes players to determine misuse of alleys or other equipment. 5. Records number of games …

Desizing-Machine Operator, Head-End Job

1. Tends feed-end of range that removes size from cloth to increase affinity of cloth for dye: Weighs out desizing agent and mixes agent with water in mixing tank, following formula. 2. Turns valves to transfer solution from mixing tank to desizing tubs and to control steam for heating solution. …

Designer And Patternmaker Job

1. Prepares master pattern of shoe upper design and cuts pattern into individual parts preparatory to making template: Pencils markings, such as cone, back seam, or shank edge onto sized wooden last. 2. Positions kraft paper on last and trims paper along markings, using knife or scissors. 3. Traces outline …

Designer Job

1. Designs surgical belts and supports, fabricates prototype, and makes production patterns: Draws full-size outline of support on paper according to specifications, body measurements, and anatomical application of support, using mechanical drawing instruments. 2. Cuts drawing into parts to make patterns, marks around patterns on specified cloth, and cuts cloth …

Design Technician, Computer-Aided Job

1. Operates computer-aided design system and peripheral equipment to resize or modify integrated circuit designs and to generate computer tape of artwork for use in producing mask plates used in manufacturing integrated circuits: Reviews work order and procedural manuals to determine critical dimensions of design. 2. Calculates figures to convert …

Design Printer, Balloon Job

1. Tends cylinder press that prints designs and lettering on balloons: Rolls preinflated balloon against printing plate on revolving cylinder press that prints design. 2. Pours ink and solvent in trough of cylinder press and adjusts ink flow. 3. Cleans machine rollers, plates, and troughs with solvent and rag when …

Design Inserter Job

1. Tends equipment that inlays glass, metal, and plastic figures into pocket knives, money clips, key cases, gearshift balls, and other products: Places product in gas furnace to soften it. 2. Removes product from furnace, using tongs. 3. Places article on machine and depresses pedal to lower ram that indents …

Design Drafter, Electromechanisms Job

1. Drafts designs of electromechanical equipment such as aircraft engine subassemblies, electronic optical-character-recognition and related data processing systems, gyroscopes, rocket engine control systems, automatic materials handling and processing machinery, or bio-medical equipment: Confers with engineers and other drafters to interpret design concepts, determine nature and type of required detailed working …

Design Assembler Job

1. Positions stacks of floor covering pieces on bed of machine that transfers layer of pieces onto conveyor and fills spaces between pieces with floor covering material to form inlaid floor covering, following pattern guides on machine bed.

Derrick-Boat Operator Job

1. Operates derrick mounted on boat or barge to lift and move heavy objects: Moves control levers and pedals of hoist to rotate, raise, or lower derrick boom and to raise or lower loadline and load attached to it. 2. May move controls of small engines or hoists to push …

Derrick-Boat Captain Job

1. Supervises and coordinates activities of crew operating derrick mounted on barge: Directs placing and mooring of boat. 2. Supervises crew in placing rigging and operating derrick to lift and move objects and materials. 3. Prepares progress and personnel reports. 4. Must possess license issued by U. 5. S. 6. …