Job Descriptions

Stock Control Clerk Job

1. Performs any combination of following tasks to compile records concerned with ordering, receiving, storing, issuing, and shipping materials, supplies, and equipment: Compiles data from sources, such as contracts, purchase orders, invoices, requisitions, and accounting reports and writes, types, or enters information into computer to maintain inventory, purchasing, shipping, or …





Stock Cutter Job

1. Operates saws to cut lumber according to customer’s order or plant production specifications: Selects lumber of kind and grade specified on work order. 2. Measures and marks lumber according to specifications, using rule and square. 3. Cuts lumber to specified length and width, using crosscut saws.

Stock Fitter Job

1. Cuts and shapes leather insoles and outsoles for further processing, performing any combination of following duties: Tends machine to stamp out insole or outsole blanks. 2. Trims blanks to pattern size by feeding through sole-rounding machine. 3. Sorts blanks according to designated quality standards. 4. Feeds blanks into splitting …

Stock Grader Job

1. Appraises and cuts planed lumber to width or length to obtain clear-faced pieces: Adjusts stops of cutoff saw or ripsaw to required distances. 2. Starts machine and inspects lumber stock for imperfections. 3. Pushes lumber past saw, cutting away undesired parts and cutting acceptable pieces to desired lengths or …

Stock Maker, Custom Job

1. Lays out, fabricates, and finishes standard or wooden gunstocks: Selects wooden blanks according to customer’s specifications. 2. Draws outline on blanks following pattern or template. 3. Cuts along outline with bandsaw to form rough stock; and shapes recesses in stock, using chisels, gauges, and rabbeting tools. 4. Bores holes …

Stock Checker, Apparel Job

1. Gathers and counts garments tried on by customers in fitting rooms of retail store: Hangs garments according to size on display racks, and refastens belts, buttons, and zippers on garments tried by customers. 2. Counts number of garments carried in and out of dressing rooms to assure no garments …

Stitcher, Tape-Controlled Machine Job

1. Tends battery of automatic stitching machines that stitch decorative designs on shoe parts, according to instructions encoded on tape cassettes: Receives bundles of shoe parts with tags that identify instruction cassette and style and color of thread to be used in stitching shoe parts. 2. Places specified spools of …

Stitching-Machine Operator Job

1. Tends machine that fastens metal channels to hogshead headings: Positions channeled heading on circular table with channel ends against stitching unit. 2. Lowers roller clamps to hold heading in position. 3. Starts machine to revolve table and presses button to stitch channel to heading at uniform intervals. 4. Removes …

Stitcher, Special Machine Job

1. Operates stitching machine to perform specific function, such as to reinforce shoe parts or attach buckles: Places specified spool of thread or prewound bobbin on spindle or in shuttle and draws thread through guides, slots, and needles. 2. Aligns parts to be stitched, following seams, edges, or markings. 3. …

Stitcher, Standard Machine Job

1. Operates single, double, or multiple-needle stitching machine to join or decorate shoe parts, or to reinforce edges: Selects spool of thread or prewound bobbin, places spool or bobbin on spindle or looper, and draws thread through guides and needles. 2. Aligns parts and presses knee control or pedal to …

Stitch-Bonding-Machine-Tender Helper Job

1. Creels and doffs stitch-bonding machines: Mounts rolls of bat on machine supply racks. 2. Reports machine malfunctions to maintenance personnel. 3. Doffs rolls following stitching and weighs and records weight of rolls. 4. Cleans machine area, using airhose.

Stitcher Job

1. Operates machine to embroider decorative design on fabric: Positions and tacks pattern sheet onto pantograph drawing board. 2. Pulls levers to engage needle and shuttle rails against cloth and to regulate stitching speed. 3. Depresses pedal to start machine and guides pantograph pointer over pattern. 4. Removes embroidered cloth …

Stitcher Operator Job

1. Tends machine that stitches edges of plain and corrugated paperboard box blanks to form boxes: Reads production order to determine number of stitches required, turns gauge to specified setting and starts machine. 2. Folds box blank by hand along scored lines or removes folded box blank from folding machine …

Stitcher, Hand Job

1. Sews gathered and collated signatures by hand to form book preparatory to binding: Stretches holding cords over workbench frame. 2. Positions signatures in frame according to numbered sequence and attaches signatures to holding cords, using needle and thread. 3. Wraps cloth tape around frame to compress signatures and sews …

Still Tender Job

1. Tends flash-type still that reclaims or separates liquids, such as solvents, through volatilization and condensation: Starts pump to draw liquid into tank and allows impurities to settle. 2. Turns valve to transfer liquids into still. 3. Observes temperature gauge and adjusts valve to heat liquid to specified temperature and …

Still-Operator Helper Job

1. Tends distillation units and auxiliary equipment to separate volatile chemical compounds into specified components, performing combination of following tasks under direction of equipment operator: Turns valves and starts pumps as directed. 2. Records temperature, pressure, and flow indicator readings. 3. Measures liquid in tanks, using gauging rod or tape, …

Still-Pump Operator Job

1. Operates steam- or electric-driven pumps to circulate crude, semiprocessed, and finished petroleum products, water, and chemical solutions through processing, storage, and shipping departments of refinery, according to work orders: Starts pumps in specified units, observes flowmeters and pressure meters, and turns valves and switches to change pumping rates, as …

Stitch-Bonding-Machine Tender Job

1. Tends machine that stitch-bonds fibrous web to produce reinforced nonwoven fabric: Positions laps II at feed end of machine and mats supply end to tailing end in machine. 2. Starts machine and observes operation to detect defective stitching, thread breaks, and exhausting laps. 3. Centers lap on feed apron …

Still Operator Ii Job

1. Controls still from central control board, to distill brandy, gin, vodka, or whiskey: Adjusts valves to control temperature and rate of flow of distilling materials through still and auxiliary equipment, such as stripping column, rectifier, condenser, and tribox. 2. Observes gauges, dials, and charts to ensure that temperature and …

Still Operator, Batch Or Continuous Job

1. Controls batch stills or continuous stills and auxiliary equipment from instrumented control board or other control station to separate and condense liquids having close volatilization points, maintaining process control according to instrument readings, test results, and knowledge of equipment and procedure: Reads charge sheet to determine types and quantities …

Still Tender Job

1. Tends flash-type still that reclaims or separates liquids, such as solvents, through volatilization and condensation: Starts pump to draw liquid into tank and allows impurities to settle. 2. Turns valve to transfer liquids into still. 3. Observes temperature gauge and adjusts valve to heat liquid to specified temperature and …

Still Operator I Job

1. Controls still that produces high-proof alcohol from fermented wine: Records temperature, pressure, flow gauge and meter readings. 2. Sets and adjusts controls to regulate and maintain specified temperature and pressure of unit. 3. Turns valves to regulate flow of alcohol through unit and into storage tanks. 4. Records amount …

Stiffener Job

1. Applies sizing solution, such as gelatin, glue, lacquer, paint, or shellac to hat or hat parts to stiffen, waterproof, or impart finish to hat: Pours premixed solutions into container or thins solution, following work order specifications. 2. Applies solution to hat or hat parts by any combination of following …

Still Operator Job

1. Controls equipment that heats asphalt to specified temperature and viscosity for use in manufacture of roofing materials: Starts pumps that fill tanks with asphalt, and turns wheels and valves to regulate temperature and steam pressure. 2. Actuates air compressor to force air bubbles through liquid asphalt, creating chemical reaction …

Sticker-On Job

1. Attaches clay arms to clay figurines by wetting shoulders of figurine with sponge, and dipping tops of arms into wet clay and pressing them onto shoulders. 2. Washes off excess clay to smooth joints, using syringe. 3. Removes clay from between fingers of figurine, using hooked tool.