Job Descriptions

1. Pushes cars, loaded with halved and quartered logs, into steam tunnel that steams and softens fiber of wood before logs are cut into staves.

1. Enlarges and shapes rivet hole in side of steel barrel, using hand reamer.

1. Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in installing, maintaining, and repairing steam-distribution lines and equipment: Maintains blueprints or maps of entire steam-distribution system. 2. Authorizes all installation locations and maintenance work to avoid contact and interruption with other electric, gas, and water underground installation. 3. Inspects all pipe …

1. Tends equipment that steams and dries fiber mats to untwist yarns and impart fuller surface to mat: Adjusts steam valves to regulate flow of spray on mats. 2. Pushes button to start conveyor that moves mats through steam and drying cabinets. 3. Loads mats on conveyor and observes thermometers …

1. Tends pressurized, steam-heated chambers that age dyed or printed cloth or to set pile fabrics: Pulls cloth over rod of carriage or hooks cloth selvages at intervals on rack hooks to hang cloth in loops on carriages. 2. Pushes cloth carriages or racks into steamer and bolts door, using …

1. Positions hats or caps on shaped blocks to steam headwear and impart specified size and shape: Pulls hat linings, hats, or caps onto hat blocks. 2. Holds block over steam jet, using hands to smooth and shape fabric. 3. Places knit headwear on perforated aluminum head forms. 4. Depresses …

1. Operates steam oven to parboil tuna fish loins preparatory to canning: Pushes racks of fish loins into oven chamber, and spaces racks to ensure free circulation of heat throughout oven. 2. Closes oven doors and turns handwheel to secure and seal doors. 3. Turns valves to admit steam into …

1. Tends machine that passes cloth between rollers and steam-jacketed enclosure to press and remove wrinkles from cloth: Sews end of cloth to leader in machine, using portable sewing machine. 2. Turns wheel to adjust guides according to width of cloth. 3. Turns thumbscrew to regulate pressure of steam jacket …

1. Performs following duties to prepare press for curing transmission and conveyor belting, working as crewmember: Turns pressure valves, adjusts temperature controls, and sets timers on press sections, following directions of STEAM-PRESS TENDER I. 2. Pulls levers to open and close press. 3. Positions shells in windup rack and guides …

1. Feeds steaks into machine to tenderize meat. 2. Places tenderized meat on paper separators and stacks them in piles for packaging.

1. Installs, inspects, and repairs underground steam mains and auxiliary equipment: Turns valve to shut off steam and to blow steam from pipe section to be worked on, using valve key, wrench, or special bar. 2. Places pipe in previously dug ditch and bolts or welds pipe sections together, using …

1. Tends retort that steams woodstock to make it pliable: Places stock into retort or loads stock on conveyor or car that conveys material into retort. 2. Turns lever to seal retort door and turns valve to admit steam into retort. 3. Observes pressure gauge and informs SUPERVISOR, MACHINING if …

1. Tends equipment that injects steam into opened hogsheads of tobacco to order tobacco prior to further processing: Slips end of perforated metal tube over holder of hydraulic press, pushes hogshead under tube, and presses button to activate mechanism that pushes tube into center of tobacco. 2. Presses button to …

1. Feeds machine that smooths concave and convex surfaces of barrel or keg staves. 2. Inserts staves between feed rollers that carry staves between rotating cutters of machine.

1. Prepares and cans mushroom steak sauce, using mixing, filling, and canning machines: Weighs ingredients, such as flour, chicken fat, starch, and seasoning, and dumps them into agitator partly filled with water. 2. Closes kettle and cooks to proper consistency. 3. Adds sliced mushrooms and continues cooking for specified time. …

1. Tends machine that cuts staves or strips for slat baskets from sheets of veneer: Turns nuts, using handtools, to adjust frequency of clipping blade descent onto veneer sheet. 2. Starts conveyor to carry veneer sheets under knife that automatically cuts sheets into staves or strips. 3. Removes staves or …

1. Operates equalizer saw to saw barrel-stave bolts into specified lengths with square ends: Adjusts distance between saws. 2. Lays bolt on carriage of equalizer and starts saws. 3. Pushes carriage between saws to trim and square ends of bolts. 4. Withdraws carriage and removes bolts.