Job Descriptions

Stacking-Machine Operator I Job

1. Operates machine to stack plates or sheets of material, such as metal or plastic, to assemble laminated products, such as rotor cores and storage battery elements or to form bundles for shipment: Places specified material into one or more feed magazines or holding devices. 2. Moves lever to set …





Stacking-Machine Operator Ii Job

1. Tends stacking machine that stacks metal or plastic plates or sheets to assemble laminated products, such as rotor cores or storage battery elements, or to form bundles for shipment: Places specified material into one or more feed magazines or holding devices of machine. 2. Starts machine that counts and …

Stacker Job

1. Counts novelty case parts to verify amount specified on work ticket and stacks and bundles parts prior to spraying. 2. May burn off feather edges from bundled leather parts, using gas torch.

Spun-Paste-Machine Operator Job

1. Tends machine and injection equipment that line dry-cell battery cans with liquid paste that serves as separator between anode and cathode and as reservoir for portion of electrolyte: Turns valve to open paste line and admit paste to reservoir of injection device. 2. Starts machine and feeds unlined cans …

Squaring-Machine Operator Job

1. Tends battery of automatic squaring machines that mill flat round sides of engaging portions of winding stems and barrel arbors: Loads sleevelike feeding magazines with stems or barrels, using tweezers. 2. Inserts magazine in machine and starts machine. 3. Inspects parts, using loupe, to see that square is centered …

Squeak, Rattle, And Leak Repairer Job

1. Drives automobiles of service customers to determine origin of noises and leaks, and repairs or adjusts components to eliminate cause of complaint: Drives vehicle, or accompanies customer on test drive, to listen for rattles, squeaks, or other noises reported by customer, indicating malfunctioning or loose components. 2. Diagnoses cause …

Squeegee Tender Job

1. Tends unit of band building machine that rolls squeegee and gum strip onto ply stock: Lifts rolls of gum strip and squeegee onto letoff rods of machine and threads stock through series of guide rollers. 2. Lifts bias-cut ply stock from conveyor to apron of machine. 3. Turns setscrews …

Squeezer Operator Job

1. Tends machine that squeezes tongue and groove boards together: Turns handwheels to adjust machine for length, width, and thickness of finished piece. 2. Starts machine. 3. Positions matched boards on feed table from which they are automatically fed into machine that squeezes them together or depresses pedal to activate …

Stab Setter And Driller Job

1. Fabricates dies used to mark sewing reference points on materials: Positions metal blank on bed of drill press. 2. Aligns drill template over plate. 3. Starts machine and drills holes into blank. 4. Inserts stabs into holes. 5. Places stab setter over stab and hammers stab into hole.

Stable Attendant Job

1. Cares for horses and mules to protect their health and improve their appearance: Waters animals and measures, mixes and apportions feed and feed supplements according to feeding instructions. 2. Washes, brushes, trims and curries animals’ coats to clean and improve their appearance. 3. Inspects animals for disease, illness, and …

Spring Maker Job

1. Sets up and operates variety of machines to fabricate small lots or samples of coiled compression, extension, and torsion springs, and other wire forms from steel wire or strip, following blueprints, drawings, and setup charts: Selects machine tools, such as arbor, grooved tool, and pitch tool, and installs them …

Spring Repairer, Hand Job

1. Sets up and operates forging and shop equipment to repair leaf-type springs used in automotive vehicles: Raises vehicle body, using jack, and removes defective spring. 2. Removes defective leaves from spring, using handtools. 3. Measures broken leaves and cuts out replacement leaf blanks from steel stock, using flame cutter …

Spring Tester I Job

1. Tends power press that tests resiliency of spiral springs and that compresses them to specified length: Positions spring over mandrel of press table and places metal plate over end of spring. 2. Pulls lever that forces plunger of machine against plate to compress spring. 3. Measures compressed length of …

Spring Tester Ii Job

1. Tests resiliency of springs, such as those used in screen doors, using testing device: Attaches weights to spring and notes deflection and recovery of spring. 2. Discards defective springs.

Springer Job

1. Installs webbing and springs in furniture frames preparatory to upholstering: Tacks or staples ends of webbing strips to side of frame, using tack hammer or staple gun. 2. Stretches webbing across frame with webbing stretcher and tacks ends to opposite side of frame. 3. Tacks strips to back of …

Spring-Manufacturing Set-Up Technician Job

1. Sets up and operates variety of metalworking machines to fabricate special-alloy spring wire for watches: Prepares and melts charge of molten metal in vessel to change form of metal. 2. Sets up equipment and casts, rolls, draws, heattreats, and performs allied metalworking operations, using equipment, such as forging hammer, …

Spring-Repairer Helper, Hand Job

1. Disassembles defective vehicle leaf springs preparatory to repair and assembles repaired leaf springs: Removes center bolt from leaf spring and loosens clips, using handtools. 2. Removes rivets from leaf spring, using punch press or drill. 3. Drills hole in replacement blank for leaf spring, using drill, or punches hole …

Sprinkler-Irrigation-Equipment Mechanic Job

1. Installs and maintains self-propelled circle-irrigation system on farms according to specifications: Reads work order to ascertain type system to be installed, installation location, and operating specifications. 2. Drives truck to haul tools and equipment to work site. 3. Raises prefabricated sections of irrigator into position, using truck-mounted crane, and …

Spring Layer Job

1. Straightens, shapes, and forms clock springs, using holding fixture and pliers. 2. Winds coiled spring around peg or pin of fixture and bends and shapes spring to specifications, using needle-nosed pliers.

Spring Inspector I Job

1. Inspects and tests leaf-springs for conformance to specifications: Verifies curvature of leaf, using template. 2. Tests leaf in load tester by inserting springs into apparatus equipped with gauge that registers amount of leaf distortion to determine if springs meet load requirements. 3. Discards defective leaves. 4. Tends machine that …

Spring Inspector Ii Job

1. Removes springs from conveyor belt and inspects them for defects, such as missing or bent leaves, clips, and bushings, and excessive spacing between leaves: Measures spring dimensions to verify specifications, using rule and micrometer. 2. Marks spring to indicate defects, using crayon. 3. Notifies supervisor when springs indicate specified …

Spring Former, Machine Job

1. Sets up and operates machine to form leaf-type spring leaves: Installs upper and lower dies in machine, following leaf spring, using handtools. 2. Positions heated leaf blank onto lower die, using tongs. 3. Depresses pedal or pulls lever to force dies together, forming curved leaf. 4. Immerses leaf in …

Spring Coiler Job

1. Tends machine that automatically coils compression, extension, and torsion springs from round and flat wire, following verbal instructions: Examines wire stock with micrometer to ensure conformance to specifications. 2. Threads end of stock through feed rollers, around arbor, and under cutting tool. 3. Starts machine that automatically winds, cuts, …

Spring Coiling Machine Setter Job

1. Sets up automatic spring coiling machines to fabricate compression and extension springs from steel wire, according to blueprints and setup charts: Reviews blueprint to determine setup procedures to follow, machine attachments required, and stock to use, or obtains details from setup charts. 2. Selects machine attachments, such as taper …

Spring Coverer Job

1. Staples or tacks burlap, canvas, denim, or synthetic material over springs in furniture frames prior to upholstering where fabric is not installed by SPRINGER. 2. Cuts covering material to specified size, using scissors. 3. Sews twine through covering material and around coil springs to stabilize them.