Job Descriptions

Skip Operator Job

1. Controls scale car and skip hoist to transfer raw materials from storage bins to blast furnace: Moves controls of scale car to position car under chute of storage bin. 2. Pulls lever to open bin filling car with raw materials, such as iron ore, coke, limestone, or sinter. 3. …





Skip Tracer Job

1. Traces skips for creditors or other concerned parties: Searches city and telephone directories, and street listings, and inquires at post office. 2. Interviews, telephones, or writes former neighbors, stores, friends, relatives, and former employers to elicit information pertaining to whereabouts of skips. 3. Follows up each lead and prepares …

Skirt Panel Assembler Job

1. Fastens rigid plastic-coated fabric between upholstery skirt panel and liner, and presses panel for smoothness and shape, using steam iron and presser: Cuts threads joining sewn panels, using scissors. 2. Presses panels right-side out, using hand steam iron. 3. Cuts coated fabric from roll and inserts fabric between panel …

Skiff Operator Job

1. Operates seiner skiff to hold one end of purse seine in place while purse seiner circles school of fish to set net. 2. Holds purse seine away from ship during pursing and brailing operations. 3. May splash water with pole, on opposite side of school away from purse seiner, …

Skimmer, Reverberatory Job

1. Skims slag from surface of copper being refined in reverberatory furnace: Signals OVERHEAD CRANE OPERATOR to lower pan, and positions it in front of slag tapping hole. 2. Inserts wood pole through door in side of furnace, working pole back and forth to push slag toward front of furnace. …

Skin Former Job

1. Places skin over jigs to form padded automotive products, such as dashboards and door panels: Lifts precut skin from oven conveyor and stretches it over jig. 2. Depresses pedal to create vacuum in jig to draw skin over jig contours, and smooths wrinkles with hands. 3. Sponges skin with …

Skin Grader Job

1. Transfers hog-back skins from vat to grading table and measures size and length of skin on graduated grading board. 2. Separates skins according to size.

Ski Repairer, Production Job

1. Repairs defects in skis damaged in production or defective in material, using handtools and power tools: Examines designated defects and markings on ski to determine type repair required. 2. Selects specified fiberglass mat patch and positions patch over defect. 3. Pours epoxy resin on patch to cause patch to …

Ski Topper Job

1. Tends machine that bonds plastic strips to tops of skis: Positions ski covered with precut strips on bed of machine. 2. Presses lever or pedal to lower press or activate pressure rollers that bond plastic to ski tops. 3. Examines skis for defects and removes blemishes, using abrasives, blade, …

Ski-Binding Fitter-And-Repairer Job

1. Fits and attaches bindings to skis, according to customer needs and ski and boot specifications, and repairs ski bindings and skis, using power tools and handtools: Records customer statistics, such as height, weight, skiing experience, and skiing habits to maintain reference file. 2. Reviews customer data and ski manufacturer …

Ski Maker, Wood Job

1. Fabricates skis from wood, using handtools and powered machines: Cuts rough forms for skis, using electrically powered cutting machine. 2. Soaks ski forms in hot water until pliable and places them in bending frame for shaping. 3. Operates shaper to form ridges on top of ski. 4. Pairs skis …

Ski Molder Job

1. Fabricates sock and aligns sock with other ski parts in die press that molds components into partially fabricated ski: Places fiberglass lay-up on worktable, pours epoxy resin over lay-up, and spreads resin with paddle to facilitate saturation. 2. Positions ski core on lay-up, places foot-pad on top of core, …

Ski Patroller Job

1. Patrols ski trails and slope areas to provide assistance and protection to skiers and report condition of trails, ski lifts, and snow cover on slopes: Patrols assigned areas, using skis or snowshoes. 2. Rescues injured skiers and renders first aid or transfers them to waiting ambulance, using toboggan. 3. …

Skein-Yarn Dyer Job

1. Tends machines that bleach or dye skeins of yarn: Hangs yarn skeins over perforated rack. 2. Turns valves to fill dye vats with water, and turns knob to set temperature of water according to specifications. 3. Pours chemical softeners and liquid dyes into vats according to formula. 4. Starts …

Skein-Yarn-Dyer Helper Job

1. Assists SKEIN-YARN DYER in bleaching or dyeing skeins of yarn: Hangs yarn skeins over perforated racks of portable cabinet. 2. Loads yarn into machine, using chain hoist. 3. Removes dyed yarn from machine. 4. Performs other duties as described under HELPER Master Title.

Skelp Processor Job

1. Controls operation of machinery and equipment, such as coil car, uncoiler, rollers, power shears, and hoist, using console, from pulpit in welding mill to form skelp into metal pipe: Receives signal through intercom to begin machine operation. 2. Moves levers and presses buttons on control console to position coil …

Sketch Maker I Job

1. Traces designs on wood-printing blocks or rollers preparatory to engraving by ENGRAVER, BLOCK, using stylus, ink, and burnishing tool: Places drawing of design over wax paper and traces design, using stylus. 2. Pours ink over wax paper to fill depressions made by stylus and wipes away excess ink. 3. …

Sketch Maker Ii Job

1. Sketches, photographs, and etches cloth designs on zinc plates in form that can be transferred to printing rollers by mechanical pantograph process, using precision measuring and drawing instruments, camera, and etching chemicals: Studies design and production sheet to determine number of times design will be repeated around roller, size …

Sketch Maker, Photoengraving Job

1. Sketches cloth designs onto transparent paper for subsequent transfer to printing rollers by photographic process, using drafting tools and artists’ work aids: Studies customer’s design to locate one complete repeat of pattern. 2. Lays out reference points on design according to location of pattern repeat and motifs within repeat, …

Ski Base Trimmer Job

1. Joins polyethylene-plastic base-strips and steel edges to fabricate ski base-layer, using handtools and work aids: Selects specified base-strips and steel edges for joining. 2. Tapes logo in position on toe area of base-strip and inserts strip into roller that presses logo into position on base-strip. 3. Applies adhesive onto …

Skeiner Job

1. Tends machine that winds narrow fabrics, such as tape, into skeins for dyeing or shipment: Draws fabric ends from box, threads each end through traverse guide, and ties end to reel. 2. Turns dial to set yardage counter that stops machine when specified yardage has been wound. 3. Presses …

Skein-Winding Operator Job

1. Winds skeins of thread used to test effect of dyes, using hand-turned crank: Passes end of thread through guides and attaches it to winding arm. 2. Turns crank to wind thread onto skein. 3. Weighs wound skeins and pulls away excess thread or winds additional turns onto skein to …

Skein-Yarn Drier Job

1. Tends machine that dries skeins of yarn: Turns valves to set temperature of drying cabinet according to specifications. 2. Starts fans to circulate heat in drying cabinet. 3. Places yarn skeins on conveyor that conveys yarn through cabinet, hangs skeins on drying rack and pushes rack into drying cabinet, …

Sizing-Machine Operator Job

1. Sets up and operates battery of machines to compress to size and impregnate paper tubes with linseed oil preparatory to processing into shotgun shell bodies: Selects and measures arbors and dies with micrometers and plug gauges to verify specified size. 2. Installs arbors, arbor shanks, collets, dies, and die …

Sizing-Machine Tender Job

1. Tends machine that cuts grooves in edges of plastic watch crystals: Centers and clamps crystal in rotary holding device. 2. Starts machine and moves cutter blade against rotating crystal to cut grooves in edge of crystal. 3. Removes crystal from machine onto tray.