1. Performs any combination of following tasks to tend equipment that cleans dirt, scale, and other materials from metal objects with blast of abrasive, such as steel shot, sand, steel grit, or glass beads: Dumps or shovels objects into tumbler and starts tumbler that exposes surfaces of objects to blast …
1. Controls machine equipped with cutting disks to mix binder and sand, and aerate sand used in construction of foundry molds and cores: Sprays water over sand on foundry floor and adds binder to sand. 2. Starts machine and steers it back and forth through pile to mix water, binder, …
1. Tends machine that sands and smooths golf club grips, skis, and other sports equipment: Inserts article to be sanded in roller carriage brackets or grip in holding device of machine. 2. Starts machine that automatically feeds article to sanding belt or rotates article against moving abrasive wheel to remove …
1. Smooths surface of wooden articles, such as furniture parts, mirror frames, caskets, and cabinet panels preparatory to finishing, or between finish coats, using sandpaper and steel wool. 2. Feels surface of sanded article for smoothness. 3. May scrape article with chisel or scraper to remove burrs, splinters, and excess …
1. Fills stopes with sand to prevent cave-ins of ground surrounding worked out areas: Opens pipe valves to pump sand, waste minerals, and water resulting from treatment of ore, until stopes are filled sufficiently to support walls and roofs. 2. Switches flow from one stope to another to allow time …
1. Operates machine to mix or recondition molding sand: Weighs out specified amounts of ingredients, such as sand, sea coal, and bonding agents, and shovels them into machine or automatic hopper. 2. Sets dials for specified amounts of water, core oil, and other ingredients that are automatically measured and fed …
1. Tends equipment that separates sand according to texture and grade: Presses buttons or flips switches on control panel to start conveyors, washing, and separating units. 2. Adjusts controls of classifying tanks to obtain specified grade of sand. 3. Observes color of sand to determine clay content and notifies supervisor …
1. Tests sand to determine its usability for making sand molds or cores: Collects samples of sand mixes and compresses sand into sample piece, using specimen sand rammer. 2. Determines properties of sand samples, such as moisture content, permeability, compression and shear strength, clay content, and sand-grain size and distribution, …
1. Tends automatic sandblasting machine that cleans grease, oil, and grit from fragmentation-bomb cavities: Rolls bomb off conveyor into machine cabinet. 2. Closes door and sets automatic timer at starting position. 3. Pushes button to release pressurized sand stream into bomb cavity. 4. Stops machine when timer indicates completion of …
1. Abrades surfaces of metal or hard-composition objects to remove adhering scale, sand, paint, grease, tar, rust, and dirt, and to impart specified finish, using abrasive-blasting equipment: Shovels or pours abrasives, such as sand, grit, or shot of specified grade into machine hopper. 2. Masks specified areas of object to …
1. Operates sandblasting equipment to cut inscriptions and decorative designs on monumental stone: Dumps abrasive into mixing chamber of sandblasting equipment. 2. Turns valve to admit compressed air into mixing chamber. 3. Selects sandblasting nozzle according to size of lettering or intricacy of design and attaches nozzle to hose leading …
1. Records wool lot numbers and forwards samples to wool-buying house: Observes manner in which sample is drilled from sacks to ensure representative sample. 2. Records lot number from which sample is taken. 3. Packs and forwards samples to wool-buying house.
1. Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in preparing such advertising media as sample books and swatches for sales force and customers of textile manufacturing or finishing concerns. 2. Distributes sample books and other media to customers and advertising agencies. 3. Performs other duties as described under SUPERVISOR Master …
1. Grades samples of asbestos fibers taken from various parts of fiber-manufacturing plant by combining samples and tending machine that agitates known quantity and weight of fibers for specified time. 2. Weighs quantity of fibers deposited on each of four screens in machine to find average weight that determines grade …
1. Obtains sample of earth formations in sidewalls of oil well boreholes, using electrically exploding device: Loads explosives into gun chambers of tubular firing device. 2. Connects gun chambers to electric detonating cable, using handtools. 3. Signals HOIST OPERATOR to lower sample-taking gun into well. 4. Observes wire line measuring …
1. Tends machine that cuts wallpaper samples and assembles samples to make sample book: Transfers specified rolls of wallpaper to cutting machine, using handtruck, and lifts roll onto letoff rack. 2. Threads wallpaper through machine and pushes lever to specified setting for cutting width. 3. Sets type on printing cylinder …
1. Mixes color samples from standard pigments and production pigments, for subsequent comparison of color characteristics, to ensure conformity of production pigments with standard pigments: Weighs out specified amounts of standard and production pigments and places them on glass plates or in beakers. 2. Mixes pigments with specified vehicle, such …
1. Collects samples of materials, such as benzol, coal, coke, sewer water, sulfate, and tar, and prepares them for laboratory analysis: Shovels coal into crusher to grind samples for analysis. 2. Drops weighed sample of coke from drop-door bucket to steelplate, shakes shattered coke through screen of specified mesh and …
1. Operates machines to form cut of copper ingot into wire samples for metallurgical testing: Smooths lateral sides of sample with emery wheel. 2. Heats sample in furnace to light-red glow. 3. Rolls sample into rod by passing rod through rolling machine. 4. Coils rod and immerses rod in acid …
1. Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in crushing, drying, screening, and testing samples of ores preparatory to assaying them. 2. Performs duties as described under SUPERVISOR Master Title.
1. Tends machine equipped with circular abrasive saw that cuts face from production brick for use as displays or sales sample panels: Sets saw table guides to specified length and width, using machine measuring scale and wrench. 2. Places brick against guides and tightens holding device, using wrench. 3. Starts …
1. Selects materials, such as buckram, metal bars, and ribbon, and joins parts to form sample fabric badge or selects sample fabric badges from files, according to customer order. 2. May wrap badges in tissue paper and pack them in boxes for shipment.
1. Inspects sample and nonsample uppers and shoes and removes imperfections: Examines sample uppers for blemishes, such as wrinkles, rough seams, and bulges. 2. Removes blemishes with handtools, such as electric irons, hammers, and knives. 3. Disassembles blemished nonsample shoes received from packing inspectors and sample uppers having defects, such …
1. Marks and cuts out material and sews parts of new style garments, following patterns, sketches, and design specifications, to prepare sample garments: Selects garment parts and threads, according to design specifications. 2. Positions and aligns parts of sample garment together, following markings on parts, sketches, and patterns. 3. Sews …
