Job Descriptions

Router, Printed Circuit Boards Job

1. Operates routing machine to cut and shape individual printed circuit boards according to specifications: Positions and secures PCB’s between dies or on templates. 2. Positions secured PCB on router platform to align connector edges with machine cutter. 3. Adjusts cutter spindle, using wrenches, and installs cutter of specified size …





Router Tender Job

1. Tends automatic tape router to cut designs in woodstock: Lifts and positions stock in guides on bed of router. 2. Secures stock to machine bed, using C-clamps. 3. Turns dial to position cutterhead to begin cycle and starts router. 4. Observes router during cycle to detect malfunctions, and notifies …

Router Set-Up Operator, Numerical Control Job

1. Sets up and operates multiaxis, numerically controlled routing machine to cut and shape metallic and nonmetallic workpieces: Selects and positions workpiece on machine bed. 2. Threads perforated or magnetic tape through read head. 3. Inserts precision indicator in machine chuck, and depresses switches to jog chuck into contact with …

Router Job

1. Operates routing machine with free moving head to cut excess metal from nonprinting areas of electrotype, stereotype, and photoengraved printing plates: Clamps plate face onto routing machine table. 2. Selects cutter bit and installs bit in chuck of routing spindle. 3. Depresses pedal to start machine and moves hand …

Router Machine Operator Job

1. Tends routing machine that trims edges of plastic drafting scales: Places and secures router tool in chuck. 2. Places and clamps scale on holding pin of routing machine conveyor belt. 3. Starts machine and observes movement of scale under router. 4. Removes trimmed scale from conveyor and inspects completed …

Router Operator Job

1. Sets up and operates multispindle routing machine to cut sink openings in sandstone countertops and tabletops and to drill holes in synthetic composition board: Reads blueprints to determine location and size of sink openings or holes to be cut. 2. Installs specified router bit in 45- or 90-degree angle …

Router Operator, Hand Job

1. Routs and trims metallic and nonmetallic parts and materials to provide cutouts for windows, air vents, and tubing runs, used in manufacturing transportation equipment, such as aircraft and railroad cars, using portable router and handtools: Selects and installs specified type and size bit and collar combinations in hand router, …

Route-Delivery Clerk Job

1. Prepares itemized delivery sheet for items of merchandise to be delivered by truck drivers, grouping and routing deliveries according to designated districts: Copies information, such as name, address of consignee, type of merchandise, number of pieces, and mailing designation, from records onto delivery sheet. 2. Locates and selects merchandise …

Rounding-Machine Tender Job

1. Tends machine that shapes and cuts wooden blanks to form pencils: Places blanks in hopper and starts machine. 2. Removes pencils from bin of machine and places pencils in rack. 3. Ties pencils into bundles. 4. May replace machine cutters according to size and shape of pencil, using wrench. …

Round-Up-Ring Hand Job

1. Bolts round-up ring sections around steel can to retain circular shape of cylinder during casting of reinforced concrete pipe: Rolls can on raised track into assembly line position, assisted by other workers. 2. Measures and marks length of can to position rings, using gauge and chalk. 3. Braces interior …

Roustabout Job

1. Assembles and repairs oil field machinery and equipment, using handtools and power tools: Digs holes, sets forms, and mixes and pours concrete into forms, to make foundations for wood or steel derricks, using posthole digger, handtools, and wheelbarrow. 2. Bolts or nails together wood or steel framework to erect …

Route Aide Job

1. Delivers messages to and from conveyor belts, terminals, tube locations, and other transmitting points within telegraph office. 2. May microfilm copies of telegrams, using automatic microfilming equipment. 3. May search for and retrieve messages stuck in equipment between transmitting points.

Route Supervisor Job

1. Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in routing telegraph messages, such as CLERKS, ROUTE and ROUTE AIDES, performing duties as described under SUPERVISOR Master Title.

Round-Corner-Cutter Operator Job

1. Tends machine that cuts round corners on paper goods and printed products, such as notebook paper, tablets, pamphlets, and booklets: Reads job ticket to determine number of items to be processed and number and designation of corners to be rounded. 2. Adjusts rounding dies to specified settings, using handtool. …

Rounder Job

1. Tends machine that trims unfinished shoe soles to pattern size: Selects pattern from stock bin, following work ticket. 2. Positions pattern on machine guide pins and places sole on pattern. 3. Depresses pedal or pushes lever that clamps sole onto pattern and starts knife blades rotating around outside edge …

Rounder, Hand Job

1. Cuts hat brims or cones to trim excess material from irregular edges, according to one of following methods: Places hat on worktable and cuts excess material from raw or sewn welt edge, using adjustable razor cutting tool. 2. Pulls hat cone over block, places cutting edge against material, and …

Rounding-And-Backing-Machine Operator Job

1. Tends machine that automatically rounds and backs bound signatures and forms grooved hinge space for book covers: Installs rounding form in machine, sets spacing of holding clamps and backing rollers, and adjusts turning of feeder according to size of sample book or work order specifications. 2. Starts machine that …

Rounding-Machine Operator Job

1. Tends machine that cuts frayed edges or excess material from articles, such as hat brims or fabric buffing wheels, or separates hat brims from crowns prior to finishing operations: Measures radius of article, using ruler. 2. Turns setscrews on machine guide to adjust width of cut, according to specifications. …

Rougher Job

1. Operates roughing mill roll stands to reduce steel billets, blooms, and slabs to specified dimensions, using knowledge of rolling practices and steel properties: Reads rolling order to determine setup specifications. 2. Installs rolling equipment, such as roll stands, guides, bar turners, and repeaters on rolling line, using handtools, bars, …

Rougher Operator Job

1. Operates roughing mill stands under direction of ROUGHER to reduce steel billets, blooms, or slabs to specified dimensions: Starts roughing rolls and auxiliary equipment, such as conveyor tables, scalebreaker, and water sprays. 2. Signals CHARGER OPERATOR to discharge metal object from furnace preparatory to rolling. 3. Moves controls to …

Rough-Rice Grader Job

1. Grades unhulled rice visually as it is unloaded from freight cars or trucks, and directs workers in storage of rice according to grade: Obtains samples from each carload or truckload, using probe. 2. Examines samples and determines grade of each load according to amount of damaged grains and grass …

Rough-Rice Tender Job

1. Tends battery of machines that mill and brush cleaned rough rice: Starts machines, such as shelling stones, rice hullers, paddy separator, and rice brush. 2. Turns feed controls to regulate flow of rice into series of machines that automatically hull rice, separate hulled from unhulled rice, brush dust from …

Rough-Rounder, Machine Job

1. Tends machine that trims edges of outsole and welt to conform to outline of lasted shoe upper: Adjusts width gauge, following size specifications. 2. Starts machine and depresses pedal that withdraws knife from cutting position. 3. Positions shank or heel seat against machine guide. 4. Releases pedal that forces …

Rough Planer Tender Job

1. Tends machine that smooths surface and sizes rough lumber in woodworking establishment: Turns handwheels to adjust cutting depth and feed rate according to thickness and species of lumber to be planed. 2. Presses buttons to start planer and feed conveyor. 3. Depresses pedal to actuate hydraulic load bed that …

Rough-And-Trueing-Machine Operator Job

1. Tends grinding machines that smooth and true bowling balls: Lifts ball onto work bench. 2. Removes excessive molding from ball, using hand power grinder. 3. Places ball between abrasive jaws of grinding machine. 4. Starts machine and observes grinding operation. 5. Stops machine and measures size of ball, using …