Job Descriptions

Reel-Blade-Bender Furnace Tender Job

1. Tends gas oven that heats lawnmower blades preparatory to bending: Places cold blade on furnace apron and presses pedal to raise furnace door. 2. Positions blade in slotted rack on furnace bed, using tongs. 3. Removes blade from furnace after specified time. 4. Lubricates bending machine, using grease gun.





Reeler Job

1. Tends machine that rolls printed wallpaper into reels for further processing: Slides cardboard cylinder over windup shaft and locks shaft in machine, using wrench. 2. Threads wallpaper through machine and onto cardboard cylinder. 3. Starts machine and observes winding until windup shaft is loaded. 4. Rolls completed reel of …

Reeling-Machine Operator Job

1. Tends machine that winds yarn, thread, or textile selvage from bobbins, cones, cops, or tubes into skeins for dyeing or shipment: Places supply package of yarn, thread, or selvage on spindles. 2. Threads ends of yarn through guides and wraps or ties them around swift. 3. Starts machine and …

Referral Clerk, Temporary Help Agency Job

1. Compiles and records information about temporary job openings and refers qualified applicants from register of temporary help agency: Answers call from hospital, business, or other type of organization requesting temporary workers and obtains and records job requirements. 2. Reviews records to locate registered workers who match job requirements and …

Reed Maker Job

1. Fabricates reed assemblies for textile looms, using machines, handtools, and gauges: Inserts spool of wire in machine that cuts wire into dents and consecutively fastens ends of dents to opposing coils of two parallel forming springs. 2. Positions additional forming springs across rows of dents to reinforce assembly and …

Reed Repairer Job

1. Polishes and repairs loom reeds: Cleans lint and gum from reeds, using brush or airhose. 2. Examines reeds for alignment of wires, rough edges, and breaks. 3. Verifies dents, using micrometers and feeler gauges. 4. Straightens and aligns bent wires, using handtools, and solders broken wires. 5. Smooths and …

Reed-Press Feeder Job

1. Feeds reeds into machine that stitches reeds together to make insulation panels of specified dimensions. 2. Trims edges with shears. 3. May remove finished panels from machine and transfer panels to storage areas. 4. May participate in unloading reeds onto work floor.

Reel Assembler Job

1. Assembles precut wooden pieces to form reels for winding cables or strands: Measures parts, using measuring tape and rule, and assembles them, using hammer. 2. Weighs, marks, and attaches tags to full reels. 3. Rolls reels to stock house. 4. May grease reels to waterproof them.

Reducing-Salon Attendant Job

1. Measures, weighs and records patron’s body statistics, refers information to supervisor for evaluation and planning of exercise program, and demonstrates exercises and use of equipment. 2. Monitors member’s exercise activities to assure progress toward desired goals. 3. Records patron’s measurements periodically for re-evaluation.

Reduction-Furnace Operator Job

1. Operates reduction furnaces and equipment to produce catalyst used in manufacture of margarine and shortening: Scoops powder into rotating reduction furnace that feeds it into mixing tank containing premeasured amount of oils. 2. Observes gauges and regulates heating and mixing controls to ensure processing according to standards. 3. Turns …

Reduction-Furnace-Operator Helper Job

1. Assists REDUCTION-FURNACE OPERATOR or CATALYST OPERATOR, GASOLINE in mixing and drying ingredients used to produce or recondition catalysts: Loads materials into mixing tanks, places pans in driers, and empties dried material into containers on scale. 2. Labels and removes containers to process or storage areas. 3. Performs other duties …

Reduction-Plant Supervisor Job

1. Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in operation and maintenance of aluminum-reduction pots. 2. Performs duties as described under SUPERVISOR Master Title.

Redye Hand Job

1. Sorts and bags hose, panty hose, and tights that are to be redyed, according to style, size, and length: Examines article to locate markings knitted in foot and welt that designate style and size. 2. Measures overall length of article with scale to determine length classification. 3. Records on …

Redrying-Machine Operator Job

1. Operates redrying machine to dry, cool, and moisten tobacco for packing or further processing: Starts flow of steam or hot air into drying units and steam and water in ordering section. 2. Starts fan that circulates hot air in drying units and conveyor that carries tobacco through drying unit, …

Reducing-Machine Operator Job

1. Tends machine that reduces diameter of temple wire and temple soldered joints. 2. Inserts wire between dies mounted in chuck. 3. Starts machine that hammers wire in dies to uniform size as chuck revolves.

Redeye Gunner Job

1. Operates and fires Redeye Guided Missile Weapon System to destroy low flying enemy aircraft: Observes low flying enemy aircraft or receives radar information concerning low flying aircraft. 2. Visually identifies aircraft detected. 3. Evaluates enemy threat, and establishes priority of engagement. 4. Notifies superior of target. 5. Presses switches, …

Red-Lead Burner Job

1. Tends furnaces that convert litharge and lead tailings into red lead for use in products, such as storage batteries, paints, and ceramics: Ignites gas burners in furnace. 2. Reads temperature gauge and adjusts controls to regulate flow of gas to maintain specified furnace temperature. 3. Starts conveyor leading to …

Rectification Printer Job

1. Operates rectification printer to remove aerial photograph distortions caused by variations in axis and tilt of airplane in relation to earth’s surface: Positions roll of negative film in holder so that first negative is over lens in printer. 2. Places print paper on easel of printer. 3. Turns screws …

Recruiter Job

1. Interviews military and civilian personnel to recruit and inform individuals on matters concerning career opportunities, incentives, military rights and benefits, and advantages of military career: Assists and advises military commands in organizing, preparing, and implementing enlisted recruiting and retention program. 2. Interviews individuals to determine their suitability for placement …

Recreation-Facility Attendant Job

1. Schedules use of recreation facilities, such as golf courses, tennis courts, and softball and sandlot diamonds, in accordance with private club or public park rules: Makes reservations for use of facilities by players. 2. Settles disputes between groups or individual players regarding use of facilities. 3. Coordinates use of …

Recruit Instructor Job

1. Instructs newly recruited military personnel, in accordance with training schedules and orders: Orients recruits in fundamentals of service life, discipline, physical fitness, pride and love of service and country. 2. Trains recruits in close order drill. 3. Instructs recruits in nomenclature, disassembly, assembly, and functioning of small arms weapons; …

Recordist, Chief Job

1. Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in servicing and operating recording machines, power supply units, and allied equipment: Assigns workers to test and repair defective equipment. 2. Reads production schedule to ascertain recording machines to be used and informs workers. 3. Places sound film sections under microscope of …

Record-Press Tender Job

1. Tends automatic steam-hydraulic press that molds plastic compound into phonograph records: Places record labels over top and bottom center pins of press, and places preweighed and heated biscuit into press mold. 2. Moves lever to close mold and start press on cycle that molds biscuit under pressure and heat …

Records-Management Analyst Job

1. Examines and evaluates records-management systems to develop new or improve existing methods for efficient handling, protecting, and disposing of business records and information: Reviews records and reports to ascertain media used, reproduction process, or electronic data processing involved. 2. Drafts office and storage area layout to plot location of …

Recovery Operator Job

1. Operates rotary kiln, ball mill and conveying equipment to recover soluble soda and alumina from waste materials: Moves lever and switch controls to start and regulate rotation speed of kiln. 2. Moves controls to maintain specified temperatures throughout kiln and feed rate of kiln. 3. Catches samples of slurry …