Job Descriptions

Printmaker Job

1. Conceives and develops drawings and other art work and prepares printmaking medium used to print fine arts graphics: Determines printmaking method, such as recessed, raised, or flat, which will be most effective to reproduce conceived art work. 2. Renders art work on stone, metal, wood, linoleum, or other material, …





Print-Shop Helper Job

1. Assists workers engaged in setting type, operating printing presses, and making plates, performing any combination of following duties: Moves material and supplies to and from various work areas. 2. Assists in making ready and adjusting presses for production runs. 3. Keeps presses supplied with paper stock. 4. Cleans presses, …

Prisoner-Classification Interviewer Job

1. Interviews new prison inmates to obtain social and criminal histories to aid in classification and assignment of prisoners to appropriate work and other activities: Gathers data, such as work history, school, criminal, and military records, family background, habits, religious beliefs, and prisoner’s version of crime committed. 2. Analyzes prisoner’s …

Private-Branch-Exchange Installer Job

1. Installs telephone switchboards and specialized communication equipment, such as intercommunications systems, telephoto circuits, mobile radiotelephones, and teletypewriters, on customers’ premises: Connects telephone or telegraph cable terminals to inside wires and switchboard, following diagrams and using handtools, soldering iron, and wire wrap gun. 2. Tests and adjusts installation, using voltmeter, …

Private-Branch-Exchange Repairer Job

1. Analyzes and repairs defects in communication equipment, such as telephone switchboards, teletypewriters, and mobile radiophones on customers’ premises: Tests equipment to locate malfunctions, using circuit diagrams, polar probes, meters, and telephone test set. 2. Isolates and analyzes malfunction to determine method of repair, according to knowledge of equipment and …

Private-Branch-Exchange Service Adviser Job

1. Conducts training classes in operation of switchboard and teletype equipment: Explains mechanical construction and operation of switchboards and demonstrates procedures for receiving and completing incoming and interoffice calls. 2. Observes operators handling calls and recommends methods to improve service. 3. Analyzes traffic loads and conducts studies to determine equipment …

Prize Coordinator Job

1. Coordinates use of assorted merchandise for prizes on television game shows: Verifies receipt and accuracy of manufacturer’s contract guaranteeing availability of promised merchandise. 2. Sends contract to network for approval. 3. Prepares and sends details of contract, with mounted pictures of manufacturer’s products, to production company for approval. 4. …

Prizer Job

1. Packs tobacco into hogsheads for storage or shipment, performing any combination of following tasks: Climbs into hogshead and pulls hands of tobacco from stick held by FEEDER-CATCHER, TOBACCO or receives hands of tobacco and packs tobacco into hogshead. 2. Tramples tobacco hands, strips, or stems fed into hogshead by …

Probe Test Equipment Technician, Semiconductor Wafers Job

1. Sets up and maintains wafer probe and test equipment that test electrical properties of circuits on semiconductor wafers, following setup manual specifications: Reads process sheet and setup manual to determine test program required and setup specifications. 2. Inserts test probe card in wafer probe equipment. 3. Inserts floppy disk …

Process Checker Job

1. Inspects and tests small arms ammunition to verify conformance with variety of qualitative specifications: Collects quantity of cartridges or shotgun shells as they emerge from loading and assembling machines. 2. Tests crimping of case around bullet, using bench device that registers force required to withdraw bullet from case. 3. …

Process Controller Job

1. Verifies performance of yarn texturing machines for conformance to specifications, using test equipment and instruments: Reviews work order to determine machine to be checked and type of inspection required. 2. Inspects machines for threading problems, such as incorrect placement of yarn and opened feed rollers. 3. Measures operation of …

Printing-Roller Polisher Job

1. Operates polishing lathe to reduce circumference of printing rollers to specifications and remove defects, such as turning and polishing lines, high spots, and scratches: Mounts roller on mandrel of lathe, using hoist. 2. Measures circumference of roller at several points to locate irregular spots, using girth tape. 3. Examines …

Print-Line Feeder Job

1. Feeds furniture composition-wood dimensional panels onto feed conveyor of tandem print-line machines that automatically smooth, paint, and print wood grain designs on top surfaces of panels: Removes panels, with previously inserted filler blocks, from handtruck and positions panel on feed conveyor so that smooth surface of panel is up …

Print-Line Inspector Job

1. Examines furniture composition-wood-dimensional-panels for processing defects on discharge conveyor of tandem print-line machine. 2. Feels and inspects panels to detect defects, such as scratches, blemishes, and discolorations. 3. Marks defective areas with chalk or crayon and pushes panels along conveyor for removal.

Print-Line Operator Job

1. Operates tandem print-line machine to smooth, paint, and print wood grain designs on surface of furniture, composition-wood dimensional panels, or hardboard panels: Confers with supervisor or reads production schedule to determine panels to be processed. 2. Selects printing cylinders according to production schedule and installs cylinders on machine, using …

Print-Line Tailer Job

1. Removes dimensional furniture panels from discharge conveyor of print-line machines that smooth, paint, and print wood grain designs on top surfaces of panels: Pushes panels along roller conveyor from inspection point to off bearing area and removes panels from conveyor. 2. Scans panels for inspector’s marks and stacks defective …

Printing Screen Assembler Job

1. Stretches and fastens screening material to metal frames to make printing screens, using either of following methods: Positions frame in holding fixture of stretcher. 2. Places specified length of screening material, such as silk, polyester, or metal mesh, over frame and secures edges of material in clamps of stretcher. …

Printing-Machine Operator, Folding Rules Job

1. Tends machine that prints graduations and numerals on enameled wooden slats used in folding rules, and automatically inserts printed slats in drying racks: Stacks blank slats in magazine of printing machine. 2. Positions empty racks in feed magazine of slat-inserting mechanism. 3. Starts machine and observes printing and racking …

Printing-Machine Operator, Tape Rules Job

1. Sets up and operates battery of machines that print graduations and numerals on steel measuring tapes: Wraps strip of rubber ink-blanket on impression wheel and secures strip ends in slots. 2. Mounts printing dies on type-holding wheel, and turns screw clamp to tighten wrap-around wires. 3. Mounts wheel on …

Printing-Roller Handler Job

1. Mounts printing rollers on cloth printing machine for change of pattern: Inserts mandrel through printing shell and positions shell on hydraulic jack, using hoist. 2. Starts jack that presses mandrel into shell to assemble completed roller. 3. Removes used rollers from printing machine and lifts new rollers into position …

Printer-Slotter Helper Job

1. Feeds precut paperboard blanks or sheets into machine that prints, scores, perforates, and slots them for forming into boxes: Loads precut blanks into automatic machine feeder, or positions stacks of paperboard sheets against guides on feed table and inserts each sheet into machine feed rollers. 2. Adjusts scoring, perforating, …

Printer-Slotter Operator Job

1. Operates machine to print and slot container blanks, according to work orders: Selects, installs, and adjusts slotting and perforating knives in machine according to specified dimensions of slot and spacing of perforations, assisted by PRINTER-SLOTTER HELPER. 2. Positions and attaches printing mats to print rollers according to printing order, …

Printer, Machine Job

1. Tends machine that prints decorative designs on harvest hats in hat manufacturing establishment: Places specified printing roller in machine holding device and turns setscrew to align roller and machine register marks. 2. Pours specified paint into machine reservoirs. 3. Pushes button or pulls lever to start machine. 4. Removes …

Printer, Plastic Job

1. Sets up and operates press to print colored designs on rolls of plastic or plastic-coated material: Positions and clamps printing cylinder on press, using handtools. 2. Pours inks into ink pans and threads plastic film through press rolls. 3. Starts press and turns wheels to adjust pickup, transfer, and …

Printer, Floor Covering, Assistant Job

1. Lifts roll of felt paper, using chain hoist, and places roll on spindle of machine that paints designs on roll to make floor covering. 2. Pours specified paint colors into machine troughs.