1. Fastens pins and clips to jewelry items, such as brooches and earrings: Positions jewelry item between jaws of machine. 2. Selects pin or clip and fits end of pin or clip into holes of jewelry item. 3. Depresses pedal to close jaws and squeeze joints together. 4. Inspects jewelry …
1. Feeds clay into hopper of machine that automatically forms potter pins used to support clayware during firing. 2. Places formed pins in drier. 3. May change die on machine according to size and shape of pins to be formed.
1. Inspects and repairs pinball and games machines: Plays machine and observes mechanism in operation to detect defects. 2. Disassembles defective machines, using handtools. 3. Adjusts or replaces defective parts, following electrical schematic diagrams. 4. May return machine to department where defect occurred.
1. Pilots submersible craft to conduct research in fields of oceanography or marine biology, test capabilities and performance of craft and auxiliary equipment, or perform underwater activities, such as exploration, mapping, photography, or construction, salvage or rescue work: Plans and develops operational procedures or techniques in order to investigate and …
1. Sets up and operates small-scale chemical production equipment under laboratory conditions to test methods and chemical processes for product development, following specifications and guidance from research chemists or engineers: Sets up production equipment, such as reactors, stills, stripping towers, separators, and blending tanks, using mechanics’ handtools and portable power …
1. Assists PILOT-CONTROL OPERATOR in testing methods and chemical processes for product development: Climbs absorption, fractionating, and scrubbing towers to collect samples of solutions or products for laboratory analysis. 2. Performs routine titration, concentration, and gravity tests, using standard test equipment. 3. Adds catalysts, reagents, liquids, or solids to solutions …
1. Secures regulator pin in regulator, using jeweler’s tools. 2. Positions regulator in holding fixture and places pin in hole of regulator, using tweezers and loupe. 3. Taps pin with hammer and cuts off protruding excess of pin, using pliers. 4. Secures fit of pin, using staking tool.
1. Tends pilling machine that compresses plastics powder into pellets or biscuits of specified weight and shape: Dumps plastics powders into machine hopper, using drum hoist or starts screw conveyor that loads hopper with material from storage bin. 2. Opens gate valve to control flow of powder from hopper into …
1. Tends machine that turns pillowcases right-side-out and stretches material to remove wrinkles: Turns dials to adjust turner arms according to width of pillowcases and to adjust speed and throw of discharge mechanism. 2. Positions pillowcase on arms and depresses pedal to activate mechanism that inverts pillowcase and discharges article …
1. Pilots airplane or drives automobile to engage in law enforcement activities: Patrols highway by aircraft to enforce traffic laws and coordinates air operations with ground personnel to apprehend traffic and other law violators. 2. Flies emergency missions to deliver medical supplies. 3. Prepares activities reports. 4. Engages in routine …
1. Tends equipment that pierces steel billets lengthwise preparatory to making seamless tubing: Moves levers to drop hot billet from conveyor into trough and ram it along trough into rollers which force center of billet into piercing mandrel. 2. Moves controls to withdraw piercing mandrel from billet and drop billet …
1. Operates pig machine to pour molten iron into molds to cast pig iron: Starts conveyor that positions mold under spout of pig-machine ladle. 2. Moves controls to tilt ladle, allowing molten iron to flow into mold. 3. Observes filling operation to detect sticking of molten iron to inside of …
1. Assists PIG-MACHINE OPERATOR to cast pig iron: Observes pouring operations and signals PIG-MACHINE OPERATOR to stop flow of metal from ladle when molds overflow or mechanical malfunction occurs. 2. Knocks pieces of iron and slag from ladle lips, pouring spout, or iron runners, using pole. 3. Cleans slag and …
1. Tends kiln or furnace that makes pigments from specified chemical ingredients or develops specified colors in pigments or metallic powders for use in making paints, enamels, and varnishes: Weighs or measures specified chemical ingredients and dumps them into furnace hopper, conveyor, blending, pulverizing and sifting machine hoppers, or into …
1. Tends one or more equipment units, such as reaction tanks, bleach tanks, wash tanks, filters, dryers, furnaces, and mills to process pigments, such as titanium, barytes, bentonite, and iron oxide for use in products, such as paint, industrial coating, rubber, plastic, and ink: Pushes buttons on control panel and …
1. Tends equipment that pumps solvents, pigments, and caustics into storage tanks for use in processing reclaim rubber: Dips pigment samples from tank car or container for laboratory analysis. 2. Connects hose couplings between tank cars and pipelines. 3. Starts pumps and opens valves to direct flow of liquid pigments …
1. Inspects greige corduroy or velvet cloth to detect uncut filling floats, and cuts floats, using pickup knife: Positions truck of cloth at entry end of examining frame and pins end of cloth to leader in machine. 2. Depresses pedal to start machine that passes cloth over inspection board, and …
1. Frames pictures in custom-made or stock frames: Mounts picture on backing, using glue. 2. Cuts mounted picture to fit frame, using papercutter or power saw. 3. Cuts glass to fit frame, using glass-cutting tool. 4. Cleans glass and places it in upturned frame. 5. Places picture on top of …
1. Mixes ingredients and bakes pies, tarts, and cobblers, according to recipes: Weighs and measures ingredients, using measuring cup and spoons. 2. Mixes ingredients by hand or with electric mixer to form piecrust dough. 3. Rolls and shapes dough, using rolling pin. 4. Places portions of rolled dough in piepans …
1. Performs any combination of following duties on pie-machine conveyor line: Loads dough into hopper of pie-dough scaling machine. 2. Turns hand lever to adjust scaling cylinder of machine to produce lumps of dough of prescribed size. 3. Removes lumps of dough deposited from scaling machine and places them in …
1. Sets up and operates piercing machine to shape metal tubes from billets or enlarge inside diameter of shells according to job order or blueprints: Selects, positions, and adjusts piercing rolls, which rotate and shape outside of tube, using hoists, wrenches, measuring instruments, and knowledge of metal properties. 2. Attaches …
1. Tends picking machine that opens or shreds and fluffs raw or used materials, such as wool, kapok, foam rubber, or hair to facilitate further processing: Cuts open bales of raw materials. 2. Starts machine and deposits handfuls of raw material on feeding apron that conveys material into picking or …
1. Picks stems, stones, metal, or wood not eliminated by trash-picking machine from conveyor to prevent damage to beet knives. 2. May trim tops from beets to prevent clogging of knives in slicers.
1. Tends machine that automatically injects meat with curing solution: Adjusts height of injection needles and width of conveyor guides, using wrenches. 2. Turns valves to regulate flow and pressure of curing solution in pumping system. 3. Starts machine and conveyor. 4. Places meat on conveyor that pulls meat under …
