1. Operates necktie-centralizing sewing machine equipped with hook in front of needle to seam length of necktie and attach reinforcing strip with stretchable one-thread stitch. 2. Folds tie fabric lengthwise, superimposes and aligns reinforcing strip along edge, and stitches through layers to join. 3. Performs duties as described under SEWING-MACHINE …
1. Operates necktie-centralizing machine equipped with feed track and stationary needle to seam length of necktie and simultaneously attach reinforcing strip with stitch simulating handstitching: Positions reinforcing strip on feed track. 2. Folds tie fabric lengthwise and positions above strip. 3. Operates machine and manipulates edges continuously to align and …
1. Grinds industrial knitting and sewing needles to sharpen points, using grinding wheels: Activates stone and wire-brush wheels and alternately presses needle against each rotating wheel to sharpen point. 2. Applies emery to wire-brush wheel as needed to facilitate grinding process. 3. Visually and tactually examines needle to ensure conformance …
1. Tends machine that raises fibers on surface of cloth to give cloth soft, fluffy texture: Positions truck of folded cloth at entry end of machine or mounts roll of cloth on machine brackets. 2. Sews cloth to leader in napper with surface to be napped contacting napping cylinder. 3. …
1. Makes explanatory comments to accompany action parts of motion picture: Reads from script and speaks into microphone as film is being projected, timing comments to fit action portrayed. 2. May write script.
1. Tends calender machine that imparts luster and finish simultaneously to several strands of narrow fabrics, such as tape and ribbon: Threads ends around rollers of machine and starts strands into cans, or ties ends to ends in machine. 2. Starts machine and observes strands of fabric entering machine to …
1. Operates automatically controlled natural-gas treating unit in oil field to render gas suitable for fuel and for pipeline transportation: Opens valves to admit gas and specified chemicals into treating vessel where moisture is absorbed and impurities removed. 2. Adjusts controls of auxiliary equipment, such as pumps, heating coils, and …
1. Sets up and operates machines to drive nails into boards to fasten wood assemblies, such as boxes, furniture frames, crates, and pallets, and to nail lids on boxes: Spaces nail chucks and rails according to specifications and turns setscrews to fasten chucks to rails. 2. Turns wheel to raise …
1. Tends nailing machine that joins items, such as picture frames, or attaches molding, trimming, carving, scrollwork, or overlay panels to wooden stock: Positions reel of nail wire on spindle of machine and pulls wire through rollers into driving mechanism. 2. Turns knobs or levers to adjust machine to cut …
1. Sets up battery of machines that automatically cut and shape coiled wire to make nails of specified sizes: Installs and secures die plates and nail-point cutting knives, and positions feeding mechanism, according to work order specifications, using handtools. 2. Mounts coil of wire on rod and threads wire through …
1. Tends machines that automatically cut and shape wire to make nails of specified size: Mounts coil of wire on rod, and threads wire through straightening rollers and feeding mechanism into slots of die plates. 2. Tightens roller bolts to regulate feed of wire, using wrench. 3. Starts machine. 4. …
1. Feeds brush bases into machine that automatically fills and staples bristles to fabricate nail and mascara brushes: Fills machine hoppers with bases or inserts base in jig of machine table. 2. Observes machine operation for malfunctions and examines finished brushes for defects. 3. May pack brushes for shipment.
1. Tends machine that stamps or embosses identifying data on nameplates for manufactured products, using one of following methods: Assembles dies or aligns type in die block, using setscrews. 2. Positions die block on press bed, lowers ram with handwheel, and feeds blank plates into powered machine or pulls lever …
1. Tends equipment that separates naphthalene from chemical drain oil used to wash coke-oven gas or tar distillate: Starts pumps to remove drain oil from scrubbing tower to collecting tank where naphthalene settles and crystallizes as oil cools. 2. Opens drain valves or starts pumps to remove oil from pans …
1. Assists NAPHTHALENE OPERATOR in separating naphthalene from chemical drain oil used to wash coke-oven gas or tar distillants: Shovels crystallized naphthalene from cooling pans into wheelbarrow. 2. Breaks up large pieces of naphthalene, and transports material to centrifugal drier. 3. Performs other duties as described under HELPER Master Title.
1. Controls equipment to purge and wash reactors used in polymerization of isobutylene to produce butyl rubber slurry: Starts pumps and agitators. 2. Turns valves to line up streams for wash cycles and to evacuate slop naphtha and trapped gas. 3. Defrosts frozen valves, using steam hose. 4. Turns pump …
1. Operates machine to assemble and weld loose nails to pierced metal ribbon: Transports loose nails and metal ribbon from storage areas to machine. 2. Threads pierced strip of metal through machine. 3. Adjusts mechanical and electrical parts of machine to obtain specified feeds and speeds. 4. Starts machine that …
1. Fastens wooden bottoms in metal jackets used as protective covering for containers, such as gasoline and oilcans: Fits jackets over cans and inserts circular wooden block into jackets, flush with edge of jackets and against bottoms of cans. 2. Drives nails through lower rim of jackets into wooden bottoms.
1. Assembles wooden products, such as boxes, packing cases, kegs, pallets, furniture frames, door and window units, and hogshead subassemblies, using handtools: Positions workpiece on table, floor, easel, or jig, according to verbal instructions, and nails or staples materials together at designated points, using hammer, pneumatic gun, or staple gun. …
1. Plays musical instrument as soloist or as member of musical group, such as orchestra or band, to entertain audience: Studies and rehearses music to learn and interpret score. 2. Plays from memory or by following score. 3. May transpose music to play in alternate key. 4. May improvise. 5. …
1. Tends catalytic reactor and auxiliary equipment that produce monovinylacetylene for use in neoprene rubber manufacture, as directed by MVA-REACTOR OPERATOR, HEAD: Determines specific gravity of brine solution in drier unit, using hydrometer, and turns valve to circulate brine through saturator to maintain strength at plant standard. 2. Weighs prescribed …
1. Controls catalytic reactors and auxiliary equipment to produce monovinylacetylene and to refine, vaporize, and transfer product for use in neoprene rubber manufacture: Starts pumps, reactors, and blowers. 2. Observes gauges and recording instruments and moves controls to regulate flow of gases and liquids, and to maintain temperatures, pressure, and …
1. Studies mechanism of life processes of edible, poisonous, and parasitic fungi to discover those that are useful to medicine, agriculture, and industry: Studies structure, affinities, classification, genetics, physiology, and growth of fungi. 2. Applies findings to agriculture, medicine, and industry for development of drugs, medicines, molds, and yeasts. 3. …
1. Prepares specimens for museum collections and exhibits: Cleans rock matrix from fossil specimens, using electric drills, awls, dental tools, chisels, and mallets. 2. Brushes preservatives, such as plaster, resin, hardeners, and shellac on specimens. 3. Molds and restores skeletal parts of fossil animals, using modeling clays and special molding …
1. Copies musical scores onto stencils or manuscript paper for reproduction: Writes or types, using typewriter equipped with musical-symbol keyboard, musical notations indicating instrumental parts and choral arrangement. 2. Draws or types lines to block out spacing of words and music. 3. Types stencils and other materials concerned with reproduction …
