1. Inspects processing and storage tanks, pipelines and fittings, stills, towers, and pumping units for defects, following specified inspection procedures: Examines mechanical installations, instrumentation, valves, and fittings for defects, such as cracks, corrosion, and leaks. 2. Measures thickness of tank walls, tower walls, and pipelines, using calipers and electronic instruments, …
1. Tends grading machine that sorts almond meats, according to size: Loosens turnbuckles to open grading machine, using wrench, and inserts circular grading screens into drum of machine. 2. Closes drum of machine, and turns knob to regulate air pressure, according to specifications. 3. Starts flow of almond meats into …
1. Repairs automotive vehicle chassis assemblies installed on vehicles, such as crawler tractors, half-tracks, scout and reconnaissance cars, and tanks: Removes chassis subassemblies, such as transmissions and crawler treads, using mechanic’s handtools, jacks, and cranes. 2. Disassembles units, such as crawler tread blocks and differential unit brake drums. 3. Repairs …
1. Tends grading machine that sorts almond meats, according to size: Loosens turnbuckles to open grading machine, using wrench, and inserts circular grading screens into drum of machine. 2. Closes drum of machine, and turns knob to regulate air pressure, according to specifications. 3. Starts flow of almond meats into …
1. Butchers livestock, such as hogs, sheep, and cattle, in private slaughter house or on customer’s premises: Kills animals, using rifle and sticker knife. 2. Raises carcass from floor, using hoist. 3. Skins animal with skinning knife and cleans carcass with brush and water. 4. Cuts carcass for packing, smoking, …
1. Tends machine that grinds meat for use in making such products as bologna, meat loaves, and sausages: Pushes truck of cut meat from cooler room to grinding machine. 2. Selects and inserts grinding plate in machine for specified particle size. 3. Shovels meat into machine hopper, using fork, and …
1. Receives, stores, and grinds meats in retail establishment: Unloads fresh, cured, and boxed meats and poultry from delivery truck and transports them to storage room on conveyor and with handtruck. 2. Counts and weighs incoming articles and compares results against invoice. 3. Examines meats in storage and rotates meats …
1. Cuts and trims meat to size for display or as ordered by customer, using handtools and power equipment, such as grinder, cubing machine, and power saw. 2. Cleans and cuts fish and poultry. 3. May shape, lace, and tie meat cuts by hand, using boning knife, skewer, and twine …
1. Tends machinery that grinds and mixes frozen meat with water according to formula for use in baby food: Opens cartons of specified weight meat and places specified weight into automatic dumping mechanism of grinder. 2. Turns valves and presses buttons to start grinder, conveyor, mixing machine, and pump that …
1. Tends machines that grind grain between rollers: Observes flow of grain between grinding rollers. 2. Adjusts slides to regulate flow of grain to rollers and turns hand screws to regulate space between rollers, under direction of GRINDER OPERATOR. 3. Pulls lever to spring rolls apart when grain stops flowing, …
1. Measures door and window openings in buildings for metal-framed doors and windows: Measures opening for size of door or window required. 2. Records measurements for fabricators and assemblers. 3. May adjust and repair faulty doors or windows, using manual and portable power tools.
1. Tends machine that measures square footage of finished leather: Sets automatic counter at zero. 2. Starts machine and feeds leather between rollers that carry it under measuring wheels connected to dial. 3. Reads dial and chalks number of square feet onto surface of leather. 4. May tie leather pieces …
1. Tends machine that compresses padded spring assemblies and inserts them into prefabricated covers to form mattresses: Spreads precut and weighed cotton bats into compression box of filling machine. 2. Places sisal-covered innerspring assembly on top of batting and spreads cotton batting on top of spring, stuffing excess at ends …
1. Covers innerspring assemblies with cotton or sisal fabric to prevent upholstery material from shifting: Spreads precut fabric on table, lays innerspring on fabric, and spreads fabric on top of spring. 2. Draws edges together and sews edges with needle and twine or staples edges together, using hand stapler. 3. …
1. Tends machine that mashes peas and registers force required to crush them to ascertain hardness and grades peas: Fills measured pail with pea sample and weighs sample, using scale. 2. Washes and cleans sample to remove debris, such as thistles and weeds, reweighs sample, and calculates percentage of waste …
1. Tufts and stitches mattresses to finish them: Measures and marks off tufting points on both sides of mattress with rule and crayon. 2. Threads cotton tufts or tufting buttons and sews through mattress to tie them to tufts or buttons on under side. 3. Stitches mattress border to side …
1. Pads and covers innerspring assemblies to form mattresses: Cuts cover material, using electric cutting knife and scissors, and spreads and staples burlap, leno, or sisal cloth to both sides of innerspring assemblies. 2. Spreads padding over sides of innerspring and tends tape-edge machine that sews cover over padding. 3. …
1. Strips and removes padding from used mattresses preparatory to reconditioning them: Places mattress on table. 2. Cuts tufts or buttons and stitching, using knife or scissors, or rips cover off to open mattress, and removes padding.
1. Maintains electrolytic baths in operating condition for plating phonograph record matrices: Draws sample of solution from tanks, using pipette. 2. Tests strength of solution, using hydrometer, and adds specified amounts of metallic salts, acid, or water to solution as needed. 3. Examines anodes for specified size and for position …
1. Tends cylinder drier that dries sheets of matrix paper: Sets controls of drier to regulate temperature and speed of cylinder and position of belt. 2. Starts drier and feeds wet sheets between revolving cylinder and belt. 3. Observes gauges and feels dried sheets for moisture content, and adjusts controls …
1. Tends press that molds and cures rubber sheeting for use as floor matting: Places roll of calendering rubber sheeting in letoff rack using hoist, and unwinds sheeting onto bed of steam-heated curing press. 2. Aligns rubber sheeting with edges of die, and closes press to mold and cure rubber …
1. Electroplates phonograph record matrices to form metal replicas of positive and negative recorded surfaces, and to form stamper used in pressing phonograph records: Inserts silver-coated lacquer disk in rubber masking ring to prevent plating of specified surfaces, such as edges of disk. 2. Hangs disk in tanks containing plating …
1. Performs any combination of following tasks involved in finishing and inspecting metal phonograph matrices after electroplating processes: Strips master, mother, and stamper matrices, using handtools, files, and knife. 2. Holds matrices against sanding belt or grinding wheel of bench grinder to remove burrs. 3. Punches center hole in stamper …
