Job Descriptions

Lawyer, Real Estate Job

1. Specializes in sale and transfer of real property: Institutes title search to establish ownership. 2. Draws up documents, such as deeds, mortgages, and leases. 3. May act as trustee of property and hold funds for investment or issuance. 4. May act as agent in real estate transactions.





Lawyer, Corporation Job

1. Advises corporation concerning legal rights, obligations, and privileges: Studies Constitution, statutes, decisions, and ordinances of quasi-judicial bodies. 2. Examines legal data to determine advisability of defending or prosecuting lawsuit. 3. May act as agent of corporation in various transactions.

Lawyer, Admiralty Job

1. Specializes in law applicable to matters occurring on inland navigable waters or on high seas: Conducts lawsuits in matters involving ship personnel, collisions, matters of cargo, and damage to objects by vessels. 2. Draws legal documents, including charter parties, applications for registry of vessels under flags of a particular …

Lawn-Service Worker Job

1. Cultivates lawns, using power aerator and thatcher and chemicals according to specifications: Lifts dead leaves and grass from between growing grass and soil, using thatcher. 2. Pierces soil to make holes for fertilizer and water, using aerator. 3. Presses aerator fork into soil and pulls rake through grass to …

Lawn-Sprinkler Installer Job

1. Installs underground lawn sprinkler systems: Lays out plastic or copper tubing, according to sketch or blueprint. 2. Digs trenches with shovel or by use of ditching machine. 3. Cuts tubing to desired length, using handtools. 4. Connects lengths of tubing, using paintbrush and solvent to fuse ends of plastic …

Lawyer Job

1. Conducts criminal and civil lawsuits, draws up legal documents, advises clients as to legal rights, and practices other phases of law: Gathers evidence in divorce, civil, criminal, and other cases to formulate defense or to initiate legal action. 2. Conducts research, interviews clients and witnesses, and handles other details …

Laundry-Machine Mechanic Job

1. Repairs and maintains washers, driers, extractors, condensers, pumps, blowers, presses, and other laundry equipment: Operates, examines, and dismantles equipment to diagnose cause of malfunction. 2. Repairs or replaces parts, using handtools and measuring instruments. 3. Replaces components, such as bearings, motors, and microswitches. 4. Replaces faulty sections of pipe, …

Laundry-Machine Tender Job

1. Tends machines that bleach, dye, and dry bedspreads: Places bedspreads into paddle-dyeing machine and adds chemicals, such as caustic, soap, bleach, dye, and salt, at designated intervals during dyeing cycle to bleach and dye bedspreads. 2. Places dyed bedspreads into ram or centrifugal extractor and starts extractor to remove …

Laundry-Tub Maker Job

1. Forms tubs, using molds: Places wooden bottom section of mold on raised assembly-line track by hand. 2. Sets core in position on bottom mold section and places metal rim around base. 3. Fastens end and side sections of wooden mold together around core and to bottom section, using clamps …

Laundry Worker Iii Job

1. Prepares soiled clothing and linen for delivery to laundry and verifies contents of returned bundles: Prepares typed forms listing soiled articles received. 2. Ties articles in bundle for transporting to laundry. 3. Receives returned bundles and checks contents against lists, noting and reporting shortages. 4. Stores clean linen on …

Laundry Worker, Domestic Job

1. Tends automatic washing and drying machines to clean and dry household articles and presses household articles, using hand iron: Sorts articles by color and fabric, and loads into automatic washing machine. 2. Adjusts machine settings for temperature, water level, and time duration of wash. 3. Adds measured amounts of …

Laundry-Bag-Punch Operator Job

1. Tends machine that perforates paper laundry bags and affixes reinforcing paper eyelets: Threads gummed paper over die. 2. Feeds bags singly into machine slot and depresses lever to lower punch that punches hole in bag and cuts out and fastens eyelet around hole. 3. Inserts drawstrings through eyelets and …

Laundry Operator Job

1. Receives, marks, washes, finishes, checks, and wraps articles in laundry, performing any combination of following tasks: Classifies and marks incoming laundry with identifying code number, by hand or using machine. 2. May perform related tasks, such as mending torn articles, using sewing machine or by affixing adhesive patches. 3. …

Laundry Worker Ii Job

1. Tends laundering machines to clean articles, such as rags, wiping cloths, filter cloths, bags, sacks, and work clothes: Loads articles into washer and adds specified amount of detergent, soap, or other cleaning agent. 2. Turns valve to fill washer with water. 3. Starts machine that automatically washes and rinses …

Laundry Laborer Job

1. Prepares laundry for processing and distributes laundry, performing any combination of following duties: Opens bundles of soiled laundry. 2. Places bundles onto conveyor belt or drops down chute for distribution to marking and classification sections. 3. Weighs laundry on scales and records weight on tickets. 4. Removes bundles from …

Laundry Clerk Job

1. Compiles and maintains work-production records of each employee for use in payroll and efficiency records. 2. Frequently performs other clerical duties, such as recording weights of laundry bundles. 3. May convert count of each type of garment to production points achieved, following prepared charts or verbal instructions.

Launch Commander, Harbor Police Job

1. Coordinates activities of crew patrolling municipal harbor to detect and apprehend criminals and render assistance to persons in distress: Directs navigation of power launch. 2. Assigns stations and duties to crew as required by occurrences during patrol. 3. Rescues drowning victims, recovers bodies, and attempts to prevent sinking of …

Launderer, Hand Job

1. Washes, dries, and irons articles in hand-laundries and laundromats, using equipment, such as hand iron, and small washing and drying machines: Sorts articles on worktable or in baskets on floor to separate special washes, such as fugitives and starch work. 2. Loads and unloads washing and drying machines, and …

Latrine Cleaner Job

1. Pushes mine toilet cars or drives self-propelled tank cars onto hoist to be raised to surface. 2. Rolls cars off hoist to disposal area and flushes contents into sewer with water. 3. Refills containers with chemical solution and returns cars to mine.

Lathe Tender Job

1. Tends lathes, such as turret lathes, engine lathes, and chucking machines that cut, shape, drill, bore, thread, or face metal workpieces according to specifications: Lifts workpiece, manually or using hoist, and positions and secures workpiece between lathe centers, in chuck, or in holding fixture, using wrenches and clamps, or …

Lathe Winder Job

1. Operates lathe to wind compression, extension, and torsion springs of specified diameter, pitch, and length from wire or bar stock. 2. Lifts roll of stock onto holding device, threads stock through guides, and clamps wire to arbor. 3. Starts machine to revolve arbor until specified number of coils are …

Lather Job

1. Fastens wooden, metal, or rockboard lath to walls, ceilings, and partitions of buildings to provide supporting base for plaster, fireproofing, or acoustical material, using handtools and portable power tools: Erects horizontal metal framework to which laths are fastened, using nails, bolts, and studgun. 2. Drills holes in floor and …

Lathe Operator, Numerical Control Job

1. Sets up and operates numerically controlled horizontal lathe to perform machining operations, such as turning, boring, facing, and threading parts, such as castings, forgings, and bar stock: Reads process sheets, blueprints, and sketches of part to determine machining to be done, dimensional specifications, set up, and operating requirements. 2. …

Lathe Sander Job

1. Operates lathe or vacuum spindle machine to remove toolmarks and smooth round wooden parts: Positions part to be sanded between headstock and tailstock of lathe, and closes tailstock against part to hold it in place, or places part on rubber cup of vacuum spindle. 2. Starts machine and presses …