1. Tends machine that chops and rinses entrails, fat, and other condemned or inedible parts of carcasses preparatory to rendering: Starts hasher machine and feeds meat onto machine conveyor or into hopper by hand or using pitchfork or shovel. 2. Turns valves to admit water into revolving drum of washer …
1. Fills sewed hassock covers with precut polyfoam filler: Places filler inside tack and centers evenly between ends of cover. 2. Places hassock in pleater and draws strings together to pleat and close ends. 3. Attaches buttons to ends of hassock with cord and hook. 4. May stuff filling material, …
1. Blocks cleaned hats to specified size and shape: Selects wooden hat block according to size and shape of hat. 2. Mounts hat on block and holds block over steamer to soften material. 3. Pulls hat down over block to shape crown. 4. Places hat on form of hat-ironing machine. …
1. Cuts, braids, and shapes felt-covered wire to form head clips: Pulls several feet of tubing from spool and cuts to specified length, using cutting pliers. 2. Wraps tubing over nail driven into worktable and braids tubing to form decorative effect. 3. Crimps together exposed wire at ends of tubing …
1. Drives and controls specially equipped tractor to harvest salt from granulator beds: Drives machine to designated bed. 2. Positions discharge spout over gondola car, and depresses clutch to engage harvester. 3. Moves handles to lower scraper equipped with revolving fingers that break up salt and load it onto conveyor …
1. Harvests field crops, such as broomcorn, cotton, hops, peanuts, sugarcane, and tobacco, working as crewmember: Walks, stoops, crawls, or sits between plant rows to reach harvestable crop. 2. Pulls, twists, or cuts fibers, leaves, stalks, straw, or vines, selected according to color, size, and shape, from bolls, roots, stalks, …
1. Harvests fruits and nuts, such as cherries, strawberries, grapes, oranges, and pecans, according to method appropriate for type of fruit, by hand or using tools, such as shears, rubber mallet, pronged scoop, or hooked pole: Carries and positions work aids, such as ladders, canvas drop cloths, and buckets. 2. …
1. Harvests vegetables, such as cucumbers, onions, lettuce, and sweet corn, by hand or using knife, according to method appropriate for type of vegetable: Ascertains picking assignment from supervisor and places work aids, such as buckets and tie wires, in assigned area. 2. Picks vegetable from plant, pulls vegetable from …
1. Completes assembly of harps and tunes them: Screws action to neck, using handtools. 2. Inserts tuning pins in neck. 3. Knots each string between soundboard and tuning pin. 4. Adjusts tuning pins and regulating disks to tune instrument, using handtools and electronic tuning device.
1. Fits, assembles, and inspects harp actions to obtain specified tolerances and operation: Reams metal parts, using machine tools and handtools. 2. Rivets components to assemble action lines, using riveting machine. 3. Inspects action line with level and micrometer to maintain specified tolerance and moves parts to inspect operation. 4. …
1. Lays out, machines, fits, assembles, and finishes wood, metal, and plastic parts to build harpsichords, applying knowledge of material properties and harpsichord construction: Measures and marks wood, metal, and plastic to lay out instrument components, applying knowledge of instrument design or following sketch or drawings. 2. Operates woodworking machines …
1. Provides harvest crews for farmers and directs, coordinates, and oversees crew activities, such as field hauling and threshing: Contacts crop growers to ascertain time and method of harvesting. 2. Inspects crops and fields to estimate acreage yield and determine loading requirements, land contours, road accessibility, and distances to storage …
1. Inspects parachute deployment bags and harnesses to detect defects in assembly, stitching, or webbing, using checklist: Unfolds back pad, seat pack, or accessory, such as protector flap, cone panel, ripcord pocket, or riser pocket, and examines them for flaws, such as defective material and stitching or loose eyelets. 2. …
1. Shapes and fits harp components to assemble new and repair damaged harps, using handtools and machine tools: Selects wood which will produce desired tonal quality and measures and marks it to lay out design of components. 2. Shapes wood and metal into various parts, using drill press and handtools. …
1. Cuts, assembles, and joins leather and other parts of harnesses, following customer specifications concerning color and thickness of leather and size or type of harness, to fabricate new or repair damaged or worn harness: Traces outline of part on material. 2. Cuts parts along outline from leather or canvas. …
1. Places new harness assembly and loom beam in loom to prepare loom to weave different pattern: Unbolts reed and drop wires, wires, and unhooks pattern control cords from harness frames to release harness assembly in loom. 2. Removes harness assembly and loom beam from loom, using hoist. 3. Bolts …
1. Inspects and adjusts warp ends in loom to ensure accuracy of warp position as specified by warp pattern: Pulls warp ends from reed to verify that each thread is located in harness as specified in pattern and in corresponding slot in reed. 2. Reties warp ends to correct errors …
1. Threads breast shields, buckles, snaps, and other hardware devices on straps of parachute harness to position them for stitching into place: Clamps harness onto table with wire clamps. 2. Slides canvas breast shield fitted with snap onto one harness strap and slides shield fitted with buckle ring onto other …
1. Attaches hardware, such as drawer pulls, locks, latches, or metal ornaments, to finished furniture, using handtools and power screwdriver: Examines drawings or work ticket to ascertain location and type of hardware to be mounted to furniture. 2. Attaches wooden molding, decorative carvings, trim, and hardware to furniture, using nails, …
1. Reconditions and prepares harness frames for looms preparatory to drawing-in or storage: Inspects and replaces damaged heddles, slide rods, side hooks, and frame hooks. 2. Removes or inserts heddles in harness frame for change in cloth style, according to pattern. 3. Counts, measures with gauge, or connects harness to …
1. Cleans lint, dust, gum, and size from harness assemblies and loom reeds, using brush or airhose. 2. Scrubs harness assemblies in cleaning solution and hangs them in drying cabinet. 3. May clean and replace worn or damaged drop wires.
1. Tends tumble drums, screens, and balance scales to test hardness of baked taconite pellets: Reads schedule to obtain specifications, such as furnace from which pellets are to be drawn and time of withdrawal, and notifies sampling personnel to prepare sample pellets. 2. Pours sample over screen, and weighs screened …
1. Assists HARDENER in hardening and tempering watch parts, maintaining flow of work into and out of department, and cleaning and packaging finished work. 2. Performs other duties as described under HELPER Master Title.
1. Tends machine that agitates fur felt hat cones to mat together interlocking fibers and harden cones preparatory to forming into hats: Wraps wet cones in burlap and wrings or places cones in extractor and starts machine to remove excess water. 2. Wraps cones in woolen cloth and places cloth …
1. Tests metal objects to determine their degree of hardness, using hardness testing equipment: Positions workpiece on anvil of testing machine and turns controls to press steel ball or diamond point against surface of piece or to allow diamond-pointed hammer fall on surface to be tested. 2. Measures diameter of …
