1. Installs and repairs hot-air furnaces, stoves, and similar equipment in accordance with diagrams and other specifications, using handtools and pipe-threading tools: Constructs foundation of concrete or other noncombustible material. 2. Assembles and positions heating units in accordance with diagrams, using handtools. 3. Cuts holes in floors and walls to …
1. Operates furnace to heat aluminum slabs and fabricated forms to specified temperature for rolling or processing: Sets furnace controls to regulate temperatures and heating time. 2. Starts conveyors and opens furnace doors to admit slabs, plate, sheet, and coil, or signals OVERHEAD CRANE OPERATOR to uncover soaking pits and …
1. Operates fur machine to join bulky or heavy material, such as sheepskin pelts, fake fur, or leather, into garments or garment parts: Depresses pedal to open horizontal feed cups, positions edges of material between cups, and releases pedal to close cups. 2. Guides edges of material between feed cups …
1. Cleans and dresses pelts, performing any combination of following tasks: Cuts pelts on belly side from neck to tail with knife to facilitate further handling. 2. Feeds pelts into cylinder of combing machine that untangles hair. 3. Loads, starts, stops, and unloads beating machine to remove loose hair and …
1. Tends machine that combs and polishes furs, and manually applies glazing solution to restore luster: Sets thermostat to heat roller to specified temperature. 2. Presses button to start machine and arranges garment on feed roller. 3. Applies water or glazing solution, using hand spray gun. 4. Depresses pedal to …
1. Lays out pelts and secures them to board to stretch and block pelts into desired shape: Brushes skin side of fur with water, to dampen it. 2. Positions, stretches, and shapes pelt, skin side up, and nails or staples to board. 3. Positions paper pattern over pelt and marks …
1. Removes guard hairs from pelts of fur-bearing animals, such as beavers, nutrias, and rabbits, to enhance appearance of finished pelts, using fur plucking device: Wraps forward edge of pelt around rod of movable frame to expose hairs for plucking. 2. Starts device and pushes frame towards rotary head that …
1. Assorts fur skins into single-garment bundles according to shading, size, pattern, and density of fur: Compares pelts with sample pelt of each grade, stroking fur to feel its density, to see undercolor, and to judge height of hair. 2. Selects those pelts that match or blend and have same …
1. Tends machine that cleans and disentangles fur fibers used in making felt hats: Dumps fur into hopper of machine. 2. Starts machine that forces fibers through sections containing air blowers and toothed rollers that clean and disentangle fibers. 3. Feels and examines fibers to determine conformance to quality standards …
1. Tends machine that cuts fur from pelts or trims excess fur from hat and cap parts: Turns setscrew to adjust machine guide to accommodate thickness of pelt or fur-covered parts, such as cap linings or ear flaps. 2. Starts machine and feeds articles against machine guide and under feed …
1. Designs or redesigns custom and commercial fur garments: Analyzes fashion trends and predictions and confers with client or sales and management executives regarding design ideas. 2. Sketches design on paper to make or restyle garment, utilizing knowledge of various kinds of fur, techniques for handling fur, and fashion trends. …
1. Tans and dresses pelts to improve luster and beauty or restore natural appearance of pelts: Prepares tanning and washing solutions according to formulas and places pelts in vats or revolving drums containing solution to clean, soften, and preserve pelts. 2. Removes long coarse hair from pelts and evens length …
1. Breeds and raises fur-bearing animals, such as mink, fox, or chinchilla: Buys or captures breeding stock. 2. Breeds and raises animals in surroundings simulating their habitat. 3. Feeds and waters animals and cleans their pens and yards. 4. Kills animals in their prime and removes their pelts. 5. Arranges …
1. Completes, alters, and repairs fur garments, sewing by hand or using sewing machine: Sews interlining to inside of fur skin by hand or using blindstitch sewing machine. 2. Selects lining pattern or measures garment shell or old lining, cuts out lining parts, and sews parts together, using sewing machine. …
1. Coats hair of fur garments with moisture or glazing compound to protect against shedding and restore glossy appearance: Fits garment over form and sprays glazing compound on garment with spray gun. 2. Brushes, combs, or shakes garment to fluff fur. 3. Allows garment to hang for specified period, or …
1. Tends fur ironing machine to remove lining wrinkles and highlight hair luster of fur garments, using either of following methods: Irons lining and hair of garments, using heated hand iron to remove wrinkles from lining and produce luster on fur. 2. Positions garment on feed roll of machine. 3. …
1. Tends drum that tumbles fur garments in dry or liquid cleaning agents to clean fur: Selects and pours liquid or drycleaning agent into drum. 2. Places garments in drum and moves lever to start and stop drum rotation. 3. Removes garments from drum. 4. Dumps drycleaning agents from drum …
1. Selects and cuts pelts to make, alter, or repair garments or other fur articles: Selects required number of fur pelts and matches them for size, color, texture, and quality. 2. Arranges pelts on pattern according to design and color, placing finest pelts where they will show to best advantage …
1. Cleans fur pieces and fur garments, by hand, that are too delicate to be cleaned by machine: Brushes fur pieces with handbrush dipped in cleaning fluid. 2. Places garment or piece in box of sawdust or corncob dust and rubs dust through fur with hands to remove moisture and …
1. Cleans fur pieces and garments by hand or machine, using brushes, pads, sawdust, corncob dust, and cleaning fluids, determining procedure and type of cleaning agent from knowledge of difference in dyed, processed, or natural furs: Examines fur for damage and to identify type of fur. 2. Cleans furs, using …
1. Plans fund raising program for charities or other causes, and writes to, telephones, or visits individuals or establishments to solicit funds or gifts-in-kind: Compiles and analyzes information about potential contributors to develop mailing or contact list and to plan selling approach. 2. Writes, telephones, or visits potential contributors and …
1. Contacts individuals and firms to solicit donations for charity or other causes: Confers with supervisor, or reads potential donor list, to determine which individuals or firms to approach. 2. Contacts individuals and firms by telephone, in person, or by mail to solicit funds or gifts-in-kind. 3. Takes pledges for …
1. Performs variety of tasks during funeral: Places casket in parlor or chapel prior to wake or funeral service and arranges floral offerings and lights around casket, following instructions of DIRECTOR, FUNERAL or EMBALMER. 2. Directs or escorts mourners to parlor or chapel in which wake or funeral is held. …
1. Tends one or several pieces of automatic equipment designed to amuse, excite, or mystify patrons of fun house in amusement park: Switches on device that automatically blows blasts of air under women’s skirts. 2. Starts revolving turntables, conveyor belt, drum or similar device. 3. Ejects rowdy persons from establishment. …
