1. Operates gasoline powered machine to tamp earth solidly around foundation form: Lifts and positions machine on single rail of form. 2. Pushes lever to engage crankshaft and activate tamping arms. 3. Pushes or pulls machine manually, using Y-shaped handle to balance and guide machine along rail. 4. Removes or …
1. Adapts basic dye formulas for use in dyeing goods in accordance with customer specifications: Reads production orders scheduled for processing to determine number of pounds of yarn or fabric to be dyed. 2. Reviews basic dye formula developed for dyeing specified customer lot to ascertain weights of dyes and …
1. Tends mills and mixing machines to prepare ink for typewriter ribbons and oil-wax coating for carbon paper, according to prescribed formulas: Weighs and measures ingredients, following written instructions. 2. Pours ingredients into specified mixing machine, such as mixing mill, ball mill, or agitator. 3. Starts and stops machines. 4. …
1. Sets up and operates rolling machine to straighten, knurl, or form contours in surfaces of metal cylinders and rings as specified by blueprints, templates, and work orders: Selects male and female rolling dies or rolling dies and forming chuck from data charts to form specified contour. 2. Positions, aligns, …
1. Tends rolling machine that straightens and forms contours in metal sheets, trims and beads edges of metal cylinders and rings, or crimps or seams lids on container: Positions workpiece over lower die or forming chuck. 2. Clamps workpiece to forming chuck or positions workpiece against end stop to hold …
1. Sets up and operates automatic glass forming machines that either press, blow, or spin gobs of molten glass in molds to form bottles, containers, cathode ray tubes, and other glass products: Adjusts shears to cut or plungers to force gobs from forehearth, using handtools. 2. Installs and adjusts feeder …
1. Tends automatic glass forming machines, used to form bottles, containers, and other glassware from molten glass: Turns valves to regulate temperatures of molten glass in forehearth, flow of glass to forming machine, and coolant to solidify glass shape. 2. Lubricates molds with graphite solution to prevent glass sticking to …
1. Sets up, adjusts, and repairs automatic glass forming machines, such as press-and-blow, blow-and-blow, and spinning machines, used to form bottles, containers, and other glassware, utilizing knowledge of glass forming machinery: Reads work order to determine which molds, mold components, and machine parts are needed. 2. Removes molds, mold components, …
1. Assists FORMING-MACHINE UPKEEP MECHANIC in setting up and repairing bottle-forming machines and lubricates feeder chutes and molds: Removes and replaces glass-forming molds and components and adjusts shears and orifice rings, according to instructions, using handtools. 2. Swabs or brushes feeder chutes and molds with oil or compound to prevent …
1. Controls generating equipment and maintains specific gravity of acid to form and charge battery plates and cells, and inspects activities of workers at each station along line: Reads meters on generator and moves controls to adjust voltage and amperage to specified levels. 2. Observes generator brushes to detect arcing …
1. Performs any combination of following tasks pertaining to forming storage battery plates: Positions plates or elements in forming tank. 2. Breaks forming lugs from formed plates and pulls lead wires from lugs, using pliers. 3. Collects wires and lugs for salvage. 4. Cleans lugs on positive plates, using brush. …
1. Operates machine equipped with adjustable, revolving cutterhead to cut trench for concrete road to specified grade: Aligns grader with stakes and guidelines on ground. 2. Lowers cutterhead and aligns depth gauge marker with guideline to control depth of trench. 3. Moves throttle to regulate speed of machine and cutterhead. …
1. Repairs and adjusts fiberglass sliver forming machines, applying knowledge of machine operation: Examines machine parts to determine type of defect. 2. Turns setscrews and nuts to align machine parts. 3. Removes, replaces, and repairs worn or damaged parts, such as spiral traverses, fin coolers, graphite shoes, and binder applicators, …
1. Casts plaster patterns used in shaping plastic or plastic-impregnated materials: Brushes inside of mold sections with lubricant, and bolts sections together. 2. Mixes specified amounts of plaster and water in mixing machine. 3. Pours plaster into mold and positions mold in machine that rolls mold to distribute mixture evenly …
1. Analyzes samples of fluids from specified formations in oil well to determine productivity of strata, using special testing equipment: Assembles valve device and automatic pressure recorder on drilling floor, using handtools. 2. Directs ROTARY DRILLER to lower section of drill pipe containing instruments into well to specified depth. 3. …
1. Assists FORMER, HAND to bend and straighten metal bars, plates, structural shapes, and weldments, performing any combination of following tasks: Transports tools, fixtures, stock, and workpieces manually or by truck. 2. Places metal in furnace or heats metal, using hand torch. 3. Bolts, or clamps fixtures, dies, and shims …
1. Bends and straightens cold and hot metal plates, bars, structural shapes, and weldments to angles, curves, or flanges as specified by drawings, layouts, and templates, using form blocks, fixtures forming bars, sledge, power hammer and portable grinders: Lays out reference points onto workpiece and form blocks, using tape, compass, …
1. Sets up and operates closed-die power press to produce metal forgings, following work order specifications, using measuring instruments and handtools: Aligns and bolts specified dies on ram and anvil of press, using rule, square, shims, feelers, and handtools. 2. Turns knobs to set pressure and depth of ram stroke. …
1. Tends closed-die power press that produces metal forgings: Pulls workpiece from furnace, when color of workpiece indicates forging temperature, and positions it on lower die, using tongs. 2. Moves controls to lower ram that compresses metal to shape of die impressions. 3. May move workpiece through series of dies …
1. Sets up and operates roll-forging machine to taper, shape, or reduce metal bar stock as specified by work order: Bolts two semicylindrical dies on opposing roll shafts of machine, using wrenches. 2. Positions and bolts limit stops on machine, using rule, scale, and handtools. 3. Pulls workpiece from furnace, …
1. Constructs built-in-place or prefabricated wooden forms, according to specifications, for molding concrete structures: Studies blueprints and diagrams to determine type and dimension of forms to be constructed. 2. Saws lumber to blueprint dimensions, using handsaw or power saw, and nails lumber together to make form panels. 3. Erects built-in-place …
1. Fits and fastens cloth covering on papier mache bust or mannequin forms: Selects cover according to size of bust of mannequin. 2. Pulls cover over form, smoothing and fitting it manually. 3. Tacks and pastes end of cover to inside of torso openings. 4. Slits cover at arm and …
1. Develops office forms, such as invoices and production sheets, according to clients’ specifications, using drafting instruments. 2. Draws and submits initial draft to client. 3. Makes changes according to client’s specifications. 4. Prepares final form of approved design for printing.
1. Suppresses forest fires, working alone or as member of crew: Fells trees, cuts and clears brush, digs trenches, and extinguishes flames and embers to contain or suppress fire, using ax, chain saw, shovel, and hand- or engine-driven water pumps. 2. Patrols burned area after fire to watch for hot …
1. Gathers decorative greens, medicinal plants and barks, tree cones, moss, or other wild plant life from forest by hand or using handtools, such as pruning shears, knife, or shovel. 2. Bundles or sacks products and delivers them to buyer. 3. May climb trees to reach cones and boughs, using …
