1. Tends fermenting tanks and auxiliary equipment to produce active constituent of antibiotic drug products: Starts agitator fermenting and mixing tanks and adds prescribed quantities of ingredients, such as salt, sugar, and yeast. 2. Turns valves and starts pumps to transfer mixture to fermenting tank and maintain specified temperature in …
1. Steams felt hats to remove shine and nap from hats: Rolls brim down and places inverted hat over steam outlet for removal of shine and nap from felt. 2. Places finished hats on trolley.
1. Operates felting machine to attach reinforcing burlap to felt strips or to compress several layers of felt by means of heat and pressure: Suspends roll of burlap and two bats of felt over conveyor belt. 2. Starts conveyor and unrolls felt strips, with burlap strip between felt strips, onto …
1. Assists FELTING-MACHINE OPERATOR to attach reinforcing burlap to felt strips or to compress layers of felt: Lifts bats of felt into place at end of conveyor. 2. Smooths wrinkles from felt, and plucks foreign matter from felt, using tweezers. 3. Laps ends of felt bats with ends of successive …
1. Prepares samples of felt for use in color matching and control: Mixes and weighs ingredients, and blends components in milling machine. 2. Compresses blended material into felt samples.
1. Tends machine that sands and smooths surface of felt strips to reduce thickness and impart finish: Mounts roll of felt on machine brackets and draws end over and under machine bed and rollers onto takeup spindle. 2. Turns handwheel to adjust clearance between sanding rollers according to specifications. 3. …
1. Feeds machine that shapes felt tips for stencil marking pens: Fills hopper of machine with felt tips and presses switch to start machine that automatically shapes sides and bevels or rounds end of tips for marking pens.
1. Operates multiple-needle, chainstitch sewing machine to join edges of garments or garment parts with felled seam: Guides edge of garment through folding attachment or folds edge according to style specifications to form seam. 2. Presses knee control to lower machine arm. 3. Positions folded garment edge under needle and …
1. Removes vegetable matter from felt by immersion in sulfuric acid solution: Mixes specified amount of sulfuric acid and warm water in carbonizing vat, and immerses felt in vat, using chain hoist. 2. Soaks felt for period of time dependent on thickness of material. 3. Periodically tests solution strength, using …
1. Tends slitting machine that cuts sheets of hair-felt board into strips which are fed into presses that stamp out filler wads for shotgun shells: Turns handwheel to adjust feed rollers to accommodate thickness of sheets to be slit and feed guide bar to specified strip width. 2. Starts machine …
1. Installs rolls of untreated roofing felt on feedrack and prepares roll for continuous asphalt-saturating process with aid of another worker: Inserts spindle in mandrel, pushes roll onto feedrack, and secures holding devices over spindle ends. 2. Cuts away roll covering, using knife, threads end of felt through rollers, and …
1. Operates machine to cut rolls of felt into pieces of specified length and width: Pulls felt from roll onto table, measures specified length, and clamps transverse bar to felt at point where cut is to be made. 2. Clamps circular cutting knives to crossbar at measured intervals to cut …
1. Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in manufacturing needle felt: Sets up machines to make experimental samples. 2. Observes operation of machines to detect malfunction and adjusts machines, using handtools. 3. Trains new workers. 4. Requisitions materials. 5. Inspects work of operators to verify conformity to specifications. 6. …
1. Operates switchboard to control distribution of electric power over feeder circuits between generating station and substations of electric power system: Selects and moves control switches as directed by LOAD DISPATCHER to cut in and cut out feeder circuits. 2. Observes control-board indicators to detect circuits automatically cut off due …
1. Opens damaged sacks of flour and meal and dumps contents into chutes that carry it to feed department for resacking. 2. Cleans sacks, using suction-pipe cleaner. 3. Turns sack inside out and repeats operation. 4. Places cleaned sacks on handtruck and conveys them to supply room.
1. Assists FEED MIXER to prepare stock and poultry feed: Dumps sacks of wheat, corn, or other ingredients into hopper of mixing machine. 2. Stirs ingredients in hopper, using paddle to facilitate flow into mixer. 3. Performs other duties as described under HELPER Master Title.
1. Feeds rations of experimental feeds to animals, such as poultry, dogs, and cows, and compiles data on growth, productivity, and health of animals: Weighs feed rations and livestock and gathers eggs and milks cows. 2. Observes livestock to note changes in health and preference for certain foods. 3. Records …
1. Tends agitator tubs that blend ingredients used in making stock feed: Turns valves to admit measured amounts of materials, such as bran, gluten, and steep water into tubs, and starts paddle agitators. 2. Feels sample of mixture to determine if feed consistency meets plant standard. 3. Pulls lever to …
1. Tends machines that grind, cut, crimp, shell, or roll grain, hay, corncobs, chaff, and screenings for stock and poultry feed: Opens chute to regulate flow of grain into machine or pitches hay and corncobs into machine hopper. 2. Starts machine and adjusts control to regulate speed, according to fineness …
1. Tends machines that mix stock or poultry feed according to formula and conveys it to packing machine or storage: Dumps specified number of sacks of meal, mash, grain, and meat scrap into machine hopper, or presses buttons on control panel to transfer individual ingredients from separate bins to batch …
1. Tends machine that fills and sews tops of sacks of stockfeed: Shakes bag open, places bag under chute, and presses pedal that releases preweighed batch of feed into sack. 2. Lifts filled sack on bag-closing machine conveyor, folds end of sack, and clamps sewing unit in place. 3. Starts …
1. Stacks sheets of paper into loading tray of sheet-fed offset press or preloading stand adjacent to press: Compares identifying information on paper stock with specifications on work order to verify delivery of specified paper stock. 2. Flexes stack of paper with hands to prevent paper from jamming in press …
1. Feeds or off bears tobacco leaves, bundles, or strips to or from processing machine: Loads tobacco onto conveyor or into chutes or hoppers with hands, pitchfork, or shovel, or dumps tobacco from tubs or hampers onto conveyor, using hoist or hydraulic lift. 2. Places containers at discharge end of …
1. Tends machine that washes feathers used in stuffing household goods, such as pillows and cushions: Fills paddle-agitated or tumbler-type washing machine with feathers, soap, chemicals, and water, and starts machine. 2. Opens valve to drain water and to admit clean water into washer to rinse feathers.
1. Feeds feathers, used to stuff cushions, and pillows, into hopper of machine that curls feathers to prevent quills from protruding through ticking of finished product.
