1. Tends battery of preset, final drying chambers that automatically dry macaroni long goods: Pushes rack of macaroni into drying chambers and starts drying cycle. 2. Observes hydrometer on chamber and removes rack of dried macaroni after completion of drying cycle. 3. Records date and time of drying process on …
1. Observes meters and gauges to ensure that drying process of macaroni short goods proceeds as scheduled: Patrols drying room and reads instruments and charts that control and record automatic drying process in preliminary, secondary, and final drying chambers. 2. Reports deviations from specified chart trackings. 3. Fills hydrometer wells …
1. Tends drying cylinder and hammer mill arranged in tandem to dry and pulverize mica: Turns valve to start flow of oil in burner and ignites oil to heat drying-cylinder. 2. Starts machines that tumble mica in heated cylinder and automatically feed dry mica into hammer mill. 3. Examines pulverized …
1. Tends mill that dries and pulverizes pasty chemical materials: Starts mill, turns valves, and observes gauges to regulate temperature and suction as specified. 2. Hoists containers of materials to be milled onto loading platform, using chain fall, and dumps specified quantity of materials into mill. 3. Regulates flow of …
1. Tends spray driers that evaporate water from slurries, forming caked or powdered product: Pumps slurry to atomizer nozzle in drier and regulates spray of slurry as instructed. 2. Observes temperature recorders and adjusts valves, controls, and dampers to heat or cool and direct air through drier to evaporate water …
1. Feeds wet smokeless powder into equipment that dries powder and removes process solvents, such as acetone, ether, and alcohol: Observes gauges to ascertain that temperature of water is within specified limits. 2. Removes filled containers of dried powder from equipment, using handtruck.
1. Tends machines that dry and grind liquid food products, such as chocolate, malt, milk, or yeast: Turns valve to control flow of steam to heat drier to operating temperature and observes thermometer and pressure gauge to ensure that specified temperature and pressure are maintained. 2. Installs cutting blades and …
1. Tends gas-heated continuous drier that dries wood chips to prescribed moisture content for use in particleboard manufacturing: Turns valve and thermostat and presses buttons to ignite gas, set drier temperature, and activate drier, conveyors, and blower fans. 2. Moves controls to synchronize speed of conveyors and blower fans to …
1. Tends rotary drier that removes moisture from fish scrap preparatory to grinding scrap into meal: Starts drier and conveyors that feed fish scrap into drier and move dried material to storage area. 2. Observes gauges and turns valves to regulate steam pressure and to keep temperature within prescribed range.
1. Performs variety of manual duties in drying and storing chemical materials, as directed: Turns valves to fill sample bottles for laboratory testing. 2. Inspects product through sight glasses at various stages of drying process to detect malfunctions. 3. Inspects equipment and piping for leaks or malfunctions. 4. Notifies equipment …
1. Tends vacuum drum driers that heat liquid compounds to form caked or powdered chemical products: Connects tube from feed inlet to drum containing liquid to be dried. 2. Turns steam and coolant valves and observes thermometer to regulate temperature of steam-jacketed drum enclosed in vacuum chamber, according to specifications. …
1. Operates machines to dry hypalon or neoprene rubber solution to form film, to shape film into rope, and to cut rope into chips: Moves controls on panel to start rotating drum drier, pumps, and blowers, and to adjust speeds of roper machine and drier. 2. Observes meters and gauges …
1. Tends equipment, such as centrifuge and rotary drier, that removes moisture and recovers plastic resin from slurry: Observes gauges, turns valves, and starts pumps to regulate flow of slurry from storage tank to centrifuge. 2. Starts centrifuge to separate resin from slurry and observes flow of partially dried resins …
1. Tends drier in which bobbins or skeins of synthetic yarn are dried prior to finishing: Hangs bobbins or skeins on poles supported by wheeled frames or by continuous chain conveyor. 2. Moves controls to attain specified temperature in dryer and to start chain conveyor if drier is so equipped. …
1. Operates machine to wind yarn from packages onto reel and from reel onto loom beams to prepare multiple colored warps for weaving: Moves portable reel into position in front of creel and draws yarn from packages on creel, according to specified pattern. 2. Ties yarn ends into loop and …
1. Makes women’s garments, such as dresses, coats, and suits, according to customer specifications and measurements: Discusses with customer type of material, pattern, or style to be used in making garment. 2. Measures customer to determine modification from pattern, using tape measure. 3. Positions and pins pattern sections, such as …
1. Tends machine that washes dried fruit, such as apricots, figs, prunes, and raisins preparatory to canning, packaging, or making specialty foods, such as mincemeat and chutney: Dumps fruit into hopper of machine. 2. Starts machine that rotates fruit rapidly in water to remove dirt and automatically ejects fruit onto …
1. Feeds and off bears oven drier that dries and sets knitted articles after boarding II and dyeing: Dumps articles from bag onto table and arranges articles in stacks. 2. Shakes wrinkles from articles and places articles on conveyor that feeds articles into drier. 3. Off bears conveyor and folds …
1. Hangs garments, such as skirts and suits, on hooks suspended from chain conveyor that carries garments through curing oven to dry and cure finish applied to garment. 2. Removes cured garments from conveyor onto rack for further processing.
1. Feeds devulcanized scrap rubber stock into agitator tanks that wash it to remove caustic substance: Shovels specified amount of stock into tank of water and starts mechanical agitator. 2. Shovels washed stock onto conveyors leading to drier or into dewatering device that squeezes moisture from stock. 3. May adjust …
1. Tends machines that draw out continuous synthetic fiber filaments to impart strength and flexibility and combine filaments into tow: Positions can of filaments at machine, places bobbins of filament on spindle and threads filament through rolls, pins, traveler, and onto takeup bobbin or into can, or threads filament directly …
1. Tends machine that automatically knots and cuts cordage to form drawstrings for laundry bags: Mounts spool of cordage on spindle and threads cordage through knotting and cutting mechanisms. 2. Presses button to start machine that knots and cuts cordage into specified lengths. 3. Hangs drawstrings on rack for further …
1. Operates power-driven dredge to excavate and maintain navigable channels in waterways and to mine sand and gravel at bottom of lakes, rivers, and streams: Directs workers engaged in placing shore anchors and cables, laying additional lengths of pipes from dredge to shore, and in pumping water from pontoons. 2. …
1. Operates dredge used to mine metal-bearing sands or gravels from bottom of lakes and streams, and supervises other dredge workers: Operates winch to position dredge. 2. Moves controls to lower endless bucket-conveyor to bottom of lake or stream. 3. Starts conveyor operation to scoop up ore-bearing sand or gravel …
1. Applies liquid dressing or dye on shoes to produce glossy finish, using brush, sponge, or spray gun: Applies dressing by method specified for particular style of shoe. 2. May apply hot water and alcohol to back of shoe to soften leather and prevent splitting of back seam when last …
