Job Descriptions

Call-Out Operator Job

1. Compiles credit information, such as status of credit accounts, personal references, and bank accounts to fulfill subscribers’ requests, using telephone. 2. Copies information onto form to update information for credit record on file, or for computer input. 3. Telephones subscriber to relay requested information or submits data obtained for …





Calibration Laboratory Technician Job

1. Tests, calibrates, and repairs electrical, mechanical, electromechanical, and electronic measuring, recording, and indicating instruments and equipment for conformance to established standards, and assists in formulating calibration standards: Plans sequence of testing and calibration procedures for instruments and equipment, according to blueprints, schematics, technical manuals, and other specifications. 2. Sets …

Calender-Machine Operator Job

1. Tends takeup machine that presses asbestos cloth, tape, rope, or brake lining to uniform thickness and even finish: Places roll of asbestos material on brackets of machine and threads material through feed rollers, calender rolls, and around takeup roll. 2. Turns handwheel or air valve to regulate pressure on …

Calendering-Machine Operator Job

1. Tends machine that stretches and sets circular knitted cloth to uniform width: Turns screws to adjust width of spreader according to specifications. 2. Turns valves to admit steam into steam box that sets stretched cloth. 3. Threads cloth over feed and guide rollers, around spreader, through steam box, and …

Calciner-Operator Helper Job

1. Records machine and equipment readings in shift log at specified intervals, examines machines and equipment for malfunctions, and draws composite samples of ore at various stages of processing for laboratory testing: Reads gauges and records water and oil levels, temperatures, and pressures at specified intervals. 2. Examines motors for …

Calciner Operator Job

1. Controls calciners and allied equipment from instrumented panelboard to heat ore slurry, dry slurry, and drive off impurities: Monitors recording instruments, flowmeters, panel lights, and other indicators, and listens for warning signals on panel to operate calciner, conveyor system, and allied equipment. 2. Turns screws and knobs on panelboard …

Cake Stripper Job

1. Tends machine that removes cloth wrapper from pressed cottonseed cake: Inserts end of cloth in which cottonseed cake is wrapped into slotted shaft of cake-stripping machine. 2. Presses pedal to revolve shaft that strips cloth from cake. 3. Places cake onto conveyor for further processing.

Cake Decorator Job

1. Decorates cakes and pastries with designs, using icing bag or handmade paper cone: Trims uneven surfaces of cake or cuts and shapes cake to required size, using knife. 2. Spreads icing between layers and on surfaces of cake, using spatula. 3. Tints white icing with food coloring. 4. Inserts …

Cage Maker, Machine Job

1. Sets up and operates machine to fabricate steel cages used for reinforcing concrete pipe: Bolts lagging plates of specified size to expandable mandrel of machine to form drum for shaping and sizing cage. 2. Threads wire from spindle through tensioning rollers and feeder arm of machine. 3. Tack-welds ends …

Cadmium-Liquor Maker Job

1. Tends equipment that makes cadmium sulfate used in making pigments for paints and enamels. 2. Shovels cadmium moss into tank of boiling water and sulfuric acid to form cadmium liquor. 3. Tests liquor solution for acid and foreign content, as specified by laboratory.

Cadet, Deck Job

1. Learns and performs all deck and navigational duties aboard ship under supervision of deck officer to become eligible for U. 2. S. 3. Coast Guard license and position as MATE, SHIP: Observes loading and unloading of cargo holds to learn methods of handling and stowing of cargo. 4. Inspects …

Caddie Supervisor Job

1. Supervises CADDIES and assigns them to players. 2. May hire, train, and discharge CADDIES. 3. May admit players to course and start their play in order.

Caddie Job

1. Carries golf bags or pushes or pulls cart that holds golf bags around golf course for players, handing clubs to players as requested: Advises players, as requested, on selection of proper club for stroke or concerning peculiarities of course. 2. Locates driven balls and holds marker out of cup …

Cable-Splicer Helper Job

1. Assists CABLE SPLICER to join ends of multiple-conductor cables used in telephone and telegraph communication systems and electric-power transmitting equipment by performing routine duties: Positions splicer’s cart, opens manholes, hangs splicer’s platform in position, and supplies splicer with tools and equipment. 2. Tends small gasoline engine to pump water …

Cable Tester Job

1. Tests insulated wires in aerial, underground, or submarine multiple-conductor cables to determine continuity, insulation, and correctness of cable loading, using standard testing procedures and impedance, resistance, and frequency oscillating meters. 2. Listens for sound of escaping insulating gas from hole in cable sheathing to locate defects in cable. 3. …

Cable Television Line Technician Job

1. Maintains and repairs cable television cables and equipment: Measures signal strength at amplifiers or at customer’s terminal boxes, using field strength meter. 2. Repairs or replaces worn components to ensure acceptable signal strength. 3. Climbs utility pole and connects test television set to amplifiers. 4. Observes set to evaluate …

Cable Television Installer Job

1. Installs cable television cables and equipment on customer’s premise, using electrician’s tools and test equipment: Measures television signal strength at utility pole, using electronic test equipment. 2. Computes impedance of wire from pole to house to determine additional resistance needed for reducing signal to desired level. 3. Installs terminal …

Cable Supervisor Job

1. Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in installation, maintenance, and repair of underground, aerial, and buried cables and electrical equipment for power-utility, communication, or street-railway systems: Directs installation of main and feeder cables through conduit, splicing and lead-coating cable sections, connecting wires to terminals, and installing terminal and …

Cable Splicer Job

1. Splices overhead, underground, or submarine multiple-conductor cables used in telephone and telegraph communication and electric-power transmission systems: Climbs utility poles or towers, utilizes truck-mounted lift bucket, or descends into sewers and underground vaults where cables are located. 2. Cuts lead sheath from installed cable to gain access to defective …

Cable Puller Job

1. Pulls lead-sheathed electrical cables for electric power systems through ducts: Pushes long, flexible, steel ribbon or rods through duct. 2. Attaches wire to rod or fish tape and pulls wire through duct. 3. Attaches wire to cable and pulls cable through duct by hand or using winch. 4. May …

Buyer, Tobacco, Head Job

1. Coordinates activities of workers engaged in buying tobacco on auction warehouse floor: Tells BUYER which grades and quantities of tobacco to buy and prices to be paid, and observes purchases for conformance to company regulations. 2. May buy tobacco on auction market. 3. May inspect and regrade tobacco in …

Buyer Job

1. Purchases merchandise or commodities for resale: Inspects and grades or appraises agricultural commodities, durable goods, apparel, furniture, livestock, or other merchandise offered for sale to determine value and yield. 2. Selects and orders merchandise from showings by manufacturing representatives, growers, or other sellers, or purchases merchandise on open market …

Buttonhole-Machine Operator Job

1. Tends semiautomatic, short-cycle sewing machine that cuts and stitches buttonholes in garments: Positions garment or garment part under needle, starts machine that automatically stitches and cuts buttonhole, and cuts thread. 2. May adjust stitching and cutting mechanisms of machine to alter size of buttonholes. 3. May tend machine that …

Buttoner Job

1. Buttons or snaps garments to prepare them for pressing or packing. 2. Cuts off excess threads between buttons or around buttonholes, using hand shears. 3. May turn garment right side out before buttoning.

Button-Decorating-Machine Operator Job

1. Tends automatic machines that cut ornamental designs into face of nonmetallic button blanks: Loads blanks into machine hopper, using hand scoop. 2. Starts machine and observes feeding, cutting, and indexing mechanisms. 3. Removes jammed blanks from feed chute, using wire pick. 4. May remove and replace worn cutters and …