1. Removes defective nuts and foreign matter from bulk nut meats: Observes nut meats on conveyor belt, and picks out broken, shriveled, or wormy nuts and foreign matter, such as leaves and rocks. 2. Places defective nuts and foreign matter into containers. 3. May be designated according to kind of …
1. Prepares specialty foods, such as fish and chips, tacos, and pasties according to recipe and specific methods applicable to type of cookery. 2. May serve orders to customers at window or counter. 3. May prepare and serve beverages, such as coffee, clam nectar, and fountain drinks. 4. May be …
1. Supervises workers engaged in assembling electric transformers: Assigns and coordinates either hand or machine operations, such as stacking, brazing, assembly, electrical wiring, and testing. 2. Interprets winding designs to locate malfunctions as indicated by negative test reports. 3. Directs workers or participates in adjusting machines or equipment. 4. Inspects …
1. Pulls gloves over heated, hand-shaped form and smooths with hands, cloth, or brush to shape and press gloves. 2. Presses thick portion of heavy gloves by beating finger tips and seams with wooden block. 3. May smooth glove between fingers by pulling rake over gloved form. 4. May examine …
1. Supervises and coordinates activities of POWER-PLANT OPERATORS , AUXILIARY-EQUIPMENT OPERATORS , and other workers engaged in operating and controlling coal-fired electric generating equipment to produce electricity: Confers with SUPERINTENDENT, GENERATING PLANT to resolve electric generating problems and to report work activities and personnel matters. 2. Coordinates repair of malfunctioning …
1. Directs movement of grain-freight cars in plant yard, and selects cars for grain loading: Signals railroad crew and plant workers to move cars in specified sequence to meet grain loading and unloading schedules. 2. Marks or points out cars for use. 3. Walks along tracks on railroad siding to …
1. Operates pile driver mounted on skids, barge, crawler treads, or locomotive crane to drive piling as foundations for structures, such as buildings, bridges, and piers: Moves hand and foot levers to control diesel-, electric-, gasoline-, or steam-powered hoisting equipment to position piling leads, hoist piling into leads, and position …
1. Services aircraft prior to flight according to specifications: Fills fuel and oil tanks and examines tires for specified air pressure. 2. Adds water and other cooling agents as required to batteries and liquid-cooled engine radiators. 3. Fills landing gear struts with hydraulic fluid. 4. May clean exterior and interior …
1. Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in controlling gas pressure and moisture condensate in mains of city gas-distribution system to meet consumer demands and state regulations: Analyzes hourly estimates of pressure required to meet consumer demands for gas, based on weather conditions, time of day, and customer contracts. …
1. Assists disaster preparedness officer in preparation and monitoring of disaster preparedness plans and procedures: Inspects protective equipment to determine operational readiness. 2. Directs personnel in repair of equipment. 3. Directs location, marking, and stocking of radiation shelters. 4. Confers with superiors and civil defense personnel to provide information on …
1. Negotiates with newspaper owner’s representative to establish publication policies, and directs editorial activities of newspaper departments: Confers with executive staff to discuss editorial policy, makeup plans, changes in staff organization, news coverage of special events, and similar decisions. 2. Relays information to department heads. 3. Coordinates work of editorial …
1. Trims trees to clear right-of-way for communications lines and electric power lines to minimize storm and short-circuit hazards: Climbs trees to reach branches interfering with wires and transmission towers, using climbing equipment. 2. Prunes treetops, using saws or pruning shears. 3. Repairs trees damaged by storm or lightning by …
1. Replaces burner tips, gas pipe, and carbon-collecting channels in hothouses used to produce carbon black by channel process, using wrenches and pipe-fitting tools. 2. Cleans carbon dust from equipment and work area, using brooms and brushes.
1. Tests electric meters to detect cause of malfunctions and inaccuracy, and repairs meters: Connects meter to test panel mounting standard meter and determines recording accuracy. 2. May install and maintain test boards used to test function and accuracy of meters.
1. Operates equipment to size and wash coal for shipment or further processing: Starts equipment, such as launders, tables, shakers, sizing screens, and conveyors. 2. Regulates flow of coal and water to separate coal from slate, rock, and other foreign material and transfers cleaned and sized coal to loading chutes …
1. Saws felled trees into lengths: Places supporting limbs or poles under felled tree to avoid splitting underside and to prevent log from rolling. 2. Cuts previously marked tree into logs, using power chain saw and ax. 3. Drives wedges into cut behind saw blade to prevent binding saw. 4. …
1. Tends machine that shears nap, loose threads, and knots from cloth or carpet surface to give uniform finish and texture: Mounts roll of cloth on brackets at feed-end of machine, using hoist or by lifting one end at a time. 2. Sews end to leader, using portable sewing machine, …
1. Operates equipment to cook and mix materials, such as starch, casein, resin, chemicals, and fillers, according to formula to make size for pulp paper: Turns valves to fill cooking vats with metered volumes of liquid ingredients and dumps specified amounts of solid ingredients into vats according to formula. 2. …
1. Controls equipment to combine and process acids and specified chemical ingredients to produce explosives, such as nitroglycerin, tetryl, or TNT: Admits specified ingredients, such as mixed acids and toluene compounds, to metering or weighing tanks, and regulates feed to nitrator in specified timing and sequence. 2. Starts agitator to …
1. Fills customers’ mail and telephone orders and marks price of merchandise on order form: Reads order to ascertain catalog number, size, color, and quantity of merchandise. 2. Obtains merchandise from bins or shelves. 3. Computes price of each group of items. 4. Places merchandise on conveyor leading to wrapping …
1. Drives electric-powered streetcar to transport passengers, collects fares, and gives information to passengers: Drives streetcar in accordance with traffic regulations and observes traffic lights and other vehicles on street to avoid accidents. 2. Opens and closes doors and starts and stops streetcar to allow passengers to enter or leave …
1. Inspects sewed parts of cushion and upholstery covers for stitching defects and conformity to specifications: Marks defects with chalk and rips out faulty seams. 2. Measures skirts with yardstick. 3. Records number of defects found. 4. May carry defective covers to sewing department and identify defects to be repaired. …
1. Tends machines that load small arms cartridge cases with powder and bullets and crimps cases, working as member of team: Places powder dispensing plate in machine fixture and pushes lever that moves plate under machine hopper to fill holes in plate with powder and return it automatically. 2. Clamps …
1. Fills wooden tubs, barrels, or containers with processed food products and covers with preservatives to preserve contents: Dumps food into barrel, tub, or container, and adds prescribed amounts of preservatives, such as salt, sugar, brine, syrup, or vinegar. 2. Covers container with lid, waxed paper, or plastic. 3. May …
1. Tends machine that removes excess starch or stiffness from dyed or printed cloth: Slides cloth roll onto machine brackets. 2. Threads cloth over and under alternate rollers that have surface of wavy ridges or rollers that are covered with metal buttons. 3. Starts machine and observes operation to detect …
