Job Descriptions






Busher Job
1. Pours molten lead into center of grinding wheels to form bushing: Lights blowtorch under pot to melt lead. 2. Positions grinding wheels on table with shaft or spindle protruding through center of wheel. 3. Fills area around shaft with molten lead to form bushing. 4. Cuts excess lead from …

Bus Driver, Day-Haul Or Farm Charter Job
1. Drives bus to transport workers between recruiting point and agricultural work area: Ascertains from employer work to be performed, number of workers required, and area or field where workers are required. 2. Parks bus at loading area for workers to board according to referral information furnished by recruiting agency, …

Burring-Machine Operator Job
1. Tends semiautomatic machine that removes burrs from hot-forged nut blanks: Shovels nuts into tray that feeds machine. 2. Starts machine. 3. Picks up nut blanks discharged from hopper onto table and positions nuts, burr side up, in channel that gravity feeds nuts into burring cutters. 4. Inspects nut blanks …

Burrer, Machine Job
1. Tends machine that removes burrs from watch pinions and similar timing-device parts: Inserts part in deburring-machine chuck or collet and adjusts levers or depresses pedals to feed part against tool that grinds burrs. 2. Examines parts to ensure removal of burrs.

Burnisher, Balance Wheel Arm Job
1. Burnishes chamfer on watch balance wheel arm, using burnishing tool and loupe: Fits balance wheel in work plate of jig and tightens jig to hold wheel in place. 2. Burnishes arm by hand to round and polish edges. 3. Inspects finished wheel, using loupe.

Burnisher Job
1. Tends machine that waxes and burnishes shoes to protect leather and give smooth finish: Starts burnishing machine and coats revolving burnishing wheel with wax, using wax block. 2. Holds shoe against waxed wheel to apply wax to shoe, then against bristle and cloth brushes to polish. 3. May use …

Burning-Plant Operator Job
1. Tends furnace that heats scrapped small arms ammunition to explode powder and reclaim lead and brass: Pulls trucks of tote boxes from storage area to furnace hoppers. 2. Scoops or dumps primers or loaded cartridges into hopper. 3. Shovels exploded primers from furnace floor or skims cartridge and bullet …

Burning Supervisor Job
1. Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in controlling field, periodic, retort, and tunnel kilns to bake green clay products, such as brick, tile, and sewer pipe. 2. Performs duties as described under SUPERVISOR Master Title.

Burner Tender Job
1. Tends furnace that heats perlite to expel volatile material and reduce ore to powder for use as insulating material, plaster, and concrete aggregate: Dumps pulverized perlite onto shaker screen that sifts perlite to specified fineness. 2. Starts conveyor that feeds screened material into furnace. 3. Shovels calcined perlite into …

Burner Operator Job
1. Controls converter and auxiliary equipment that combine hydrogen and nitrogen to produce anhydrous ammonia: Lights burner and starts pumps, compressors, scrubbers, and absorption units. 2. Moves controls on panelboard to regulate temperatures of solutions and opens valves to admit heated and purified air and hydrogen into combustion chamber of …

Burner Job
1. Tends kilns that fire magnesium materials, such as filter cake and briquettes to remove specified impurities: Observes influx of material into kiln and movement of material through kiln stages to verify that material passes through kiln at prescribed rate. 2. Monitors console dials and gauges and adjusts controls to …

Burler Job
1. Examines fabric for weaving defects, using power-driven examining machine, and repairs defects, using burling iron, needle and thread, tufting device, and scissors: Pulls fabric over rollers, down over inspection board, and wraps cloth end around powered takeup beam or tube. 2. Depresses pedal to start machine that moves fabric …

Burlap Spreader Job
1. Spreads washed, ripped-open, second-hand burlap bags and washed burlap strips out of doors or hangs articles on racks to dry.

Bureau Chief Job
1. Directs and coordinates activities of personnel engaged in selecting, gathering, and editing news and news pictures in remote location or foreign country and transmitting to home office of newspaper or press syndicate: May translate dispatches into English or cable language. 2. May perform duties of REPORTER.

Bung Driver Job
1. Covers bunghole of barrel with burlap cloth and hammers bung and cloth into hole to prevent dirt from entering barrel before it is filled.

Bundles Hanger Job
1. Hangs bundles of tobacco on sticks moving on chain conveyor to redrying machine: Removes bundles from table and observes color shade. 2. Spreads leaves of bundle to form opening and hangs bundle on stick conveying bundles of similar color shade. 3. May shake bundles that have been packed in …

Bundler, Seasonal Greenery Job
1. Bundles decorative greens and Christmas trees for shipments, performing combination of following tasks: Examines greens and discards branches with discolored or sparse leaves. 2. Arranges greens into bundles as specified, weighs greens, ties greens into bundles, and records number and type of bundles. 3. Sorts Christmas trees on conveyor …

Bundle Tier And Labeler Job
1. Tends bundling machine that ties and labels stacks of lumber: Fills machine hoppers with labels and staples. 2. Depresses pedal to activate conveyor that brings stacks of lumber to machine. 3. Slides stack of lumber onto machine conveyor. 4. Pushes stack into machine that automatically clamps boards together and …

Bundle Breaker Job
1. Cuts binding cord from bundles of hemp fiber, using knife. 2. Separates bundle and places fibers on conveyor or table to facilitate feeding operations.

Bunch Trimmer, Mold Job
1. Draws knife along ends of cigar molds to cut off excess tobacco protruding from molds. 2. Loads trimmed molds onto truck for removal to rolling department.

Bunch Maker, Machine Job
1. Tends machine that rolls cigar filler and binder leaves into bunches: Places binder on rubberized fabric apron of machine, and pulls lever of hopper to distribute filler on binder, or manually distributes filler. 2. Presses pedal of machine that rolls tobacco into cigar shape. 3. Removes bunch from machine …

Bunch Maker, Hand Job
1. Rolls cigar filler and binder leaves into bunches preparatory to wrapping: Tears or cuts section of binder leaf to specified size. 2. Rolls filler between palms and binder around filler to form bunch. 3. Applies glue or twists end of binder to secure binder. 4. Places bunches in molds …

Bull-Gang Worker Job
1. Moves hogsheads of tobacco, between departments, onto scales, and onto truck or boxcars by rolling or using handtruck. 2. Stacks hogsheads in tiers or removes hogsheads from stack, using skids and stick or iron bar. 3. Works as member of team when stacking and loading hogsheads. 4. May call …

Bullet-Slug-Casting-Machine Operator Job
1. Operates machine to cast slugs for subsequent swaging into small arms ammunition bullets: Slides lead pigs and scrap into melting kettle, turns valves to control fuel-air mixture to furnace and coolant water flow to molds, and starts pump that forces molten metal through pipes to casting wheels adjacent to …