1. Tends machine, equipped with crushing rollers or hammers, that reduces corkwood, cork waste, or bark to fine particles: Dumps corkwood, waste, or bark into machine hopper or onto conveyor leading to machine. 2. Removes wooden sticks and steel straps to prevent clogging. 3. Starts machine that crushes and grinds …
1. Tends machine that breaks coal into lumps of specified size preparatory to pulverizing: Starts steel drum containing coal revolving to tumble, break, and pass coal through perforations in drum. 2. Starts conveyors to transfer coal to and from breaker machine. 3. Observes flow of material on conveyor to detect …
1. Breaks excess glass from glass stock along lines cut by GLASS CUTTER, using notched tool, glass pinchers, or pliers, to form products, such as watch crystals, meter dials, goggle lenses, or mirrors.
1. Tends machine that covers food products with breading material: Opens bag and dumps breading material into breading machine hopper. 2. Turns valve to regulate flow of breading material onto food products on conveyor passing beneath hopper. 3. Observes machine to detect malfunction. 4. Cleans machine and conveyor with water.
1. Sets up variety of brazing machines which braze or solder metal components, according to blueprint, work order, data chart, and layout specifications: Selects, positions, aligns, and bolts holding fixtures, guides, and stops onto machine to position and hold workpieces, using measuring instruments and handtools. 2. Selects or bends tubing …
1. Operates spot welding machine to braze metal parts together: Places flux and wire or strip of brazing alloy between workpieces. 2. Adjusts electric current and timing cycle of machine to heat metal to bonding temperature. 3. Removes workpiece, using tongs, and cools workpiece, using air or water. 4. May …
1. Fabricates or alters brass-wind instrument parts, and assembles parts into completed instruments, ascertaining fabrication and assembly procedures from standard or customer’s specifications: Reads specifications and makes calculations to determine procedures for fabricating and assembling instrument. 2. Sets up and operates drawbench, bandsaw, and lathe to draw, cut, and machine …
1. Tends equipment that applies bran or mixture of sawdust and lime to tin plate surfaces to remove palm oil from plates: Moves controls and valves to regulate speed of conveyor and feed mechanism and adjust flow of soda ash solution to wash unit. 2. Observes operation to detect faulty …
1. Tends machine that prints brand name on rubber hose: Bolts specified printing plate on machine fixture. 2. Adjusts guides and feed rollers to accommodate hose, using wrench. 3. Fills feed tank with specified color ink and starts machine. 4. Lifts hose to table by hand or with hoist and …
1. Records brand marks used to identify cattle, produce, or other commodities, to facilitate identification: Receives applications for new brands and verifies against official brand records to prevent duplication. 2. Records assignment or reassignment of brands beside name of appropriate individual or organization. 3. Receives and records brand recording fees …
1. Tends machine that mixes specified amounts of wheat and rye middlings with sawdust for use in cleaning tinplate and terneplate: Attaches empty sacks to discharge section of machine, starts machine, and dumps ingredients into hopper. 2. Removes filled sacks and sews tops, using needle and twine. 3. Weighs sacks …
1. Performs any combination of following duties on passenger train: Inspects equipment, such as couplings, airhose, journal boxes, and handbrakes, to ensure that they function properly. 2. Assists passengers to board and leave train. 3. Places passengers’ baggage in rack above seats on train. 4. Answers questions from passengers concerning …
1. Feeds and off bears oven that cures and hardens brake linings: Presses switches to ignite burners in oven and start conveyor. 2. Lifts spring-loaded mold onto table and opens mold with pressure device. 3. Places brake lining into mold and releases pressure device to close mold. 4. Places mold …
1. Repairs and maintains braking devices on railroad tracks leading into yard of terminal to ensure specified performance of braking device, using handtools: Gathers specified tools, such as gauges, grease gun, and handtools, required to complete work assignment, such as greasing fittings or replacing brake shoes. 2. Adjusts and measures …
1. Repairs and overhauls brake systems in automobiles, buses, trucks, and other automotive vehicles: Pushes handle of hydraulic jack or pushes hoist control to raise vehicle axle. 2. Removes wheels, using wrenches, wheel puller, and sledgehammer. 3. Replaces defective brakeshoe units or attaches new linings to brakeshoes. 4. Measures brakedrum …
1. Tends power brake that bends, punches, forms, rolls, arcs, or straightens metal sheets, plates, and bars: Positions work manually or with crane against stops, or aligns layout marks to dies. 2. Brushes oil on dies and workpiece. 3. Starts machine to lower ram and shape workpiece. 4. Tightens die …
1. Sets up and operates power brake to bend, notch, punch, form rolls, arc, or straighten metal plates or sheet metal and structural shapes to blueprint or sketch specifications: Selects, positions, and aligns dies in machine ram and bed, using shims, rule, square, or templates. 2. Turns setscrews or bolts …
1. Throws switches and couples, or attaches to cable, cars being hauled by locomotive or hoisted by cable or chain in mines, quarries, or industrial plants: Uncouples loaded cars at their destination or uncouples and distributes empty cars to sidings or to loading areas. 2. Moves switches to route cars …
1. Performs any combination of following duties, working as member of train crew: Inspects couplings and airhoses to ensure that they are securely fastened. 2. Inspects journal boxes to ensure that they are lubricated. 3. Inspects handbrakes on cars to ensure that they are released before run begins. 4. Walks …
1. Adjusts hydraulic brakes on automotive vehicles, such as automobiles, buses, and trucks: Observes level of brake fluid in master cylinder of braking system and adds brake fluid to prescribed level. 2. Raises vehicle, using power hoist or jack. 3. Turns toothed wheel on brakeshoe adjustment turnbuckle to set specified …
1. Prepares braille and talking books for mailing to blind library patrons and receives books returned by patrons: Stamps issue date on book card to maintain record of location of borrowed books. 2. Stamps due date on issue card and inserts card and return mailing label in book pocket. 3. …
1. Operates machine, similar to typewriter, to impress dots in metal sheets for making braille books, transcribing from prepared copy or original script: Inserts metal sheet into machine carriage. 2. Depresses one or combination of keys to form braille letter. 3. Depresses pedal that forces punches to impress on metal …
1. Sets up braiding machines to produce braid of specified size, style, or design, according to analysis of samples or pattern-card guides: Studies guide or sample to determine machine settings and size, color, and arrangement of yarn on carrier spindles. 2. Changes gears to set up machine for flat or …
1. Tends battery of machines that braid and cement fabric cord or wire around rubber hose for reinforcement: Threads machine with specified spools of cord, rubber insulation, or wire stock. 2. Notifies BRAIDER SETTER when change in pitch gear is required. 3. Pulls hose from reel and threads it into …
1. Repairs broken or knotted yarn in braided jacket of firehose: Reverses braiding machine to unbraid yarn to defective area. 2. Untangles knots, ties broken strands, and turns spools of yarn to take up slack. 3. Starts machine and signals BRAIDING-MACHINE TENDER when defect is corrected. 4. Changes pitch gear …
