1. Operates machine that washes, rinses, and partially dries rugs and carpets: Starts machine, and turns valves to admit cleaning solutions and water. 2. Feels rug to determine end to be fed into machine to retain natural lay of pile. 3. Fastens edge of rug to pins on conveyor bar …
1. Makes ready and operates rotary-type press that prints illustrative and other subject matter by rotogravure process: Installs engraved copper printing cylinder in press, using handtools. 2. Adjusts doctor blade to remove excess ink from surface of printing cylinder. 3. Threads web of paper or other printing stock through press, …
1. Tends rotary furnace that roasts sulfur or other materials to liberate gases for use in processing chemical products: Weighs materials to be roasted and scoops or dumps specified quantity into furnace hopper. 2. Starts revolution of furnace, consisting of hollow cylinder mounted between power-driven rollers. 3. Observes thermometer and …
1. Tends equipment to transfer design images from master film to copper printing rollers: Marks register points on ends of rollers, using straightedge and scriber. 2. Inserts mandrel through roller and lifts roller onto brackets of sensitizing machine, using hoist. 3. Starts machine that rotates roller. 4. Turns valve to …
1. Fabricates rings by any of following methods: Casts rings, using molds of rubber, plaster, wax, sand, and metal. 2. Cuts out ring blanks from flat metal and shapes blanks into ring bands. 3. Ties or twists gold or silver wires together and bends to form rings. 4. Removes gates, …
1. Issues designated riding silks and identifying arm and saddle numbers to JOCKEYS before each race, according to colors and numbers printed on program. 2. Collects and stores silks and numbers after each race. 3. Issues jackets to LEAD PONY RIDERS. 4. Sends out soiled silks and jackets for cleaning.
1. Reconditions and cleans used beer cartons, performing any combination of following tasks: Removes carton from conveyor. 2. Lifts out partitions and discards damaged ones. 3. Dumps out dirt or foreign matter. 4. Places dirty or damaged carton on conveyor or into chute for disposal or repair. 5. Inserts bottom …
1. Restores and prepares ancient textile and lace materials for display in textile museum: Cleans fabric, using cleaning compounds and techniques based on historical knowledge of fabric manufacture and effect of cleaning upon fabric. 2. Develops new cleaning compounds and methods when available means are inadequate or tend to harm …
1. Cleans, preserves, restores, and repairs books, documents, maps, prints, photographs, and other paper objects of historic or artistic significance: Examines or tests objects to determine physical condition and chemical structure of paper, ink, paint, or other coating, in order to identify problem and plan safest and most effective method …
1. Maintains, installs, and repairs process equipment in chemical plants, usually working under direction of REPAIRER I : Inspects equipment for leaks and defective valves. 2. Tightens flange connections and valves, using wrenches. 3. Replaces driving belts, spray nozzles, gaskets, and packing in equipment and gaskets or seals in pipelines. …
1. Tends reflow equipment that melts solder on printed circuit boards to redistribute and fuse solder on boards to improve appearance, hardness, and solderability for PCB component assembly: Immerses boards in cleaning solution or places boards in cleaning machine that cleans and removes contaminants from boards before reflow process. 2. …
1. Operates several types of heavy equipment, such as rail-mounted tamping machines, brooms, graders, and ballast cleaning machines to tamp ballast beneath and between ties, to clean tracks, to clean and redistribute ballast, and to grade and level ballast on railroad tracks: Pulls levers and depresses pedals to drive machines …
1. Steers ship and maintains visual communications with other ships: Steers ship under direction of ship’s commander or navigating officer, or directs helmsman to steer, following designated course. 2. Stands by wheel when ship is on automatic pilot and verifies accuracy of course by comparing with magnetic compass. 3. Relays …
1. Repairs pumps of paper making machinery: Examines pumps for malfunctioning and to locate damage or wear, such as blowout packing, misalignment of pump shaft, slippage of drive belt, worn bearings, or need for lubrication. 2. Observes operation of pumps and feels for heat and vibration of parts to detect …
1. Operates equipment to cool, condense, and separate tar and ammonia from coke-oven gas and pump separated substances to specified locations: Turns valves to transfer materials from collecting mains through cooler, scrubbers, and decanter. 2. Starts pumps, reads gauges and thermometers, and adjusts valves to regulate temperatures, pressures, and rate …
1. Cleans walls, floors, ceilings, and structural members of buildings, using steam-cleaning equipment, brooms, and scrapers, and removes spillage and overflow of materials being processed or manufactured, with shovel and rake. 2. Applies sealer to tile and concrete floors to protect them against subsequent spillage, using mop or brush. 3. …
1. Cleans and maintains wafer processing machines and equipment and mixes chemical solutions, following production specifications: Reads work orders and specifications to determine machines and equipment requiring replenishment of chemical solutions. 2. Measures and mixes chemical solutions, using graduated beakers and funnels. 3. Pours chemical solutions into wafer processing machine …
1. Tends equipment that conveys shelled corn and vegetable oil between processes in plant producing foods, such as corn chips and cheese puffs: Starts bucket-type conveyor or pneumatic conveyor that transfers shelled corn from freight cars and trucks to corn storage elevator. 2. Moves levers to control flow of corn …
1. Mounts printing rollers on cloth printing machine for change of pattern: Inserts mandrel through printing shell and positions shell on hydraulic jack, using hoist. 2. Starts jack that presses mandrel into shell to assemble completed roller. 3. Removes used rollers from printing machine and lifts new rollers into position …
1. Operates polishing lathe to reduce circumference of printing rollers to specifications and remove defects, such as turning and polishing lines, high spots, and scratches: Mounts roller on mandrel of lathe, using hoist. 2. Measures circumference of roller at several points to locate irregular spots, using girth tape. 3. Examines …
1. Cleans, seals, and tests aircraft pressurized sections and cavities, according to blueprints and specifications, using handtools, power tools, and pressure testing equipment: Reads and interprets blueprints and process specifications to determine area to be sealed, volume of pressure to be applied, and allowable tolerances. 2. Applies cleaning solvent or …
1. Operates pressing machine to smooth surfaces, flatten seams, or shape articles, such as garments, drapes, slipcovers, and hose, in manufacturing or dry cleaning establishments, using either of following methods: Spreads articles to be pressed on buck of machine. 2. Pulls pressing head onto article and depresses pedals or presses …
1. Tends machine that presses and blocks garments, such as blouses, coats, dresses, shirts, and sweaters in manufacturing or drycleaning establishment: Selects pressing form according to shape of garment. 2. Positions form on holder over steaming device, expands or contracts form according to size of garment, and inserts pin into …
1. Repairs power transformers used in electric generating stations and substations to step-up voltage of current being fed out over high-voltage power lines or to step-down voltage of incoming current prior to being fed to lower voltage distribution lines or electric equipment: Drains and filters transformer oil. 2. Loosens bolts …
1. Operates boilers, turbines, generators, and auxiliary equipment at generating plant to produce electricity: Monitors control board and regulates equipment, according to procedures and information obtained from recording and indicating instruments. 2. Adjusts controls of water and cold feed systems, blowers, and igniters to start up or shut down boilers. …