1. Tends twisting machine frames equipped with thermal units and false-twist spindles to produce stretch yarn: Threads yarn through guides, feed rollers, and heating unit, around entrance wheel of false-twist spindle, through traverse guide, and onto takeup bobbin, utilizing suction lines along path yarn travels, extension rods, and wire threader. …
1. Tends machine equipped with air-jet chambers through which continuous filament yarn is processed to change texture and increase bulk of yarn: Creels machine and threads yarn ends through machine guides, over feed rollers, air-jet chambers, tension guides, and drop wires. 2. Loops end of yarn around takeup spool. 3. …
1. Controls temperature of bushings and speed of winders on fiberglass forming machines to maintain specified yardage per pound in sliver: Monitors bushing control panels, temperature charts, and indicators to determine if temperature of furnace bushings, molten glass over bushings, forehearths, and canals meet specifications. 2. Obtains test skein of …
1. Examines packages of wound yarn for defects, such as bruises, cuts, tangles, or soil and removes defective yarn to salvage usable yarn, using one of following methods: Pulls yarn from package by hand. 2. Places yarn in holder, and inserts yarn end in nozzle of vacuum tube that draws …
1. Inspects yarn for defects preparatory to shipment or storage: Examines bobbins, cones, cops, or tubes of yarn by sight and touch for defects, such as broken threads, cross threads, dirty yarn, and excessively loose or tight winding. 2. Places defective yarn on trays or bobbin carts for reprocessing. 3. …
1. Examines skeins of yarn to detect flaws, such as soils, slubs, breaks, and uneven dyeing or twisting: Shakes skeins to straighten yarn, hangs skeins on rod and spreads and pulls yarn around rod to locate imperfections. 2. Cuts out slubs and ties yarn ends together. 3. Examines winding and …
1. Tends machine that winds strands of yarn from bobbins, cakes, pirns, and other yarn packages into packages specified for further processing, shipment, or storage: Places supply packages on spindles or holders. 2. Threads ends of yarn from each package through guides and tension device and attaches them to takeup …
1. Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in receiving, storing, issuing, and shipping equipment, materials, and supplies, such as machinery, lumber, chemicals, fuel oils, scrap iron, and ore concentrate: Weighs railroad cars and trucks containing shipments, and verifies shipments against delivery records. 2. Inspects incoming shipments, notifies freight agent …
1. Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in receiving bulk cotton in cotton ginning establishment: Directs workers engaged in unloading bulk cotton and routing it to storage bins or to ginning stands through vacuum conveyor pipes. 2. Maintains records of quantity and location of stored cotton. 3. May assist …
1. Drives tractor to move spots to suction shed, storage building, or other designated areas of cotton gin yard: Loads bales of cotton into trailer and unloads and stores bales. 2. Keeps record of supplies issued from warehouse and delivers supplies to gin workers. 3. May clean gin yard as …
1. Salvages and stores used building materials: Stacks cleaned lumber according to size and condition. 2. Sorts and stores used millwork, plumbing fixtures, heating equipment, and structural steel. 3. Cuts lumber to customer’s specifications, using power saw. 4. Fills customer’s order and loads materials on car or truck.
1. Measures number of skeins of carpet yarn wound onto cardboard cones, using calibrated board. 2. Records amount of yarn and identification of worker who wound cone for quality and production control purposes.
1. Examines various units of vessels during construction for faulty work quality and compliance with blueprint specifications and Navy standards, using measuring tools: Inspects welded joints for specified fusion. 2. Examines structural units to determine that frames, plates, and foundations are assembled, according to blueprint specifications. 3. Examines installation of …
1. Moves and stores material and maintains yard and grounds of paper and pulp plant, performing any combination of following tasks: Shovels wood chips, pulpwood, sulfur, and limerock into trucks or onto conveyors. 2. Cleans chips or bark from conveyors; bark, leaves, and twigs from water canal; and burns refuse. …
1. Verifies addresses and corrects illegible or misaddressed shipping tags or labels, using credit files or directory information: Searches company credit files and directories, such as telephone, city, and postal directories, to find correct name and address. 2. Marks revision on tags and labels, using marking pencil. 3. Records adjusted …
1. Prepares switching orders for railroad yard switching crew: Types or writes switching orders to inform switching crew of railroad yard, location, disposition, and number of railroad cars to be switched for loading, unloading, makeup, and breakup of trains, based on information received from YARD MANAGER and other personnel or …
1. Drives switching locomotive within yard of railroad, industrial plant, quarry, construction project, or similar location to switch railroad cars for loading, unloading, and makeup or breakup of trains: Reads switching orders received from CONDUCTOR, YARD. 2. Observes traffic signals in yard or in cab and operates locomotive in accordance …
1. Develops, writes, and edits material for reports, manuals, briefs, proposals, instruction books, catalogs, and related technical and administrative publications concerned with work methods and procedures, and installation, operation, and maintenance of machinery and other equipment: Receives assignment from supervisor. 2. Observes production, developmental, and experimental activities to determine operating …
1. Tends wrapping machine that glues wrappers onto box tops or box bottoms by either of following methods: Places box parts on glued wrapper and positions them under plunger of machine. 2. Presses pedal to lower plunger that forces box part and wrapper down past series of brushes that seal …
1. Assembles wreaths and garlands, using conifer boughs and artificial decorations: Cuts conifer boughs to length, using pruning shears, and sorts them according to shade of color. 2. Ties boughs to garland cord or circled wreath form with wire, spacing boughs to attain uniform appearance. 3. Attaches specified decorations, such …
1. Tends machines that form straw into rope, wraps yarn around straw rope to form floral wreath bases, and winds vinyl around floral wreath bases to cover straw and complete floral wreaths: Mounts spools of yarn on spindles of roping machine and draws yarn through guide. 2. Starts roping machine …
1. Tends centrifugal wringer to remove acid or water remaining in nitrocellulose after processing: Starts pumps to convey partially processed nitrocellulose slurry to wringer basket. 2. Moves control to regulate speed of wringer throughout process, as instructed. 3. Stops wringer after specified time and loosens nitrocellulose from walls, using scraper …
1. Tends machine that removes moisture or wrinkles from felt sheets or hides: Places material between rollers of machine and depresses pedal that rotates lower roller against upper roller to press moisture or smooth wrinkles from material. 2. Releases pedal to separate rollers and stop machine. 3. Removes material from …
1. Tends rewinding machine that winds wire-screen cloth from loose rolls into tight rolls for shipment: Attaches end of roll of wire to winding mechanism. 2. Starts machine and examines screens for defects during operation. 3. Stops machine and removes roll when meter indicates specified footage has been wound.
1. Tends unit of fresh-work cigar machine that cuts wrapper leaf and wraps leaf around bunch: Spreads wrapper leaf over die of machine. 2. Presses pedal to lower knife that cuts leaf. 3. Releases pedal to raise knife and start mechanism that removes cut leaf and wraps it around bunch. …
