1. Positions fabric rolls and string spools on letoff rack and removes empty roll shells from calender machine. 2. Inserts ends of fabric into hot press to splice them. 3. Conveys fabric rolls to and from storage, calender, and production areas, using electric crane hoist or forklift. 4. Cleans dip …
1. Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in mixing and blending plastics materials according to formulas, screening plastics dough to remove lumps and foreign objects, rolling dough into sheets of specified width and thickness, and inspecting product for conformance to specifications: Trains new employees. 2. Observes meters, gauges, and …
1. Operates machines in tandem to press rough insulation board into specified caliper, calender it into smooth finish, and paint and dry it: Pumps paint from portable tank into machine well. 2. Turns handwheel to space paint rolls and control specified paint spread on board. 3. Starts machines and turns …
1. Tends calender machine that compresses cloth and coated cloth sheeting to produce artificial leather fabric: Changes cloth rolls on letoff rack and windup racks, and threads sheeting through calender rollers with assistance of LABORER, GENERAL. 2. Scrapes surfaces of fiber rollers to remove foreign material. 3. Sews ends of …
1. Operates calender machine to roll and compress asphalt or asbestos into sheeting to produce floor tile: Sets thermostat to specified temperature and turns valves to admit coolant. 2. Observes temperature-recording chart and adjusts controls to maintain heat of rollers within specified limits. 3. Regulates speed of conveyors that move …
1. Feeds milled rubber stock into rolls of calendering machine to maintain continuous supply: Lifts pig of rubber stock from warmup mill conveyor and pushes it between horizontal rotating rolls until stock is drawn between and rolled around calender rolls. 2. Turns wheels or capstan bolts to adjust distance between …
1. Assists CAKE-PRESS OPERATOR in compressing and baking chipped, rolled, or slabbed plastics materials into cake molds for sheeting: Positions empty molds on platform scales. 2. Spreads plastics chips evenly over mold, using spreader. 3. Pushes molds along roller conveyor from baking press to cooling press. 4. Pushes cooled molds …
1. Tends hydraulic presses that compress and bake chipped, rolled, or slabbed plastics materials into cake molds for sheeting: Turns valves to regulate pressures and temperatures in baking and cooling presses. 2. Turns dial indicator arm to set press-cycle time. 3. Pulls hopper lever to fill mold with specified weight …
1. Cuts, forms, and welds wire mesh and reinforcing steel to fabricate cages used in reinforcing concrete pipe and other concrete forms, according to blueprint or work order specifications: Obtains roll of wire mesh of specified gauge, and unrolls and stretches out mesh for cutting. 2. Measures mesh with steel …
1. Tends battery of automatic machines that drill thread holes and shape surface of nonmetallic button blanks: Loads workpieces into machine hopper, using hand scoop. 2. Starts machine and observes blanks feeding into rotating chucks on transport mechanism that conveys blanks to cutting tools and drills. 3. Stops machine and …
1. Tends machine that forms scrap and binder leaf tobacco into cigar-like roll and cuts roll into butts of chewing tobacco: Starts machine and dumps scrap into hopper of machine. 2. Feeds binder leaf into machine that wraps leaf around scrap into roll and conveys roll under cutting knives. 3. …
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
1. Folds and gathers cloth within metal ring to form buffing wheels, using hand-actuated forming and pressing device: Lifts roll of cloth onto holder or draws end from box and threads end through guides and over steam pipes. 2. Positions front section of forming drum on rod at specified distance …
1. Tends forming machine that folds, gathers, and presses cloth into groove of lacing to produce buffing wheels: Lifts roll of cloth on holder or draws end from box and threads it through guides and over steam pipes. 2. Removes front section of winding drum, places lacing on rod in …
1. Directs and coordinates activities of personnel responsible for formulation, monitoring and presentation of budgets for controlling funds to implement program objectives of public and private organizations: Directs compilation of data based on statistical studies and analyses of past and current years to prepare budgets and to justify funds requested. …
1. Prepares budgets based on previous budget figures or estimated revenue and expense: Reviews records of sales and actual operating expenses, such as payrolls and material costs. 2. Compiles tables of revenues and expenses to show current budget status. 3. Writes justifications for overrun or underrun of budget estimates. 4. …
1. Tends equipment that imparts decorative bluing or brown-black color, and hard, corrosion resistant surface to gun barrels: Mixes solution of acids and metallic salts, according to formula. 2. Places barrels on conveyor that passes through coloring tanks, electrical drying, and preheating oven into steam chamber where controlled temperature and …
1. Tends machine that automatically forms ore mixture or chemical compounds into briquettes: Shovels mix into feed hopper and pokes out feed chutes, using rod, to prevent jamming of material as it flows to briquetting rollers and to rotary drier. 2. Turns valves to maintain vacuum pressure in drier within …
1. Tends vacuum screen that screens magnesium liquor and briquette press equipment that presses screened residue to form briquettes of periclase: Flips control panel switches to start multilevel arrangement of vacuum screen feeder wheel, vacuum screen hearth kiln, and briquette press. 2. Observes vacuum screen feeder wheel to verify that …
