1. Tends machine that attaches rubber tires or semipneumatic tires to wheels of children’s vehicles, such as tricycles or bicycles, using either of following methods: Starts machine and positions rubber tire material against machine fence in line with threading hole. 2. Depresses pedal causing machine to thread wire through tire …
1. Tends machines that recap and retread tires for reuse: Inspects tire to determine whether it is suitable for recapping and rejects tire if damaged beyond repair. 2. Pushes tire against power buffing wheels, using tire holder, to prepare tire for recapping or retreading. 3. Builds new tread onto buffed …
1. Builds pneumatic tires on collapsible drum device from rubber components, such as beads, ply stock, tread, and sidewalls: Positions ply stitcher rollers and drum according to width of stock, using handtools and gauges. 2. Rubs cement stick on drum edge to provide adhesive surface for plies. 3. Pulls ply …
1. Builds semi-raw rubber tread onto buffed tire casing to prepare tire for vulcanization in recapping or retreading process: Applies rubber cement to casing, using brush or spray gun preparatory to application of camelback. 2. Selects camelback according to whether tire is to be retreaded or recapped, tire width, and …
1. Tends machine that applies decorative or identifying band of paint to metal tips of pencils: Dumps tips into machine hopper and pours paint into reservoir of machine. 2. Starts machine that feeds tips against paint roller. 3. Turns valve to regulate stream of air that blows tip from conveyor …
1. Sets up and operates cylinder or platen press that prints labels, slogans, trademarks, or trade names onto hat lining material: Inks disk and rollers of press, using brush or sponge. 2. Tightens or loosens inking rollers, using wrench, and regulates flow of ink from reservoir. 3. Arranges type or …
1. Removes concrete pipes from steam-curing chamber, with assistance of another worker, using hydraulic lifting device: Presses button to activate chain mechanism that conveys kiln cars containing cured pipes from curing chamber into position under lifting device. 2. Presses button to activate lifting device that lowers, grips, and lifts pipes …
1. Carries punched blanks from scroll shear to punch press, by hand or on handtrucks. 2. Picks up scrap from scroll shear and punch press, using shovel, scrap fork, or by hand, and deposits it in bins or in scrap chute. 3. May weigh scrap tin and record weight in …
1. Tends equipment that coats preassembled groups of contact springs for relays and switches: Secures springs with screws, using foot-controlled pneumatic screwdriver. 2. Loads multispring subassemblies on conveyor of equipment that coats terminals of subassemblies with tin. 3. Loads solder bars and flux solution into equipment, and sets thermostat to …
1. Sets up and operates automatic machine to fold and clamp metal edging to ends of calender pictures and staples calender to picture: Moves lever to shift gears that adjust speed of feed mechanism. 2. Adjusts metal-forming heads, using hex-head wrench. 3. Turns handcrank to adjust mechanism that inserts hanger …
1. Operates planing machine to surface planks and timbers and reduce stock to specified dimensions: Installs cutting heads on machine drive spindles and adjusts blade exposure according to specified depth of cut, using wrenches and gauges. 2. Adjusts feed roll tension and positions fences that guide stock between cutterheads. 3. …
1. Compiles employees’ time and production records, using calculator or computer: Reviews timesheets, workcharts, and timecards for completeness. 2. Computes total time worked by employees, using calculator or computer, posts time worked to master timesheet, and routes timesheet to payroll department. 3. May pay employees. 4. May calculate time worked …
1. Rolls and ties cuts of meat to form roasts: Places cut of meat on table and rolls meat into circular shape. 2. Forces skewer threaded with twine through roll of meat at various points to hold roll in place. 3. Knots and cuts twine.
1. Changes code slugs and installs rolls of ticket tape in ticket dispensing machine before each race at racetrack: Unlocks machine with key and turns knob to reset number register to zero. 2. Changes code slug so that different symbols are printed on tickets. 3. Replaces depleted roll of ticket …
1. Tends machine that prints information, such as price, size, style, or color, on identification tags or labeling material: Selects type, according to specifications, and inserts type into machine, using tweezers, or turns dial on machine to move type into printing position. 2. Mounts roll of tags or labeling material …
1. Tends machine that automatically prints identifying information, such as size, style, and lot number, on tickets, and sews, glues, heat seals, or staples tickets to garments or garment parts: Selects and positions specified type in chase attachment and inserts attachment in machine. 2. Turns knobs to set stationary type …
1. Sells tickets for travel on ferryboats, street railroads, buses, and for admission to places of entertainment, such as skating rinks, baseball parks, stadiums, and amusement parks: Depresses key on ticket-dispensing machine that automatically ejects number of tickets requested by patron or tears tickets from roll and hands ticket to …
1. Tends machine that cuts and removes threads which connect designs on machine-embroidered fabrics or bands of knitted lace: Stitches length of embroidered fabric to leader, using stitching machine, or wraps draw threads around takeup bar and inserts ends of bands between stop-motion devices, guides, and rollers. 2. Adjusts clearances, …
1. Installs third rails on electric elevated or subway railway tracks: Treats wooden insulator blocks by soaking for specified time in hot paraffin. 2. Assembles trolley chairs by forcing top and bottom castings onto wooden insulator blocks with compressed-air press, drilling bolt holes through castings and blocks with power drill, …
1. Tends machine that applies heat to surface of granite slab, causing surface of granite to flake and chip to impart pebbled texture to face of stone: Positions torch carriage over granite slab on roller-conveyor bed of machine. 2. Turns thumbscrews to adjust trip switches on bridge of machine to …
1. Fills, shapes, seals, and marks glass tubes to fabricate thermometers, using vacuum tank, micrometer, gas burners, and handtools: Places thermometer tubes in vacuum tank filled with colored liquid and secures tank lid. 2. Turns handle to create vacuum in tank that causes fluid to fill tubes. 3. Holds end …
1. Tends steam heaters or presses that shape and cure rubber floor mats: Positions sheets of precut calendered rubber on molds. 2. Turns valve to activate vacuum fixtures that draw and hold rubber against contours of molds. 3. Examines molds to ascertain that rubber sheet covers mold and smooths out …
1. Repairs yarn texturing machine malfunctions, utilizing knowledge of machine operation: Patrols assigned area to observe cards that indicate malfunctions of specific sections of multiunit machine. 2. Slides cover on suction line behind machine sections with malfunction, breaks yarn, and feeds yarn into suction opening to maintain flow of yarn. …
1. Tests compressed gases for moisture content, purity, ratio of gases in mixture, and cylinder pressure, using standard testing equipment and following specified procedures: Drains gas samples from tanks, or rolls cylinders to test station. 2. Adjusts test equipment, such as volumetric moisture tester, burette, conductometer, and pressure gauges, according …
1. Tends tenter frame that stretches cloth in width, removes wrinkles, and dries cloth after processes, such as dyeing or finishing: Trucks folded cloth to feed-end of machine or mounts roll of cloth at scray, using hoist. 2. Sews cloth end to leader in machine, using sewing machine. 3. Turns …
