1. Moistens, folds, wraps, and places unfinished felt hat bodies in machine that agitates bodies to harden and shrink fur fibers to specified size: Sprinkles hat bodies with hot water or immerses bodies to shrink them. 2. Wrings bodies to remove excess water, using hands. 3. Folds hat bodies in …
1. Tends machine that singes lint and fuzz from yarn and winds yarn onto bobbins or cones: Places yarn packages on spindles and threads yarn through guides, tension device, slub catcher, heating unit, and grooves of traverse roller. 2. Inserts end of yarn in takeup cone or bobbin and places …
1. Tends machine that fluffs and combines silk fibers: Weighs cleaned, raw silk to separate it into small bunches of specified weight. 2. Starts machine and feeds bunches of silk between machine rollers that fluff and combine bunches.
1. Sets up and operates sign printing machines to print store display cards and signs, according to size and quantity of signs ordered, using either of following methods: Clamps cardboard on base of machine that prints letters one at a time. 2. Pushes lever to position type case over cardboard. …
1. Reproduces original engravings on metal plates used to print banknotes, bonds, and other securities, using gravers’ handtools and machines: Cuts around designs on roller die to remove undesirable parts of assembled die, using graver, and assembles die from several rollers on which parts of design have been engraved. 2. …
1. Glues and staples wood strips and wedges on edges of plywood panels to make siding panels: Places plywood panels and wood strips near workbench. 2. Examines each panel and rejects those with defects. 3. Positions acceptable panel on workbench with finish surface down. 4. Feeds wood strip through rollers …
1. Provides special stage lighting and sight effects for theatrical performances and directs electrical crew engaged in installing and arranging lighting and wiring equipment: Studies work drawings of stage sets showing light details. 2. Confers with producing personnel and studies continuity script to determine lighting of sets and special sight …
1. Tends lasting machine that presses edges of precemented uppers onto insole and shapes shank section of shoes: Positions last between machine feed rollers that grip upper edges. 2. Moves last along wiping bar that presses upper edges onto insole. 3. May last entire upper. 4. May remove temporary tacks, …
1. Operates shredding and filtering equipment and pumps to process woodpulp into alkali cellulose: Mounts roll of woodpulp sheeting on unwind stand, and inserts end of roll into shredder. 2. Monitors recording and controlling instruments, and presses buttons and turns valves to regulate speed of pumps and flow of materials …
1. Sets up and operates peeling machine to behead and peel shrimp preparatory to canning or freezing: Spaces peeling rolls on machine, according to size of shrimp to be processed and adjusts holding rack bars to intermesh between rolls, using wrenches. 2. Turns thumbscrews to adjust spring tension on holding …
1. Tends machine that kneads fur cones to interlock fibers and shrink cones by either of following methods: Positions cones on belt that moves cones beneath water sprinkler pipes, between rollers, and onto second belt that returns cones to worker. 2. Measures cones, using ruler. 3. Repeats process until cone …
1. Tends machines that crimp rolled paper tubes to form caps and press them onto ends of other tubes to make BB shot containers: Starts machines, places tubes on skipped spindles by hand, and removes damaged tubes or scrap paper, using wire hook. 2. Removes completed caps from machine hopper, …
1. Tends machine that dissolves and wipes defective printing from shotgun shells and reprints them with load information: Pours shells from salvage boxes into deprinting machine hopper. 2. Inserts felt wipers in wiping wells and shell-holding bushings in feed dial to accommodate gauge shell to be run. 3. Fills solvent …
1. Tends equipment in shot tower that segregates, routes, blends, and polishes shot used in shotgun shells: Starts bucket elevator that conveys newly formed pellets to shot tower and into screening drums that remove oversize and undersize pellets. 2. Turns crank to adjust angle of glass plates over which screened …
1. Operates equipment to clean dirt, scale, and core materials from steel castings with blasts of steel shot: Presses control panel buttons to adjust equipment settings for manual or automatic operations, length of cycle, sequence and timing of various operations, and position of oscillator. 2. Moves control to activate tow-mechanism …
1. Assists SHOE REPAIRER to repair shoes by any combination of following tasks: Rips worn soles and heels from shoes, using handtools. 2. Tacks new soles and heels in place and trims excess leather, using knife or revolving trimmer. 3. Sands and finishes sole edges by holding against sanding rollers …
1. Tends one or several machines that wrap plastic, fiber, or metal bands at intervals around strands of braid to form tips of shoelaces and cut braid into laces: Sets measuring device to cut laces of specified length, using handtools and rule guide on machine. 2. Threads end of braid …
1. Weighs and records weight of filled containers, cargo of loaded vehicles, or rolls of materials, such as cotton, sugarcane, paper, cloth, plastic, and tobacco, to keep receiving and shipping records: Reads scale dial to ascertain weight and records weight on ticket, product, or material; or subtracts tare from gross …
1. Lays out and fabricates metal structural parts, such as plates, bulkheads, and frames, and braces them in position within hull of ship for riveting or welding: Lays out position of parts on metal, working from blueprints or templates and using scribe and handtools. 2. Locates and marks reference lines, …
1. Sets up and operates machine to make paper cartridge shells for dynamite and impregnate them with paraffin: Positions roll of paper on machine spindle and threads end of paper under shear plate and between rolls. 2. Adjusts bottom crimper, rolls, and shear according to length and diameter of cartridge, …
1. Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in rolling nonferrous ingots into sheets and in stretching, cutting, and coiling sheets to specifications: Verifies dimensions of sheets and coils, using gauge, calipers, and tape measure. 2. Examines sheets for defects, such as scratches, dents, and wrinkles. 3. Performs other duties …
1. Tends nut-cracking machine that cracks shells of nuts and separates broken shells from nut meat: Starts machine and turns handwheels to adjust cylinders or rollers and control flow of nuts into machine. 2. Observes cracked nuts emerging from machine to ascertain that they are cracked and separated from shells.
1. Tends machine that shears fur on pelts, such as lamb and beaver, to produce pelts with hair of uniform length, or obtain specific effect: Arranges skin, fur side up, on conveyor belt, feed tray, or cloth covered roll and fastens skin to pins protruding through cloth. 2. Turns setscrews …
1. Operates sheeting machine to slice cakes of baked plastics into sheets of uniform thickness: Turns crank to adjust cutting position of knife. 2. Adjusts feed rolls of machine to regulate pressure of cake against knife, using wrenches. 3. Turns steam valves to regulate temperature of heating chamber. 4. Loads …
1. Tends power shear that cuts metal objects, such as sheets, plates, billets or bars, to specified length: Lifts workpiece manually, or by hoist or crane, to machine bed or roller table. 2. Positions workpiece against side guides and end stops or aligns layout lines under shear blade. 3. Starts …
