1. Tends mill and separating equipment that grinds scrap or devulcanized rubber to reclaim and reprocess rubber: Turns handwheel to adjust clearance between corrugated rollers of machine to accommodate stock. 2. Loads rubber into machine hopper. 3. Starts machine and observes stock to ensure passage through rollers. 4. May use …
1. Tends machine that applies grease and wax to unfinished felt hat bodies to stiffen and finish felt: Mounts rolls of cloth impregnated with grease and wax on holders of machine and threads cloth under feed rollers, between machine guides, and over applicator pads. 2. Fits hat body over block …
1. Feeds back gray cloth into cloth printing machine, and removes printed cloth from delivery end of machine: Trucks rolls of back gray cloth to printing machine, removes burlap wrapping, and sews end of cloth to preceding roll, using sewing machine. 2. Starts feeding rollers that unwind back gray cloth …
1. Tends machines that soak, form, and bake whole grains of wheat or rice into wafers: Dumps sacks of grain into soaking tank. 2. Turns valve to regulate flow of water into tank, and starts tank revolving. 3. Turns off water after specified soaking period and starts air blower to …
1. Tends machine that cuts tobacco into granular form and screens dust and coarse particles from granulated tobacco: Starts conveyor, cutting knives, fans, and screens. 2. Shovels tobacco into hopper and shoves tobacco between feed rolls of machine that carry tobacco under cutting knives. 3. Observes screening process and removes …
1. Tends rotary-type kiln that dries sugar to specified moisture content: Starts equipment, such as scrolls, and conveyors. 2. Turns valve to admit steam into heating coils, and starts fan that blows air around steam coils in drum. 3. Opens gate on feed scroll to admit sugar to drum. 4. …
1. Feeds metal or simulated wood panels, sheets, or strips into machine that prints lines resembling natural wood grain. 2. Holds or moves irregularly shaped pieces against printing roller to impart grainlike appearance. 3. Stacks grained pieces for further processing or assembly into articles, such as television cabinets, automobile dashboards, …
1. Tends glue spreading machine that applies glue to unfinished side of material, such as leather, imitation leather, fabric, and vinyl: Receives light signals indicating size of material to be glued from CASE FINISHER. 2. Fills reservoir with glue, turns adjustment wheel to regulate flow of glue from rollers, and …
1. Tends machine that coats wooden furniture panels with glue size and dries panels to raise grain and reveal defects: Mixes sizing solution according to specifications and pours solution in tank. 2. Starts machine and places panels on conveyor that carries them under sizing spray or rollers and through drying …
1. Glues material such as paper, cloth, leather, wood, metal, glass, rubber, or plastic together, following specified procedures: Applies adhesive to surface of material by brushing, spraying, dipping, rolling, holding material against rotating saturated brush, or feeding part between saturated rollers. 2. Presses glued materials together manually, presses material with …
1. Tends machine that spreads glue on both sides of precut veneer stock (crossbands or core boards. or particleboard before assembly into plywood or veneered panels: Turns valve on glue hopper above machine to fill troughs formed between application rollers and doctor rolls. 2. Turns handwheel, crank, or tension screws …
1. Tends printing press that prints information, such as slogans and trademarks, on gloves: Inserts specified preset type in bar holder of type case, or fits rubber plates over type case. 2. Spreads ink on inking roller, using putty knife. 3. Positions glove or mitten on bed of machine or …
1. Cleans leather gloves with cleaning solvents, using handbrush: Soaks gloves in vessel containing cleaning solution. 2. Lays soaked gloves on worktable and brushes gloves with handbrush until clean, observing texture of leather and controlling pressure on brush to avoid damage to leather. 3. Clips gloves to hanger or fits …
1. Tends machine that laminates and glues paper to glass-wool for use as building insulation material: Feeds rolls of paper into machine. 2. Starts machine and observes operation to ensure that glue spreads evenly and rolls of paper adhere to both sides of glass-wool to form blanket.
1. Sets up and operates automatic machine to form bulbs and other products from molten glass: Installs molds, forming devices, and orifice plates, following specifications. 2. Positions forming mechanisms between forehearth and lehr. 3. Turns controls to regulate temperatures and pressures in forehearth and forming molds and flow of coolant …
1. Supervises and coordinates workers engaged in cutting flat or sheet glass to length from continuous ribbon of glass to facilitate handling or cutting glass to size on automatic or semiautomatic cutting machines: Reviews production schedules to determine cutting dimensions and cutting sequence. 2. Measures length and width of cut …
1. Feeds sheet glass into machine that scores and cuts glass to specified size: Positions glass onto feed rollers and against guides to align glass with cutters. 2. Pushes glass into feed end of machine that conveys glass under cutters and cuts glass to specified size.
1. Seams edges of glass, using belt sander: Selects abrasive belt according to type of finish specified and installs belt on pulleys of machine. 2. Turns screw to tighten and center belt on pulleys. 3. Turns valve to start water spray on wet-belt machine or pushes switch to start exhaust …
1. Heats and bends glass tubes to form scroll of electric neon signs according to pattern: Tacks asbestos pattern onto workbench. 2. Cuts length of tubing required to form letters, using file. 3. Holds tube over gas burner at point to be bent, rotating tube to heat it uniformly. 4. …
1. Weighs incoming cotton, computes ginning charges, and records production in cotton ginning establishment: Weighs truck or trailer loaded with cotton and records gross, tare, and net weights. 2. Computes and records quantity of cotton ginned and baled, and records weight of cottonseed removed from cotton. 3. Questions cotton owners …
1. Tends machine that raises and sets direction of fiber on surface of woolen cloth, imparting soft and lofty hand to cloth: Mounts roll of cloth on shaft at feed-end of machine, using hoist. 2. Sews end of cloth to leader in machine, using portable sewing machine. 3. Turns handwheels …
1. Sets up and operates gear inspecting and sorting machines to measure gears for deviations from dimensional specifications and to test mesh of gears with master gears: Positions gear in spindle and moves controls to engage it with master gear. 2. Rotates gear and observes mating with master gear and …
1. Sets up and operates one or more spiral-bevel gear generating machines to cut and shape spiral or hypoid teeth on metal bevel-gear blanks according to specifications, machining instructions, and knowledge of gear types and generating procedures: Reads blueprint or machining instructions to determine gear type, dimensions, and number of …
1. Sets up and operates one or more straight-tooth bevel-gear generating machines to cut and shape straight teeth on metal bevel-gear blanks, according to machining instructions and knowledge of gear generating procedures: Reads blueprint or machining instructions to determine machine settings, fixtures and cutters to use, and gear type, dimensions, …
1. Supervises and coordinates activities of GAUGERS controlling flow of oil into pipelines and gauging amount of oil stored in tanks or railroad cars. 2. May oversee loading and shipment of oil and preparation of loading reports and bills of lading. 3. Performs duties as described under SUPERVISOR Master Title.
