- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
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- Company Profile:
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in setting up, installing, repairing, and maintaining machinery and equipment, and in fabricating metal parts and tools. Responsibilities include:
* Directs workers engaged in repairing and maintaining parts of equipment and machines.
* Coordinates activities of workers engaged in installation of machinery and equipment.
* Directs workers in electrical, electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic maintenance and repair of machinery and equipment.
* Assists workers in diagnosing malfunctions in machinery and equipment based on observation of machinery and applying knowledge from past experience.
* Directs workers engaged in dismantling, assembling, and installing industrial machinery.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
* May requisition and keep supply of spare parts.
* May modify programming of robots and related equipment, such as robot controllers and programmable controllers. May coordinate activities of workers engaged in programming machinery and equipment.
* May supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in making structural repairs to buildings.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in maintaining and repairing mechanical parts of pumps, cranes, compressors, ditch diggers, automobiles, trucks, tractors, pipelaying machines, and similar equipment used in constructing pipelines, transporting oil and other fluids, and in related oil field and construction or airport maintenance activities. Responsibilities include:
* Inspects defective equipment in shop or field to determine extent of wear or damage.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
* May contract repair work.
* May arrange for sale or purchase of equipment.
* May supervise workers engaged in repairing company-owned railroad cars.
* May travel to work sites to supervise and coordinate activities of workers and be designated traveling-maintenance supervisor.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in dismantling, moving, assembling, and installing industrial machinery. Responsibilities include:
* Measures floor distances with rule to verify foundation layouts.
* Verifies dimensions of machine parts, using gauges, calipers, and micrometers.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in maintenance and repair of mobile battery-powered mining equipment. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews list of mobile battery-powered equipment needing repairs.
* Examines defective equipment and equipment batteries to determine malfunctions, using electrical and hydraulic schematics.
* Assigns personnel to perform repairs.
* Inspects repaired equipment for conformance to company and federal safety standards.
* Notifies supervisor when equipment is back in service.
* Trains new employees.
* Tests air in mine shafts for presence of methane or lack of oxygen, using hand held testing devices, and notifies shift supervisors of hazards.
* Observes work area for defective equipment and hazardous electrical conditions, according to federal and state regulations.
* Completes accident reports.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who installs machinery and equipment used to emboss, die-cut, score, fold, and transfer paper or cardboard stock to form box blanks, knock-down advertising displays, and similar products. Responsibilities include:
* Confers with customer's engineering staff to determine layout of equipment, to resolve problems of machine design, and to avoid construction problems in plant.
* Arranges machine parts according to sequence of assembly and effective use of floor space.
* Directs workers in positioning equipment, following floor plans and manufacturer's instructions.
* Assembles and installs electrical and electromechanical components and systems, using handtools, electrical testing instruments, soldering irons, and wiring diagrams.
* Operates equipment through trial run to verify setup.
* Adjusts controls and setup of machine for specified type, thickness, and size of stock to be processed, for prescribed sequence of operating stages, and to ensure maximum efficiency.
* Instructs equipment operators and engineering and maintenance personnel regarding setup, operation, and maintenance of equipment.
* Repairs and services equipment, following preventive maintenance schedule or upon customer's request.
* May modify previously installed equipment to ensure compatibility with new units, or install safety devices or attachments to old equipment.
* May confer with customer's engineers to determine effective methods of programming work for machine processing.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who erects and tests machinery and heavy equipment, such as hydraulic turbines, turbine wheels, jaw stone crushers, industrial surface condensers, flaking machines, valves, and mine hoists, according to blueprints and specifications, using handtools, heating equipment, and measuring instruments. Responsibilities include:
* Positions steel beams to support bedplates of machines and equipment.
* Levels bedplate and establishes centerline, using straightedge, levels, and transit.
* Signals overhead crane operator to lower basic assembly unit, such as shaft, shaft casing, frame, or housing unit, to bedplate and aligns unit to centerline.
* Lays out mounting holes, using measuring instruments and drills holes with power drill.
* Bolts parts, such as side and deck plates, jaw plates, and journals, to basic assembly unit.
* Attaches moving parts and subassemblies, such as shafts, rollers, flywheels, runners (water wheels), valves, gates, bearings, and bearing supports, to basic assembly unit, using handtools and power tools.
* Shrink-fits bushings, sleeves, rings, liners, gears, and wheels to specified items, using portable gas heating equipment.
* Inserts shims, adjusts tension on nuts and bolts, or positions parts, using handtools and measuring instruments to set specified clearances between moving and stationary parts.
* Connects power unit to machines, or steam piping to equipment, and tests unit to evaluate its mechanical operation.
* Replaces defective parts of machine or adjusts clearances and alignment of moving parts.
* Dismantles machinery and equipment for shipment to installation site.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who installs and repairs machinery or equipment in customer's establishment, following blueprints and manufacturer's instructions, and utilizing knowledge of mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical machinery. Responsibilities include:
* Consults with personnel in engineering department to resolve problems of machine design to avoid construction problems in customer's establishment.
* Studies blueprints and observes tryout of machine in manufacturer's plant to become familiar with machine operation.
* Operates machine through trial run at customer's establishment to ensure that quality and rate of production meet specifications, and trains customer's personnel in adjusting, maintaining, and repairing machinery or equipment.
* Consults with customer about deviations of machine operation from original specifications and explains reasons for changes.
* Repairs or supervises repair of worn or defective machinery or equipment in customer's plant.
* May be designated according to type, size, or trade name of machines, tools, or equipment serviced.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who adjusts and repairs automatic pinsetting bowling machines, following maintenance manuals, schematics, and knowledge of equipment, using handtools, power tools, and testing equipment. Responsibilities include:
* Observes operation of machine to determine nature and cause of malfunction.
* Tests relays, solenoids, transformers, electric motors, and wiring for defects, using continuity tester, ammeter, and voltmeter.
* Disassembles and replaces or repairs mechanical and electrical components or parts, such as bearings, coils, armatures, and wiring, using handtools.
* Cleans and lubricates machine.
* Instructs assistants in locating and repairing minor defects.
* Directs workers or participates in reconditioning and painting bowling pins.
* Maintains perpetual inventory of and orders replacements for spare parts.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who adjusts and repairs automatic pinsetting bowling machines, following maintenance manuals, schematics, and knowledge of equipment, using handtools, power tools, and testing equipment. Responsibilities include:
* Observes operation of machine to determine nature and cause of malfunction.
* Tests relays, solenoids, transformers, electric motors, and wiring for defects, using continuity tester, ammeter, and voltmeter.
* Disassembles and replaces or repairs mechanical and electrical components or parts, such as bearings, coils, armatures, and wiring, using handtools.
* Cleans and lubricates machine.
* Instructs assistants in locating and repairing minor defects.
* Directs workers or participates in reconditioning and painting bowling pins.
* Maintains perpetual inventory of and orders replacements for spare parts.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who installs, programs, and repairs robots and related equipment, such as programmable controllers, robot controllers, end-of-arm tools, conveyors, and parts orienters, applying knowledge of electronics, electrical circuits, mechanics, pneumatics, hydraulics, and programming, using power tools, handtools, and testing instruments and following manuals, schematic diagrams, and blueprints. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews work order and related manuals, blueprints, and schematic diagrams to determine tasks to be performed and tools, equipment, and parts needed for installation of repair assignment.
* Discusses assignment with customer's representative and inspects installation site to verify that electrical supply wires, conduit, switches, and circuit breakers are installed according to specifications.
* Positions and secures robot and related equipment to floor, assisted by customer's staff, using crane, handtools, and power tools and following manuals and blueprints, or inspects installation site to ensure that robot has been installed according to specifications.
* Attaches electrical wires to robot controller and programmable controller and connects cables between robot, robot controller, programmable controller, and hydraulic power unit, using handtools.
* Connects hoses between hydraulic power unit and robot, using handtools.
* Verifies that electrical power is reaching robot and that voltage is as specified, using testing instruments.
* Pushes buttons, flips switches, and moves levers to start robot and related equipment to verify that operation is as specified.
* Programs robot to perform specified tasks, applying knowledge of programming language, using teach pendant and keyboard or control panel on robot controller.
* Modifies program to refine movement of robot, using teach pendant.
* Observes and listens to robot and related equipment to detect malfunction and repairs or replaces defective parts, using handtools and power tools.
* Tests electrical components, such as wiring, switches, and relays, using testing instruments, and replaces faulty components, using handtools.
* Locates and replaces faulty printed circuit boards in robot controller, applying knowledge of circuit board function, using computer display screen on robot controller and following schematic diagram.
* May train customer's staff in operation of robot and related equipment.
* May install electric or pneumatic end-of-arm tools on robot.
* May repair faulty printed circuit boards.
Industry:Professional careers
