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A professional who assists barrel assembler to assemble barrels, performing any combination of following duties. Responsibilities include:
* Starts gas burner or oven to heat shells (barrels without ends).
* Removes and replaces machine attachments, such as croze cutter and drill chucks.
* Replaces worn sanding belts on sander.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
* May be designated according to machine operator assisted as croze-cutter helper; head-up-operator helper; heater operator helper; hoop-driving-machine-operator helper; leveler helper; sander helper; truss-driver helper; truss-puller helper.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machines that fabricate components of veneer, rattan, reed, and willow baskets of specified size and shape and assembles components, performing any combination of following tasks. Responsibilities include:
* Interlaces strips of veneer or other materials to weave basket bottom.
* Tends machine to shape woven bottom and interlace veneer strips with bottom to form sides.
* Bends extended ends of bottom perpendicular to matted portion of bottom and places hoop around ends to hold ends in position for weaving ends and sides.
* Staples rim to basket bottom.
* Tapers or points ends, using knife, and weaves ends into sides.
* Nails rims together to hold sides in place.
* Tends machine that shapes and staples veneer strips to basket rim.
* Tends basket-cover machine to cut cover mats (woven veneer strips) to size.
* Tends machine that bends basket cover into arc and staples rim to cover.
* Stitches or staples reinforcing splints (wood strips) to top edges of mat.
* Shapes wire in bail-bender to form bails (wire handles).
* Bends soaked wood strips to form basket handles.
* Staples wire handles to rim of basket.
* Tends machine that clamps wood handles to basket.
* Examines baskets for imperfections and discards defective baskets for repair.
* May be known according to type or section of basket formed or assembled as bottom maker; slat-basket-top maker; or machine tended as handle-machine operator; hoop-coiling-machine operator; loop-machine operator; mat-machine tender.
* May be designated: basket-bottom machine operator; braider; cover-machine operator; cover-mat-machine operator; handle bender; machine hamper maker; market-basket maker i; stitcher operator; webb layer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machines that fabricate components of veneer, rattan, reed, and willow baskets of specified size and shape and assembles components, performing any combination of following tasks. Responsibilities include:
* Interlaces strips of veneer or other materials to weave basket bottom.
* Tends machine to shape woven bottom and interlace veneer strips with bottom to form sides.
* Bends extended ends of bottom perpendicular to matted portion of bottom and places hoop around ends to hold ends in position for weaving ends and sides.
* Staples rim to basket bottom.
* Tapers or points ends, using knife, and weaves ends into sides.
* Nails rims together to hold sides in place.
* Tends machine that shapes and staples veneer strips to basket rim.
* Tends basket-cover machine to cut cover mats (woven veneer strips) to size.
* Tends machine that bends basket cover into arc and staples rim to cover.
* Stitches or staples reinforcing splints (wood strips) to top edges of mat.
* Shapes wire in bail-bender to form bails (wire handles).
* Bends soaked wood strips to form basket handles.
* Staples wire handles to rim of basket.
* Tends machine that clamps wood handles to basket.
* Examines baskets for imperfections and discards defective baskets for repair.
* May be known according to type or section of basket formed or assembled as bottom maker; slat-basket-top maker; or machine tended as handle-machine operator; hoop-coiling-machine operator; loop-machine operator; mat-machine tender.
* May be designated: basket-bottom machine operator; braider; cover-machine operator; cover-mat-machine operator; handle bender; machine hamper maker; market-basket maker i; stitcher operator; webb layer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that drives staples in edges of blind slats and attaches stapled slats to slide rods. Responsibilities include:
* Adjusts and sets stop and ratchet, and lays rod in position under stapler head.
* Places slat under stapler and moves lever to drive staples into slat and hold slat to rod.
* Ratchet automatically moves rod along until section is completed.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that drives and tightens bottom hoops on buckets and tubs. Responsibilities include:
* Adjusts height of table by adding or removing iron plates from table.
* Sets bucket or tub on table with bottom up and lays hoop over and around bottom.
* Centers bucket or tub under driving head of machine and presses on pedal that lowers driving head on hoop, forcing it in place.
* Releases pedal to raise driving head and removes bucket or tub from machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that cuts circular basket bottoms from woodstock and bores holes in bottoms. Responsibilities include:
* Positions stock on rotary chuck.
* Depresses pedal to activate machine that rotates woodstock in opposite direction from rotating drill and cylindrical sawblade to cut woodstock into disk and bore holes in center of disk.
* Removes wood disk from machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that cuts circular basket bottoms from woodstock and bores holes in bottoms. Responsibilities include:
* Positions stock on rotary chuck.
* Depresses pedal to activate machine that rotates woodstock in opposite direction from rotating drill and cylindrical sawblade to cut woodstock into disk and bore holes in center of disk.
* Removes wood disk from machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that presses partially assembled and glued doors, window sashes, or furniture parts together to complete assembly. Responsibilities include:
* Places part on machine table between pressing rails, starts machine, and depresses pedal to squeeze parts together.
* Positions glued reinforcing blocks to specified locations of assembly, according to instructions, and secures blocks, using pneumatic screwdriver or nailer and stapler.
* Releases pressure, removes assembly from machine, and stacks assembly on skid or places assembly on conveyor for further processing.
* May preglue assembly parts and knock parts together, using mallet prior to clamping.
* May brush glue on parts prior to clamping.
* May reinforce joints with staples or nails, using pneumatic stapler or hammer.
* May be designated according to product as door-clamp operator; sash-clamp operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machines that shape and polish unfinished wooden coat hangers. Responsibilities include:
* Smooths rough edges on ends of hangers, using rotating sanding disk.
* Starts automatic shaper and loads machine hopper with hangers.
* Transfers shaped hangers to polishing machine and places bars of paraffin in machine.
* Starts machine.
* Removes filled trays of polished and waxed hangers from polishing machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that trims uneven edges of veneer sheets and tenderizes (indents and breaks wood fibers of) veneer for composing into plywood core sheets. Responsibilities include:
* Pushes buttons and pedal to start machine and to raise veneer stack on lift table to feeding height.
* Aligns uneven edges of veneer sheets on lift table, using shadow line, and feeds sheets into machine for trimming and tenderizing.
* Observes veneer sheets discharged from tenderizer machine onto feed conveyor of core composer machine and slackens feeding pace as necessary to reduce detected pile ups.
* Observes stacker lift table at discharge end of core composer machine and activates conveyor to remove full stacks and reposition stacker lift table for next stack.
* Occasionally measures moisture content of veneer prior to tenderizing, using moisture meter, and removes veneer containing excessive moisture for redrying.
Industry:Professional careers
