- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who tends automatic equipment that burns, scores, and breaks continuous sheet of glass into specific lengths. Responsibilities include:
* Turns controls on panel to synchronize cutting heads with rise of vertically drawn glass sheet to score glass into specific dimensions.
* Pushes or pulls sheet to cap off (break) glass along scored line, and trims knurled edges with glass cutter wheel.
* Stacks cut glass sheets on rack and throws cullet (waste glass) down chute.
* Replaces dull cutting wheels on automatic scoring equipment.
* Periodically measures cut glass length and adjusts cutting heads.
* May record number of sheets produced per hour.
* May use vacuum-cupped crane to break off or move cut glass.
* May work as member of team.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine equipped with circular abrasive saw that cuts face from production brick for use as displays or sales sample panels. Responsibilities include:
* Sets saw table guides to specified length and width, using machine measuring scale and wrench.
* Places brick against guides and tightens holding device, using wrench.
* Starts abrasive saw and pushes table under saw blade and depresses pedal to control depth of cut.
* Places discard portion of brick into wheelbarrow and stacks cutoff face sample on bench.
* Carries stack of face samples to next work station and wheels discarded brick to scrap pile.
* May tend saw that cuts clay sewer pipe to salvage usable pipe from defective pipe and be designated ceramic saw tender.
* May tend saw that cuts kiln furniture used to support clay products during firing process and be designated kiln furniture saw tender.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends circular saw, equipped with automatic reciprocating or manually operated table, that cuts strip asbestos brake lining into lengths. Responsibilities include:
* Positions and bolts stop on table at length specified on work order, using rule and wrenches.
* Installs roll of lining on spindle and positions end of lining against stop.
* Pushes button to start machine and holds lining on machine table that automatically travels under saw blade, or pushes table under saw blade to cut lining.
* Examines cut lining for defects, such as breaks, cracks, or rough edges, and places acceptable lining on rack or on conveyor.
* Places defective pieces in discard pile.
* Records number of linings meeting specifications on work order.
* May tend battery of automatic saws.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends pneumatic chipping machine to split rough slabs of stone. Responsibilities include:
* Marks dimensions on stone, according to specifications, using rule and chalk.
* Lifts guide track onto stone and aligns track with marks on stone.
* Positions wagon over track, inserts chisel in chuck of airhammer, mounts airhammer on wagon, and lowers chisel into opening in guide track.
* Presses lever to start airhammer and pushes wagon and airhammer back and forth over guide track to split stone.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends hydraulic machine that cuts stone slabs for further processing. Responsibilities include:
* Reads work order to determine dimensions of stone to be cut.
* Sets end-stops according to dimensions of desired cut, measuring distance from blade with rule, or lays out dimensions on stone, using rule, straightedge, and chalk.
* Starts conveyor that moves stone over blade and against stops, or directs coworkers to push stone along roller conveyor into cutting position.
* Depresses pedal to raise turntable of conveyor containing stone slab, and rotates slab manually to align cutting mark with blades or to straighten stone against stops.
* Presses button to raise blade against stone and moves levers to lower wedges mounted on pressure head against stone.
* Turns lever or presses button to build up pressure in pressure head, observing gauge to determine when pressure is sufficient to cut stone.
* Pulls lever to force wedges against stone, splitting stone into specified dimensions.
* Lowers blade and end-stops, raises pressure head, and starts conveyor to remove stone.
* May tend machine that cuts granite blocks into paving-blocks (cobblestones) and be designated paving-block cutter i.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends hydraulic machine that cuts stone slabs for further processing. Responsibilities include:
* Reads work order to determine dimensions of stone to be cut.
* Sets end-stops according to dimensions of desired cut, measuring distance from blade with rule, or lays out dimensions on stone, using rule, straightedge, and chalk.
* Starts conveyor that moves stone over blade and against stops, or directs coworkers to push stone along roller conveyor into cutting position.
* Depresses pedal to raise turntable of conveyor containing stone slab, and rotates slab manually to align cutting mark with blades or to straighten stone against stops.
* Presses button to raise blade against stone and moves levers to lower wedges mounted on pressure head against stone.
* Turns lever or presses button to build up pressure in pressure head, observing gauge to determine when pressure is sufficient to cut stone.
* Pulls lever to force wedges against stone, splitting stone into specified dimensions.
* Lowers blade and end-stops, raises pressure head, and starts conveyor to remove stone.
* May tend machine that cuts granite blocks into paving-blocks (cobblestones) and be designated paving-block cutter i.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine to split concrete stone into building blocks resembling ashlar. Responsibilities include:
* Sets end stops according to length or width of cut, measuring distance from blade with rule.
* Positions block under blade and against stops.
* Depresses pedal to lower blade and split block.
* Depresses pedal to raise stops and pushes split blocks into storage hopper.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine to split concrete stone into building blocks resembling ashlar. Responsibilities include:
* Sets end stops according to length or width of cut, measuring distance from blade with rule.
* Positions block under blade and against stops.
* Depresses pedal to lower blade and split block.
* Depresses pedal to raise stops and pushes split blocks into storage hopper.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who feeds machine that automatically cuts and trims asbestos tubes used to insulate pipe. Responsibilities include:
* Places tube on feed bed of circular saws that cut tube wall longitudinally and trim tube ends to specified length.
* Observes feed of tubes through saws and inspects tube for clean cut.
* Adjusts blades for specified depth and space cut, using wrench.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who feeds sheet glass into machine that scores and cuts glass to specified size. Responsibilities include:
* Positions glass onto feed rollers and against guides to align glass with cutters.
* Pushes glass into feed end of machine that conveys glass under cutters and cuts glass to specified size.
Industry:Professional careers
