- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who tends machine that places pencil leads in grooves of wooden slats and cements slats together to form pencil blanks. Responsibilities include:
* Places pencil leads and wooden slats in feed hoppers of machine.
* Fills reservoirs of machine with cement.
* Starts machine that automatically applies cement to grooved surface of slats, places lead in grooves and joins cemented slats to form blank.
* Stops machine and removes jammed slats or leads.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends kick press that joins snap fasteners to fabric for use in manufacture of gas mask carriers. Responsibilities include:
* Inserts upper half of fastener in plunger of machine and positions lower half on anvil.
* Places reinforcement patch and fabric over lower half of fastener, guided by pinhole in fabric.
* Depresses pedal to lower plunger and join fastener parts to fabric.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that bonds edges of precut parchment together to form lampshades. Responsibilities include:
* Depresses pedal to raise top presser bar of machine and positions edge of parchment on lower presser bar.
* Brushes cement on edge of parchment.
* Bends parchment in circle and positions opposite edge of parchment on top of cemented edge.
* Releases pedal to lower and lock top presser bar onto parchment to bond edges.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that bonds edges of precut parchment together to form lampshades. Responsibilities include:
* Depresses pedal to raise top presser bar of machine and positions edge of parchment on lower presser bar.
* Brushes cement on edge of parchment.
* Bends parchment in circle and positions opposite edge of parchment on top of cemented edge.
* Releases pedal to lower and lock top presser bar onto parchment to bond edges.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends equipment that fills glass vials with alcohol or ether solution and leaves air bubble to form vials used in tools and instruments to determine levelness. Responsibilities include:
* Fills rack with vial-filled cups and lowers rack into tank of solution.
* Lowers weighted glass cover and moves lever to turn on air pressure.
* Sets timer for designated time cycle.
* Shuts off air and raises cover when bell rings.
* Compares bubbles in random sampling of filled vials with master vial for conformance to size.
* Refills vials or lets vials stand to evaporate excess fluid to regulate size of bubble.
* Pours solution from jug into tank to replace used fluid.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends variety of machines that assemble electric light bulbs, performing any combination of following tasks. Responsibilities include:
* Feeds parts and materials, such as lead and fuse wires, glass tubing, flares, and getter fluid, into machine that automatically shapes and combines them to make mounts (units which furnish light when electricity flows through them).
* Observes completed mounts for faulty combination of parts and assists mechanic in locating defect in machine.
* Records number of damaged mounts.
* Examines machine conveyors for jammed or defective parts when signal indicates stoppage.
* Removes jammed or defective parts, using tweezers.
* Feeds glass bulbs and mounts into machine that inserts and seals mount in bulb.
* Inserts and arranges wire protruding through neck of bulb in cement-filled base as bulb passes on conveyor to basing machine.
* Observes basing operation as machine carries bulb through series of burners which bake cement, past knives which cut off excess wires, and soldering irons which solder contact points at bottom and side of base.
* Inspects completed lamp for identification markings, freedom from dirt and cracks, and to determine condition of filament, using tinted glass.
* Removes excess solder from base of lamp, using knife.
* Places defective lamps in salvage bin.
* Puts lamp in corrugated paper case and packs lamp in carton.
* Inserts slip identifying contents in carton and places carton on conveyor.
* Feeds completed stem into annealer to remove glass strains resulting from stem making.
* Manually places bulb over mount prior to sealing.
* Removes air impurities from bulb.
* Secures bases to bulbs in oven where cement is automatically applied and dried.
* Secures bases to ends of fluorescent light tubes.
* May be designated according to operation performed as baser; sealer.
* May tend machine that cuts off part of light bulb necks and be designated neck cutter.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that automatically weaves wire and cord or burlap to provide firmness between padding and coil springs of mattresses and upholstered furniture. Responsibilities include:
* Mounts roll of burlap on machine rack and threads end between machine rollers.
* Places cone of wire and spools of twisted paper cord on reels, and inserts wire and cord ends into machine.
* Starts machine that automatically makes mats.
* Spreads emerging fabric over table and cuts fabric into mats of specified length, using cutting pliers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machines that mount glass beads on lead wires, wind filament coils, and clamp coils to lead wires of bead mounts used in incandescent lamps. Responsibilities include:
* Fills machine hoppers with glass beads and observes machines for malfunctioning.
* Inserts completed bead mounts in glass bulbs.
* Notifies maintenance crew of machine malfunctioning and to replace exhausted wire reels.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that automatically inserts chemical granules between two continuous layers of cloth and cuts and sews edges to make poultices. Responsibilities include:
* Places spools of thread and rolls of cloth on spindle of machine.
* Threads needles, using pliers.
* Inserts end of cloth into conveyor guide.
* Dumps or scoops granules into machine hopper and starts machine.
* Examines poultices for uniformity of stitching, and feels them for specified thickness and firmness and even distribution of granules.
* Adjusts stroke in insertion rod to correct irregularities in filling to prevent excessive looseness or tautness of product.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that attaches protective metal strike-plates to wooden segments of assembled folding rule. Responsibilities include:
* Mounts reels of metal strip on machine spindles and threads strip ends through feed mechanism.
* Holds unfolded rule against guides and starts machine that cuts off, forms, and fastens pronged protector-plate to each segment of rule.
* Removes spilled and jammed plates from mechanisms, using screwdriver.
Industry:Professional careers
