- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who applies glue to hairspring and balance wheel assembly of auto clocks and tends oven that dries glue to secure parts together. Responsibilities include:
* Places hairspring and balance wheel assembly in slots of die, using tweezers.
* Applies glue to inner coil of hairspring to join hairspring to balance staff collet, using glue dispenser.
* Sets time and temperature controls on bench-mounted oven and places tray of dies containing balance and hairspring assemblies in oven.
* Pulls trays from oven subsequent to curing of glue and stacks trays on rack for cooling.
* Pulls hairspring and balance wheel assemblies from dies and places assemblies in tray for further processing.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who mounts prescription eyeglass lenses in metal, plastic, or combination frames, using handtools. Responsibilities include:
* Examines eyeglass prescription to determine style, color, and size of frame.
* Inspects lenses to detect flaws, such as pits, chips, and scratches.
* Holds and turns lenses against grinding wheel to remove flaws.
* Assembles eyeglass frame and attaches ornaments, shields, nose pads, and temple pieces, using pliers and screwdrivers.
* Drills holes in lenses for mounting on rimless frames, using diamond drill.
* Immerses plastic frame rims in hot salt solution to soften rims or stretches rims, using hot, metal cone.
* Inserts and aligns lenses in frame.
* Verifies frame dimensions and alignment of lenses, using protractor, ruler, and straightedge.
* Turns lenses in frame to correct alignment, using padded pliers.
* Immerses plastic frames in cold water to set plastic around lenses.
* Tightens screws to hold lenses in metal frames.
* Examines lenses under polarized light to detect stress caused by overtightening screws and adjusts screws as necessary.
* Heats plastic frame bridge and bends frame according to prescription specifications, using fingers and handtools.
* Immerses plastic frames in dye for specified period to color frames.
* Solders broken metal bridges and replaces damaged temples to repair frames, using soldering iron and handtools.
* Cleans and polishes finished eyeglasses, using cloth and solvent.
* May be designated according to type frame mounted as metal-frame inserter; plastic-frame inserter; or according to part assembled as trim mounter ii.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assembles, adjusts, tests, and modifies aircraft cameras according to engineering drawings and sketches, using handtools and bench machines. Responsibilities include:
* Reads and interprets engineering drawings and verbal instructions to determine fabrication methods and sequence of fabrication.
* Lays out reference points and dimensions on parts to be machined, using precision measuring instruments.
* Fabricates parts to specifications, using bench lathe, milling machine, shaper, and grinder.
* Measures parts to verify specified dimensions, using micrometer, dial gauges, and vernier caliper.
* Cuts, bends, drills, and fastens parts to assemble, repair, or modify camera, using handtools.
* Fabricates and installs electrical assemblies and wiring in camera housing, using handtools and soldering equipment.
* Tests camera units for operational efficiency, using calibrating instruments, multimeter, and stroboscope and adjusts mechanisms to correct inefficient operation.
* Installs film in camera and adjusts camera mechanisms to record sharpest image consistent with speed of aircraft, weather conditions, and object or terrain to be photographed.
* Records test data, prepares reports on fabricating techniques used, and recommends modifications to resolve problems.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that crimps eyelets, grommets, snaps, buttons, or similar fasteners to material, such as cloth, canvas, paper, plastic, leather, or rubber to reinforce holes, attach fasteners, or to attach parts, by any of following methods. Responsibilities include:
* (1) Pours metal fasteners into hopper of machine.
* Positions material under machine head according to marking on machine bed or material.
* Depresses pedal to start machine that feeds fastener from fastener holder, lowers ram to force fastener through material and to crimp fastener edges into material, and material into position for succeeding fasteners.
* (2) Lays fastener in holder of machine.
* Positions material over fastener according to marks on material or prepunched holes in material.
* Depresses pedal to lower machine ram which forces edges of fastener into material.
* (3) Inserts bottom section of two piece fastener in slot in bed of machine and top section into hole in material.
* Depresses pedal to lower ram and rivet both sections together.
* May locate and mark positions of fastener on material.
* May tend machine that also punches holes for fasteners.
* May be designated according to type of fastener used as blind eyeletter; blind hooker; according to part attached as buckle-attaching-machine operator; machine hook-and-eye attacher; or according to part made as chin-strap maker; sweatband maker.
* May be designated: button-attaching-machine operator; cap-and-stud-machine operator; fastener attacher; gripper attacher; snap attacher; snap-fastener-machine operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who buffs items, such as automobile trim or accessories, hardware, or fabricated plastic parts with cloth buffing wheel. Responsibilities include:
* Holds and moves parts against wheel to smooth surfaces, produce specified finish, or cut down plating defects, such as burns or salt deposits, using knowledge of metals and buffing operations.
* Coats buffing wheel by holding buffing compound stick against revolving wheel.
* Pushes and manipulates workpiece against buffing wheel to remove scratches and defects and produce specified finish, using knowledge of buffing operations and finishes.
* Replaces worn buffs, using wrench.
* Uses care not to cut through plate when buffing plated surfaces.
* May be designated according to type of material buffed as chrome buffer; copper buffer; nickel buffer.
* May polish articles and buff articles and be designated polisher and buffer i.
* May polish brass eye castings used in fitting wooden shuttles and clean castings in series of chemical solutions and be designated strapper and buffer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who this group includes occupations concerned with fabricating and repairing instruments for measuring, controlling, and indicating temperature, pressure and vacuum, fluid flow, liquid level, mechanical motion, rotation, humidity, density, acidity or alkalinity, and combustion, including those used to control home air-conditioning and heating systems and as components in household appliances; dial pressure gauges; scales and balances; and apparatus for testing such physical properties as hardness, tension, torsion, compression, and elasticity.
* Occupations concerned with instruments for measuring, recording, and controlling electrical characteristics are included in division 72.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who places tobacco tin over form and beats with hammer or mallet, or uses straightening device to remove minor dents from tins.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who laps valves against valve seats to produce gastight fit, using powered tools. Responsibilities include:
* Applies lapping compound to bearing surfaces of valve and seat.
* Inserts valve stem into valve guide and positions valve against seat.
* Engages holes or slot in top of valve with projections in powered rotary tool (valve grinder).
* Presses and rotates valve against seat, using powered tool.
* May test valve by connecting chamber to hydraulic or pneumatic pressure and observing leaks.
* May rotate valve against seat, using handtool.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who packs plastic material in molds to form base for full or partial dentures. Responsibilities include:
* Mixes specified amounts of plastic powder and chemical solution, using spatula.
* Packs mixture around base of exposed artificial teeth and into cavities of mold sections.
* Positions sheet of plastic or wax paper or foil over bottom of mold to permit separation of mold from denture.
* Fits top section of mold over bottom and places assembly in press.
* Starts press that forces sections together and compresses mixture around teeth to form reproduction of gums.
* Removes model from press and trims excess plastic from mold, using knife.
* Submerges mold in hot water for specified time to cure plastic.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assembles and adjusts photographic apparatus, such as motion picture cameras, projectors, film developing machines, and microfilm equipment, according to blueprint specifications, using handtools and portable power tools. Responsibilities include:
* Examines blueprints to determine specifications.
* Aligns, fits, and bolts components together to assemble mechanisms, subassemblies, and assemblies of photographic apparatus, using handtools, portable power tools, and drill press.
* Connects electrical wiring according to circuit diagram, using soldering iron.
* Tests function of assembled units, using precision mechanical, electrical, optical, and sound measuring instruments; and adjusts mechanisms to attain specified functional performance, using handtools.
* May repair defective products returned to production.
Industry:Professional careers
