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A professional who attaches nose pads and temple pieces to optical frames, using handtools. Responsibilities include:
* Positions parts in fixture to align screw holes.
* Inserts and tightens screws, using screwdriver.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assembles leaf-type springs, performing any combination of following tasks. Responsibilities include:
* Picks up specified spring leaves from conveyor and inserts metal rod through center holes of leaves to align leaves lengthwise and form springs.
* Removes rod and attaches leaves together with nut and bolt, using pneumatic wrench.
* Attaches pads and clips to leaf spring to maintain spring alignment.
* Places ends of spring under bushing machine and activates machine to insert rubber bushings.
* May spread grease over surface of spring leaves before assembly, using greasing apparatus or brush.
* May compress leaves prior to attaching center bolt, using press.
* May be designated according to specific task performed as bolt-up worker; bushing-and-broach operator; catcher; clip riveter; greaser; pinner.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who cleans and repairs fare registers used in rapid-transit railway stations. Responsibilities include:
* Disassembles register, using pliers, screwdrivers, punch, and hammer.
* Cleans register case with soap and water and working parts with kerosene.
* Replaces defective parts, makes necessary adjustments, and repaints dial markings, using brush.
* Reassembles register, oils mechanism, and shellacs or paints outside of case, using brush and spray gun.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who prepares investment molds for use in casting gold rings. Responsibilities include:
* Mixes plaster of paris and water in specified proportion and pours around wax model.
* Places casting in oven for baking.
* Cleans finished casting by dipping it in acid and water solution.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that forms rolls of gold leaf. Responsibilities include:
* Places roll of paper on arbor of machine and feeds paper around tension and rewind rollers.
* Positions coil of wax on machine roller and book of gold leaf on machine table.
* Starts machine and removes gold leaf from book, using pinchers.
* Places gold leaf on paper passing into machine, and pulls lever to apply wax coating to paper to prevent sticking of gold leaf on rotating roll which is cut to specified length by machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machines that load small arms cartridge cases with powder and bullets and crimps cases, working as member of team. Responsibilities include:
* Places powder dispensing plate in machine fixture and pushes lever that moves plate under machine hopper to fill holes in plate with powder and return it automatically.
* Clamps plate of cartridge cases over powder plate and turns over assembly to dump powder into cases.
* Taps dispensing plate with mallet to dislodge powder residue and removes plate.
* Measures powder-filled cases, using special gauge, to verify cases are filled.
* Positions plate of bullets over plate of cartridge cases and pulls bottom slide in bullet plate to drop bullets into cases.
* Positions cartridge plate on press and pushes lever to lower punches that seat bullets to specified depth in cartridge cases.
* Places plate of cartridges on press bed and pushes lever to lower crimping block that crimps cartridge cases around bullets.
* Removes plate from press and examines cartridges for defects, such as dented points, scratches, and loose bullets.
* Measures samples with fixed gauges to verify conformance to specifications.
* May be designated according to machine unit tended as crimping loading-unit operator; powder charging loading-unit operator; seating loading-unit operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who rubs powdered mica onto tension rope of warp beam to prevent rope from slipping and to maintain even tension on warp.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in repairing, adjusting, installing, and testing meters, regulators, gauges, and recording instruments for measuring and regulating flow of gas, water, and petroleum. Responsibilities include:
* Inspects completed work to ensure adherence to company specifications.
* Submits requisitions for supplies and materials needed.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assembles metal products, such as vacuum cleaners, valves, or hydraulic cylinders, partially or completely, working at bench or on shop floor. Responsibilities include:
* Positions parts according to knowledge of unit being assembled or following blueprints.
* Fastens parts together with bolts, screws, speed clips, rivets, or other fasteners, using handtools and portable powered tools.
* May remove small quantities of metal with hand files and scrapers to produce close fit between parts.
* May operate drill presses, punch presses, or riveting machines to assist in assembly operation.
* May disassemble power brake boosters, air-brake compressors, and valves for salvage of parts and be designated product disassembler.
* May assemble and test patient lifting devices and be designated patient lifting device assembler.
* Usually specializes in assembly of one type of product.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who places steel saw blade cores, mixed or segmented diamond materials, and silver solder into molds preparatory to firing core in furnace. Responsibilities include:
* Inserts precut silver solder wire into groove in top graphite mold.
* Places steel blade core in bottom graphite mold.
* Positions segmented diamonds onto core edge according to size of core, or pours diamond mixture into notches on saw blade edge.
* Places top mold over bottom mold and lays it on firing platform.
* May requisition, weigh, and blend diamonds and metal powder alloys.
* May stamp serial number on saw blade.
* May be designated according to form of saw blade edge as notched-blade loader.
Industry:Professional careers
