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A professional who performs duties as described under apprentice master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends automatic multiple-operation machine that performs any combination of bending, punching, roll forming, beading, cutting and welding, soldering, or clinching of metal to fabricate items, such as rims, molding, panels, cans, tubing, and housings. Respnsibilities include:
* Places roll of metal sheet, strip, or wire onto feedrack and threads end into drive rolls or through machine.
* Positions metal blanks manually into feed rolls, or feeds blanks into hopper or onto feed conveyor.
* Starts machine, observes operation, and verifies finished product visually or by using fixed gauges.
* May tighten bolts or turn knobs or handwheels to specified points on scale or dial to reset and maintain original setup of machine.
* May tend one or more work stations of mechanized line of machines operating in tandem.
* May tend slitting machine to cut body blanks from sheet metal and form seam cans.
* May be designated by function of machine as body maker; tubing-mill operator i.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates reciprocating power hammer to smooth and shape sheet metal used in manufacturing aircraft and aerospace products according to specifications. Respnsibilities include:
* Reads blueprints and work orders to determine machine setup.
* Installs dies in machine according to surface contours, size, and thickness and hardness of metal to be shaped.
* Adjusts drive arm to regulate striking force of hammer.
* Applies lubricants to surfaces of metal and dies to prevent marring.
* Starts machine motor and depresses pedal to start action of hammer.
* Moves metal under hammer to attain specified shape.
* Observes metal during shaping to detect wrinkles and other defects.
* Compares finished part with template or sample part to verify conformance to specifications.
* Shapes part partially formed by machine to specified dimensions, using handtools.
* Trims excess materials from edges of parts, using shears.
* May push weighted roller over metal to smooth surfaces.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates variety of machines and equipment to fabricate ornamental metal products, such as light fixtures, church statuary, lamps, plaques, and metal artwork, following sketches, artistic and architectural drawings, models, written descriptions, and photographs. Respnsibilities include:
* Interprets data to select materials, lay out reference points, and develop sequence of operations.
* Operates metal fabricating machines, such as shears, saws, brakes, bending machines, and punch and forming presses, to cut stock to size and bend stock to shape.
* Heats pieces in forge to working temperature, as indicated by color.
* Bends, twists, and hammers hot or cold workpieces to achieve specified shape and ornamental imprints, using jigs, scroll iron, twisting fork, vise, and selected peening hammers.
* Operates machine tools to turn, drill, and mill metal to specified dimensions.
* Hammers and peens sheets of metal to form designs, such as flowers or leaves.
* Chases castings to finish metal statuary and plaques.
* Welds, forge welds, brazes, solders, rivets, or bolts components together to assemble workpiece.
* Grinds, buffs, and polishes surface to desired finish.
* Fabricates or forges special jigs, tools, and peening hammers.
* May sculpture plaster patterns for ornamental castings.
* May hand paint finished items.
* May install finished product.
* May specialize in fabricating religious artwork and be known as Ecclesiastical-Art-Metal Worker.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who repairs and overhauls brake systems in automobiles, buses, trucks, and other automotive vehicles. Respnsibilities include:
* Pushes handle of hydraulic jack or pushes hoist control to raise vehicle axle.
* Removes wheels, using wrenches, wheel puller, and sledgehammer.
* Replaces defective brakeshoe units or attaches new linings to brakeshoes.
* Measures brakedrum to determine amount of wear, using feeler gauge.
* Inserts vacuum gauge into power-brake cylinder, starts engine, and reads gauge to detect brake-line leaks.
* Repairs or replaces leaky brake cylinders.
* Repairs or replaces defective air compressor in airbrake systems.
* Replaces wheel on axle and adjusts drumshoe clearance, using wrench.
* Fills master brake cylinder with brake fluid, pumps brake pedal, or uses pressure tank, and opens valves on hydraulic brake system to bleed air from brake lines.
* Closes valves and refills master brake cylinder.
* May be designated according to specialty as air brake repairer; bus brake repairer; hydraulic brake repairer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who repairs and adjusts machines that stamp out small disks of shellacked paper and press them over open ends of charged primer cups. Respnsibilities include:
* Adjusts die block so that disks are properly pressed in place.
* Removes and disassembles die-block assembly for cleaning.
* Replaces defective parts, such as bent punches and worn rollers.
* Inspects samples of completed primers.
* May adjust other machines used in assembly of cartridge primers, such as toggle presses and anvil shakers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in operation and maintenance of tanks or amphibian tractors and equipment in combat or training. Respnsibilities include:
* Instructs personnel in operation of tanks or amphibian tractors and equipment.
* Inspects equipment to determine need for servicing or repair and directs workers in servicing or repairing vehicles and equipment.
* Directs loading of personnel and supplies on vehicle.
* Directs vehicle driver in movement of vehicle in combat situation on land or water.
* Prepares vehicle journals and worksheets concerning tactical situation.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that rolls metal ribbon into coils and solders seams of coils to form conduit tubing. Respnsibilities include:
* Mounts reel of brass, copper, or steel ribbon and reel of soldering wire on machine.
* Feeds metal ribbon and soldering wire into machine.
* Starts machine that pulls metal ribbon through series of dies to form coil, joins flanged edges of coil, and solders seams of tubing.
* Removes empty reels from machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in fabricating of products from pipe, such as trellises, playground equipment, cattle truck frames, hunting stands, and wire fence gates. Respnsibilities include:
* Studies assembly diagrams to lay out work for pipe products.
* Measures and cuts pipe to length on pipe-cutting machine.
* Bends pipe around blocks and forms to shape it according to specification.
* Clamps pipe in position, and welds joints to assemble products.
* Instructs workers to chip and paint pipe joints.
* Supervises workers engaged in fabricating and assembling gates.
* Counts and records quantities of fence building material, supplies, and tools taken from yard.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who repairs and maintains dairy machinery and equipment, such as churns, cream separators and milking machines, using handtools, machine tools, and measuring instruments. Respnsibilities include:
* Observes and listens to machine in operation to locate causes of trouble.
* Dismantles machine, using pliers, screwdriver, and wrenches.
* Replaces or repairs faulty part, using handtools or power tools.
* Assembles and starts machine to test its operation.
* Replaces defective wiring, burnt fuses, worn switches, and electric motor parts, and repairs electrical fixtures.
* Machines worn or new metal parts, using engine lathe, drill press, and other machine tools.
* Cuts and fuses metals to fabricate metal parts and pipes.
* Cuts pipe threads and installs and tests gas, steam, water, and air pipes.
* Fabricates, alters, and installs sheet metal chutes, covers, tubing, containers, and fittings.
* May affix special attachments, set dies, and repair belts.
* May operate electric motors, pumps, compressors, and water filters to cool refrigerating rooms.
Industry:Professional careers
