- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
A professional who tends bank of machines that automatically knit strands of wire to form mesh tubing. Respnsibilities include:
* Places spool of wire on frame of machine and inserts flyer spindle in top hole of spool.
* Threads wire through guide on flyer, through pulley of rotating frame, around and under hooks of knitting needles and fastens end to tube roller.
* Slides guide of belt sideways to engage pulley and start machine.
* Observes machine to detect faulty knitting and wire breaks.
* Measures width of mesh tube with ruler to ensure conformance to specifications.
* Stops machine to rethread and tie broken wires, replace spools of wire and remove rolls of mesh tubing.
* Notifies supervisor of repairs or adjustments needed.
* Obtains specified size and type of wire from storeroom.
* Stacks rolls of mesh tubing for pickup.
* Sprays wire with oil, soap suds or other lubricant to reduce friction.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who repairs assembly defects of agricultural equipment, such as tractors, hay balers, and combines, using handtools and power tools. Respnsibilities include:
* Reads inspection reports and examines equipment to determine type and extent of defect.
* Aligns, adjusts, or replaces parts, such as drive chains, sprockets, housings, and springs, using handtools and pneumatic grinder.
* Records type and cause of defect.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who threads wire through rollers of automatic press that punches out clearances (excess metal) from flat steel wire leaving continuous strip of watch hands.
* May punch out feed holes (holes in wire strip that permit feeding of wire into machines at a fixed rate).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who coordinates activities of workers engaged in preparing for or combating disaster situations and negotiates with civic and professional leaders to develop and implement survival plans in accord with local needs and state and federal policies. Responsibilities include:
* Directs marking and stocking of radiation shelters to meet specified standards.
* Obtains cooperation of property owners, civic leaders, and professional groups in providing facilities and services for emergency preparedness.
* Confers with business and governmental representatives to assist in local emergency planning.
* Reviews emergency plans to coordinate with changes in state or federal policies and military technology.
* Addresses interested civic, social, and religious groups to stimulate awareness of emergency preparedness activities.
* Directs inspection and inventory of emergency supplies and equipment and requisitions needed materials or arranges for equipment maintenance.
* May assist in providing warnings and survival information to communities before, during, and after community emergencies.
* May direct activities of headquarters technical, clerical, and administrative staffs and assign paid or volunteer workers to duty during simulated or actual emergencies.
* May review and recommend alterations in local emergency planning to coordinate with changes in economic character of community or region.
* May be designated according to specific function as Civil Preparedness Operations Officer; Civil Preparedness Radiological Officer; Civil Preparedness Supply Specialist; Director, Civil Preparedness Warden; Shelter Management Officer.
* May assume responsibility for local, regional, or state civil preparedness or emergency activities and be designated Director, Civil Preparedness.
* May plan and coordinate procedures for meeting civil preparedness emergencies in industrial establishments and be designated Civil Preparedness Coordinator.
* Workers involved in these and other civil preparedness activities may be identified by different titles according to classifications used by local or national authorities.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who replaces, aligns, and spaces needles or points in needle bar, picot bar, and welt bar of knitting machines. Respnsibilities include:
* Secures bar in jig or vise.
* Loosens and removes clamping plate, holding needles, or point in bar with screwdriver, and removes broken or worn needles.
* Positions metal gasket under clamping plate, replaces needles or points, and replaces and tightens clamping plate.
* Aligns and spaces needles or points, using space gauge and pliers.
* May assist mechanic in aligning machine guide bars and sinkers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who positions, fits, and secures engine parts to erect in-line, V-type, or radial diesel engines according to specifications, using machinist's handtools, surface plate, torque wrench, parallel supports, and measuring instruments. Respnsibilities include:
* Aligns vertical columns over bedplate between A-frames, using transit and levels and secures columns with tie rods to form frame of engine.
* Positions engine parts and assemblies, such as valve lever assembly, pistons, connecting rods, cylinder liners, cylinder heads, camshaft housing, crankshaft, journals, fuel injection pump, fuel nozzles, and blowers with help of other workers or overhead crane.
* Reams or hones holes for fitted bolts.
* Files, scrapes, drills, taps, dowels, and shims parts, such as cylinder liners, keys, and matching parts.
* Measures clearances and dimensions, using scales, micrometers, combination square, feeler gauge, and dial indicator.
* Turns screws to adjust fuel rack and governor, using wrenches and screwdriver, and aligns timing marks on crankshaft, camshaft, and flywheel.
* Installs and connects fuel, lubrication, and cooling piping, using pipe benders, cutters, and threaders.
* Connects engine to test equipment, such as dynamometer, and runs engine for specified time to test horsepower at designated revolutions per minute.
* May disassemble engine for shipping.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that cuts copper or aluminum laminated fiberglass sheets, hardboard, and cardboard backers for production of printed circuit boards (PCB's). Respnsibilities include:
* Reads work orders to determine type, size, and quantity of PCB materials to be cut.
* Adjusts guides on machine to regulate width of cut, using ruler or following calibrated scale on machine bed.
* Positions and aligns sheets against guides, and depresses pedal to activate blade that cuts material.
* Adjusts guides and repositions material to trim or square edges to specifications.
* Records production data.
* May mount material on spindle of machine that automatically feeds material onto bed of machine for cutting.
* May tend pinning machine that inserts metal pins into laminated boards and related backing material prior to drilling operation.
* May replace machine blades, using handtools.
* May bake cut boards in oven to remove excess moisture.
* May clean machines.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assembles, tests, and repairs pneumatic, hydraulic, and mechanical components of rocket motors or rocket engines, according to specifications, using handtools, power tools, and precision measuring and testing instruments. Respnsibilities include:
* Positions parts in jigs and holding fixtures to facilitate assembly.
* Fits and assembles interrelating precision parts, using handtools.
* Inspects configuration and dimensions of assemblies, using instruments, such as optical flats, micrometers, calipers, dial indicators, and monolight instruments.
* Tests assemblies to determine conditions, such as internal leakage, pressure differentials, and cycles of operation, using gauges, meters, and chemicals.
* Conducts functional tests to determine mechanical performance.
* Analyzes malfunctions to determine causes, and repairs, adjusts, synchronizes, and calibrates assemblies.
* May perform welding and acid etching on various materials.
* May operate computer to record, analyze, and interpret test data.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends one or more machines that automatically spin wire coils and sew them into cloth pockets to form units for mattress innersprings. Respnsibilities include:
* Mounts spools of wire, fabric, and cotton thread on machine spindles.
* Inserts wire and fabric ends into machine guides and lead rollers, and threads machine needles.
* Starts machine and folds chain of pocketed coils as it emerges on conveyor.
* Removes springs at regular intervals and places under plunger of stationary dial gauge to ensure uniformity.
* Turns regulating wheel to adjust wire cutter for specified coil length.
* Turns setscrew on sewing machine to regulate thread tension.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machine to remove dents from metal barrels. Respnsibilities include:
* Positions barrel on lower die of machine, aligning bunghole under water spout of machine.
* Turns side dies of machine to align contour of dies with contour of barrel ends.
* Presses switch that closes side, top, and bottom dies around barrel.
* Pumps water into barrel, forcing walls of barrel against dies and removing dents.
* Stops pump and opens dies after specified water pressure has been attained.
* Examines surfaces of barrel to verify smoothness.
* Pushes barrel from lower die onto conveyor.
* May drain de-dented barrels, pressurize barrels with air, and place barrel in water tank to detect leaks.
Industry:Professional careers
