- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
A professional who inspects, services, and tests railway tank cars used to transport compressed and liquefied gases. Respnsibilities include:
* Connects flexible hose from suction line to car and opens valves on car and in blowoff line to facilitate removal of residual gas from used tank cars.
* Removes safety and flow control valves from car with wrenches, replacing valves with reconditioned ones.
* Examines car interior for defects and cleanliness, passing light beam into car and viewing it through valve openings or entering car through dome.
* Washes interior with water and dries with steam.
* Routes defective cars for repair.
* Tests tanks for leaks.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up mechanical and hydraulic presses to produce powdered-metal parts, such as bearings, gears, filters, and rings according to blueprints and specifications, using handtools. Respnsibilities include:
* Installs, positions, and aligns dies in press bed.
* Adjusts stroke of ram and punches to specified depth of fill and injection stroke, using handtools, and opens supply hopper valves to regulate flow of powder.
* Starts machine to produce sample parts for inspection.
* Measures dimensions of and weighs parts to ensure parts meet specifications, using micrometer and balance scale.
* May set up sintering furnace.
* May mix powders.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in operating machines that form steel wire into chain link fence mesh. Respnsibilities include:
* Reads work ticket to determine material required to fill job orders.
* Patrols work area to ensure workers and machines meet production goals and product specifications.
* Confers with other supervisors to coordinate production.
* Trains new workers to operate, adjust, and lubricate fence making machines.
* Assists workers by setting up machines to meet production requirements.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
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 directs and coordinates, through subordinate managerial personnel, activities of department, region, administrative division, or specific function of financial institution, such as lending, trusts, mortgages, investments, acting under authority and responsibility delegated by corporate executive officer. Responsibilities include:
* Coordinates activities of assigned program, such as sales, operations, or electronic financial services, determines methods and procedures for carrying out program, and assists in interpreting policies and practices.
* Directs or conducts management studies, prepares work load and budget estimates for specified or assigned operations, analyzes operational reports, and submits activity reports.
* Develops and recommends plans for expansion of programs, operations, and financial activities.
* May solicit new business or participate in community or service organizations.
* May authorize loans of specified types and amounts when permitted by institution regulations.
* May be designated according to type of financial institution as Vice President, Commercial Bank; or according to activity as Vice President, Lending.
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 supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in repair and maintenance of railroad cars in freight yard, and workers engaged in inspecting incoming and outbound freight cars for malfunctions. Respnsibilities include:
* Inspects railroad cars and reviews worksheet to determine type and priority of repairs to be performed on cars, such as replacing handholds, couplers, or wheels.
* Marks side of car, using chalk, to inform workers of work to be performed, such as type of repair, servicing, or inspection.
* Requests parts from stockroom needed by workers to repair cars.
* Assigns workers to repair cars in shop, to perform minor repairs in yard, such as bent grab irons, and to inspect incoming and outbound trains for defects, such as worn brake pads and broken doors.
* Examines work in progress and completed work to correct faulty work procedures and to ensure that repairs meet specified standards.
* Patrols work area to observe work methods and ensure compliance with safety regulations.
* Instructs workers in safe use of equipment in shop and yard.
* Prepares forms that detail work performed, such as car number, number of staff hours spent on work, and type of maintenance or repairs performed.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists shear-grinder operator in sharpening cloth-shearing machine blades. Respnsibilities include:
* Removes blades from shearing machines and transports blades to and from grinding area, using handcart.
* Positions blades in jig or chuck of grinding machines.
* Hands shear-grinder operator tools or supplies as directed.
* Spreads oil and emery powder on blades as blades are being lapped together.
* Boils sharpened blades in vats to remove oil and abrasive dust.
* Applies oil preservatives to blades.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who adjusts, maintains, and repairs gasoline-, hydraulic-, and diesel-powered logging equipment and accessories, such as air compressors, cranes, donkey engines, generators, and road graders.
* May overhaul and repair tractors and automotive vehicles.
* May weld or cut metals, using electric or gas welder.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who repairs, tests, and installs mechanical units, such as fuel and water pumps, control valves, governors, distributors, windshield wiper motors, and door engines on streetcars, trackless trolleys, and buses. Respnsibilities include:
* Disconnects and removes unit from vehicle, using handtools.
* Disassembles unit and cleans parts with chemical solution.
* Inspects parts for wear or damage.
* Removes foreign particles from unit, using compressed air blower.
* Repairs, replaces, or adjusts components, such as needles, springs, bolts, relays, and airhoses.
* Tests air-control valve, air pipes, and airhoses for air leaks.
* Tests magnetic, hydraulic, and pneumatic control valves that are used to open and close doors and inspects radiator shutters, and other mechanical units on vehicle.
* Reassembles and installs unit in vehicle.
* May be designated according to type of mechanical unit repaired as door-engine repairer; windshield-wiper repairer.
Industry:Professional careers
