- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
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- Company Profile:
A professional who repairs automotive vehicle chassis assemblies installed on vehicles, such as crawler tractors, half-tracks, scout and reconnaissance cars, and tanks. Respnsibilities include:
* Removes chassis subassemblies, such as transmissions and crawler treads, using mechanic's handtools, jacks, and cranes.
* Disassembles units, such as crawler tread blocks and differential unit brake drums.
* Repairs and replaces worn and damaged parts.
* Fits parts together and reassembles parts to chassis, making necessary adjustments to ensure proper functioning.
* Installs parts or subassemblies for special tests as directed.
* Immerses parts in tanks of solvent or sprays parts with grease solvent to clean parts.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who selects talking books for mailing to blind library patrons. Responsibilities include:
* Compares borrower's written request with list or chart of available titles.
* Selects books or materials, such as large type or braille volumes, tape cassettes, and open reel tape talking books, following borrower's request, or selects substitute titles, following such criteria as age, education, interest, and sex of borrower.
* Obtains books or materials from shelves.
* Types address label to prepare books or materials for mailing.
* May type records, such as material or issue cards.
* May receive and inspect talking books returned to library (braille-and-talking books clerk).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs purchase, sale, and redemption of bonds and securities, and placement of collateral funds in safekeeping accounts of correspondent or reserve banks to maintain institution reserve position mandated by regulatory bodies. Responsibilities include:
* Arranges deposit agreements with correspondent banks or designated reserve bank, and directs placement of funds to fulfill agreements.
* Reviews financial statements to determine reserve needed, and adjusts reserve to obtain specified ratio of reserves to liabilities.
* Directs purchase and sale of government bonds and other securities, redemption of bonds, and disbursement of funds to branch offices, correspondent banks, and reserve banks to ensure that funds are kept at level specified by reserve regulations and deposit agreements.
* Prepares reports on reserve position for management.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who replaces worn fiber, felt, leather, cork, or asbestos linings on shuttle box and shuttle binder: Removes lining by cutting lining with knife and punching out rivets, using hammer and punch.
* Smooths surface to be recovered, using file and sandpaper.
* Punches or drills holes in lining to match those in binder or box front, using hand punch or electric drill.
* Brushes glue on lining and rivets or screws lining to binder or box front, using riveting machine or screwdriver.
* Places binders and box fronts in vise or clamps to dry.
* Removes vise or clamps after glue has dried and trims and smooths lining, using knife and sandpaper.
* May replace linings on other loom parts, such as clutch plates and brake bands.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sharpens buhrstones in grain grinding mills under direction of head, miller wet process. Respnsibilities include:
* Removes bolts holding buhrstones in mill, using wrench, and places stones on workbench, using hoist.
* Brushes face of stone with broom.
* Recuts floors (concentric grooves near center of stone) and cracks in stone, following original indentations, using air-hammer chisel.
* Brushes chips from stone, and replaces it in mill.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plans, organizes, and directs activity program of group work agency or department, or scouting organization. Responsibilities include:
* Coordinates activities of program committees and other groups to plan procedures.
* Studies and analyzes member and community needs for basis of program development.
* Directs selection and training of staff and volunteer workers.
* Assigns work and evaluates performance of staff members and recommends indicated actions.
* Assists staff through individual and group conferences in analysis of specific programs, understanding of program development, and increasing use of individual skills.
* Interprets agency program and services to individuals or groups in community.
* May be designated according to agency or program directed as Activities Director, Scouting; Director, Teen Post; Program Director, Scouting.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that coats wire with flux and marks and cuts wire into specified lengths to produce welding electrodes. Respnsibilities include:
* Starts machine and observes as cores are automatically conveyed through wire feeder, coating nozzle in extrusion head, and past abrasive brushes, cutters, and marking wheels.
* Examines welding rods for cracks, voids, scores, or scuffs.
* Presses buttons to alter pressure of ram in feeding cylinder or speed of wire feeder to correct defects in formation of rods.
* May measure welding rods with fixed gauge and turn screws to adjust coating nozzle to obtain specified diameter and concentricity of rod.
* May adjust abrasive brushes that remove flux from ends and center of coated rod at cutting point.
* May adjust controls to maintain specified temperature when extruding carbon rods.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who conducts and evaluates tests on vehicles to check exhaust emissions. Respnsibilities include:
* Reviews instructions to determine details of test to be performed.
* Drives vehicle over dynamometer.
* Records identifying data.
* Performs dwell, timing and idle speed tests using gauges, evaluates performance and adjusts performance to manufacturer's specifications.
* Adjusts dynamometer settings to vehicle specifications and connects instrument sensors to exhaust system.
* Starts and operates vehicle according to test program, compares performance with specifications and records results.
* Calibrates, cleans and maintains test equipment and recording devices.
* May diagnose and repair vehicle malfunctions.
* May install smog-control device on tested vehicle.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in inspecting, dismantling, welding, carpentering, painting, riveting, and testing parts, units, and damaged wood or steel sections of railway cars.
* May inspect damaged cars and prepare estimate of repair costs.
* Performs duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who coordinates activities of workers aboard ship concerned with shipboard business functions and social activities for passengers. Responsibilities include:
* Prepares shipping articles and signs on crew.
* Maintains payroll records and pays off crews at completion of voyage.
* Submits passenger and crew sailing lists to governmental agencies as required by regulations.
* Assists passengers in preparing declarations for customs, arranging for inspections of horticultural items being brought into country, and inspection of documents by immigration authorities.
* Prepares ship's entrance and clearance papers for foreign ports, and ship's cargo manifests when discharging cargo.
* Supervises stowage, care, and removal of hold baggage.
* Arranges for travel and scenic tours at ports of call.
* Provides banking services and safekeeping of valuables for passengers.
* Supervises preparing, editing, printing, and distribution of ship's daily newspaper.
* Plans and conducts games, tournaments, and parties for passengers' enjoyment.
* May conduct religious services.
* May provide first aid for passengers and crew.
Industry:Professional careers
