- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who repairs and adjusts fiberglass sliver forming machines, applying knowledge of machine operation. Respnsibilities include:
* Examines machine parts to determine type of defect.
* Turns setscrews and nuts to align machine parts.
* Removes, replaces, and repairs worn or damaged parts, such as spiral traverses, fin coolers, graphite shoes, and binder applicators (sleeves), using handtools.
* Mounts graphite shoes on shaft and inserts shaft into chuck of turning lathe.
* Starts lathe and holds crocus cloth against shoes to remove nicks, dirt, and burs.
* Holds and turns spiral traverse against buffing wheel to smooth and clean traverse.
* Cleans glass and binder solution from binder applicators, using crocus cloth.
* Records and maintains production information, such as inventory of parts, and parts cleaned, changed, and adjusted.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tunes automotive vehicle engines to ensure efficient operation. Respnsibilities include:
* Removes spark plugs, using socket wrench, and tests them, using spark-plug tester.
* Cleans electrodes in sandblasting machine, sets spark gap with feeler gauge, and replaces or installs new plugs.
* Inspects distributor breaker points for wear and pits, using feeler gauge, and replaces or resets points.
* Observes ignition timing, using timing light, and adjusts timing, using handtools.
* Adjusts carburetor needle setting, using handtools, and verifies adjustment, using instruments, such as fuel analyzer, vacuum gauge, oscilloscope, and tachometer.
* Sets valve tappets, using feeler gauge or dial indicator.
* Replaces defective coils, condensers, and electrical connection.
* Removes and cleans carburetor and fuel pump.
* Examines battery and connections and electrical charging and starting circuit.
* Adjusts, and repairs fan belt, and fuel and water pumps.
* May tune engine while vehicle runs on rollers connected to dynamometer and be designated Dynamometer Tuner.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that cuts metal plates, sheets, or structural shapes into specified radial or irregular shapes by action of reciprocating cutting knives or punches. Respnsibilities include:
* Positions and clamps specified cutter or punch into ram and bed of machine.
* Turns thumbscrews to adjust depth of stroke to thickness of metal.
* Turns handwheel to set specified distance between cutter or punch and center point of turntable or fixtures, using built-in scale or rule.
* Clamps guide and drive rollers over workpiece.
* Depresses pedal which activates ram and feed rollers to cut or punch along radius.
* Guides workpiece manually along cutting lines or template to cut irregular shapes.
* May lay out guidelines onto workpiece by tracing from template.
* Mat drill center hole into workpiece, using portable drill.
* May bevel edges of steel plates, using portable pneumatic nibbler.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists naphthalene operator in separating naphthalene from chemical drain oil used to wash coke-oven gas or tar distillants. Respnsibilities include:
* Shovels crystallized naphthalene from cooling pans into wheelbarrow.
* Breaks up large pieces of naphthalene, and transports material to centrifugal drier.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates activities concerned with providing advice and technical assistance to housing authorities and evaluating housing management programs. Responsibilities include:
* Develops policy and standards for guidance of local housing organizations in establishing and maintaining uniformity in operation of housing projects.
* Studies operation of housing projects, notes trends and needs, and evaluates efficiency of housing programs.
* Prepares regulations, procedures, and instructions for operation of housing projects based on analysis of operations.
* Approves or disapproves requests for waivers to policies, standards, and procedures.
* Consults with and advises housing personnel of public and private groups concerning needed improvements in housing operations.
* Advises and assists managers, housing project and staffs of local housing authorities concerning problems, such as eliminating excess costs, improving livability features and maintenance care of dwelling units, making more effective use of project facilities and community services, and promoting satisfactory relationships among tenants, housing project personnel, public officials, and private agencies.
* Leads public meetings and serves on committees to stimulate efforts of national, local, and private housing agencies and to emphasize housing needs of military personnel and low-income families.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates power shear to cut metal objects, such as plates, sheets, slabs, billets, or bars to specified dimensions and angle. Respnsibilities include:
* Turns handwheels to adjust rake (angle) and pressure of blade.
* Positions and clamps stops and side guides to set length and angle of cut, using rule, built-in gauges, or template.
* Lifts workpiece manually or by hoist or crane to machine bed or roller table and positions it against side guide and end stops.
* Starts machine which clamps workpiece and lowers blade to cut metal.
* Lays out cutting lines on metal, using rule, square, or template when shearing single pieces.
* May tilt bed, blade, or install fixtures to shear, bevel, or trim fabricated items.
* May set up and operate shear on production line in which shear is fed by conveyor, such as automobile frame line or rolling mill.
* May operate portable shear to cut sheet metal.
* May inspect work, using tape, compass, gauge, template, or micrometer to verify dimensions.
* May be designated by type of shear as gate-shear operator ii; or by application of shear as square-shear operator i; staple-shear operator.
* May operate shear that automatically shears to uniform length metal sheets, plates, or structural shapes fed into machine by continuous coil or conveyor and be designated shear operator, automatic i.
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 manages bowling alley. Responsibilities include:
* Directs activities of workers engaged in providing services to patrons and in maintaining facilities and equipment.
* Assigns alleys for use, issues score sheets, and pushes controls to actuate automatic game-scoring equipment.
* Records number of games played and collects payment.
* Inspects alleys to ensure equipment is operative and observes patrons to detect disruptive behavior and misuse of alleys and equipment.
* Rents bowling shoes to patrons.
* Organizes bowling leagues and informs members of league requirements.
* Prepares and distributes announcements of league activities, collects member fees, and distributes tournament prizes.
* May sell bowling equipment.
* May hire and train workers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of following calculating, posting, and verifying duties to obtain financial data for use in maintaining accounting records. Responsibilities include:
* Compiles and sorts documents, such as invoices and checks, substantiating business transactions.
* Verifies and posts details of business transactions, such as funds received and disbursed, and totals accounts, using calculator or computer.
* Computes and records charges, refunds, cost of lost or damaged goods, freight charges, rentals, and similar items.
* May type vouchers, invoices, checks, account statements, reports, and other records, using typewriter or computer.
* May reconcile bank statements.
* May be designated according to type of accounting performed, such as Accounts-Payable Clerk; Accounts-Receivable Clerk; Bill-Recapitulation Clerk; Rent and Miscellaneous Remittance Clerk; Tax-Record Clerk.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists wire weaver, cloth in weaving wire cloth or screening. Respnsibilities include:
* Transports beams, magazines, wire stock, and machine parts to looms.
* Attaches wire from spools to warp beam, threads warp wire through heddles and reeds of machine, and ties sections of warp wire together.
* Removes beams of finished screen or cloth from looms and transports them to stockroom or finishing department, using hoist, truck, conveyor, or dolly.
* Removes spools and bobbins from automatic spooling machines and racks them onto magazines.
* May thread warp wires individually through heddles, between teeth of reed, and fasten ends to roller.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
