- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
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A professional who assists tractor mechanic in repairing tractors and tractor components, using handtools. Respnsibilities include:
* Installs jacks and hoists to raise equipment and lift dismantled assemblies.
* Disassembles and assembles tractor parts, using handtools.
* Cleans tools and parts with naphtha, gasoline, or other cleaning compounds.
* May wash and lubricate equipment.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates variety of machines to fabricate small lots or samples of coiled compression, extension, and torsion springs, and other wire forms from steel wire or strip, following blueprints, drawings, and setup charts. Respnsibilities include:
* Selects machine tools, such as arbor, grooved tool, and pitch tool, and installs them on lathe winder.
* Operates lathe winders to form coiled flat and wire springs.
* Crimps and trues coiled springs and bends wire and flat forms to specified shape, using handtools, vise, and forming plates.
* Operates forming presses to form spring washers and flat metal products from flat stock.
* Measures products for conformance to specifications, using calipers, micrometers, and other gauges.
* Places pan of springs in gas-fired oven or places individual springs in molten lead bath for heat treating and removes springs after specified period of time to air or water cool.
* Recommends changes in blueprints, in machine setup, type of metal, and methods and procedures operations for making products.
* Makes spring-machine attachments and tools not in stock.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who maintains audit-control files, assigns insurance cases to field auditors, and compiles reports of audits accomplished. Responsibilities include:
* Assigns insurance cases to field auditors for investigation or settlement according to designated territory and type of audit, following established procedures.
* Maintains card control files to indicate location and status of audits.
* Reviews audit reports and compares reports with data in files to compile production reports, using calculator and typewriter.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who forms wire screens used for partitions, draining racks, and window guards, using bench loom. Respnsibilities include:
* Reviews specifications to determine quantity, type and size wire required, and obtains wire from storage area.
* Measures and cuts wire to specified lengths, using ruler and wire cutters.
* Inserts ends of warp wires in heddles and positions and secures opposite ends on bench with heavy iron bar.
* Depresses pedal to raise and lower alternate warp wires.
* Slides shoot wire between warp wires and pulls it into position manually.
* Measures position of shoot wire with ruler to ensure specified and even spacing.
* Depresses pedal to reverse warp wires, secure inserted shoot wire, and prepare for next shoot wire.
* Removes finished screen from bench loom and stacks it for pickup.
* May measure diameter of wire, using micrometer, to verify size of wire.
* May operate machine that cuts and crimps wires used in weaving wire screens.
* May trim edges of finished flat wire screens, using power shears.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who installs and repairs automotive air-conditioning units. Respnsibilities include:
* Bolts compressor to engine block and installs driving pulley on front end of crankshaft.
* Places fan belt on pulleys, adjusts tension, and tightens bolts.
* Bolts evaporator unit under dashboard or in trunk.
* Welds or bolts mounting brackets to automobile frame.
* Drills holes through interior panels, threads hoses through holes and connects hoses to compressor, evaporator, and cool-air outlet.
* Fills compressor with refrigerant and starts unit.
* Measures compressor pressure to determine efficiency of compressor, using gauge.
* Listens to operating unit for indications of malfunction.
* Removes faulty units from vehicles, disassembles them, and replaces worn and broken parts and fluid in unit.
* Makes electrical connections as required.
* May specialize in installation of automotive air-conditioning units and be designated Automotive Air-Conditioner Installer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists overhauler in repairing and rebuilding textile machinery and equipment. Respnsibilities include:
* Carries or trucks tools, equipment,and parts to work area.
* Removes, disassembles, assembles, and aligns motors and mechanisms.
* Cleans parts, machines, and work area, using cloth, solvents, and airhose.
* Lubricates machines, using grease gun and oilcan.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
Un surnom pour les membres des associations de travailleurs dans les années 1820 et 1930.
Industry:Labor
Les employeurs obligeaient les travailleurs et travailleuses à signer des contrats de jaune par lesquels ils s'engageaient à ne pas adhérer à un syndicat. La pratique a été interdite en 1932 par le passage de la Loi sur les LaCuardia de Norris.
Industry:Labor
Un surnom pour les membres de l'Industrial Workers of the World. L'origine du mot est inconnue.
Industry:Labor
Des travailleurs qui ont des emplois de bureau plutôt que des emplois d'usine, de ferme ou dans la construction.
Industry:Labor
