- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who conducts research and analysis concerning chemistry of foods to develop and improve foods and beverages. Responsibilities include:
* Experiments with natural and synthetic materials or byproducts to develop new foods, additives, preservatives, anti-adulteration agents, and related products.
* Studies effects of various methods of processing, preservation, and packaging on composition and properties of foods, such as color, texture, aroma, taste, shelf life, and nutritive content.
* Tests food and beverage samples, such as starch, sugar, cereals, beer, canned and dehydrated food products, meats, vegetables, dairy foods, and other products to ensure compliance with food laws, and standards of quality and purity.
* May perform, or supervise workers performing, quality control tests in food processing, canning, freezing, brewing or distilling.
* May specialize in particular food or process.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who classifies, for bookkeeping purposes, each item on reports, work orders, material requisitions, and invoices, noting after each item ledger account to which it is to be charged, or classifies items for statistical purposes according to predetermined system. May specialize in item classified and be designated Account-Classification Clerk; Invoice-Classification Clerk.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who picks bead wires from ground rubber tires as they pass on conveyor from grinding machine and drops them in container or on conveyor for removal to scrap area.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who conducts studies, prepares reports, and advises public and private sector administrators on feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and regulatory conformance of proposals for special projects or ongoing programs in such fields as transportation, conservation, or health care. Responsibilities include:
* Consults with administrators or planning councils to discuss overall intent of programs or projects, and determines broad guidelines for studies, utilizing knowledge of subject area, research techniques, and regulatory limitations.
* Reviews and evaluates materials provided with proposals, such as environmental impact statements, construction specifications, or budget or staffing estimates, to determine additional data requirements.
* Conducts field investigations, economic or public opinion surveys, demographic studies, or other research to gather required information.
* Organizes data from all sources, using statistical methods to ensure validity of materials.
* Evaluates information to determine feasibility of proposals or to identify factors requiring amendment.
* Develops alternate plans for program or project, incorporating recommendations, for review of officials.
* Maintains collection of socioeconomic, environmental, and regulatory data related to agency functions, for use by planning and administrative personnel in government and private sectors.
* Reviews plans and proposals submitted by other governmental planning commissions or private organizations to assist in formulation of overall plans for region.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates activities of establishment engaged in renting or leasing machinery, tools and equipment to companies involved in business operations such as manufacturing, petroleum production, construction or materials handling, or to individuals for personal use. Responsibilities include:
* Confers with customer to ascertain article required, duration of rental time, and responsibility for maintenance and repair, in order to determine rental or leasing charges based on such factors as type and cost of article, type of usage, duration of rental or lease, and overhead costs.
* Prepares rental or lease agreement, specifying charges and payment procedures, for use of machinery, tools, or equipment.
* Directs activities of workers engaged in bookkeeping, record and inventory keeping, and in checking, handling, servicing or maintaining in-house, leased, or rented machines, tools and equipment.
* Managers of leasing or renting establishments may be designated according to type or use of machinery, tools or equipment.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who designs equipment and develops processes for manufacturing chemicals and related products utilizing principles and technology of chemistry, physics, mathematics, engineering and related physical and natural sciences. Responsibilities include:
* Conducts research to develop new and improved chemical manufacturing processes.
* Designs, plans layout, and oversees workers engaged in constructing, controlling, and improving equipment to carry out chemical processes on commercial scale.
* Analyzes operating procedures and equipment and machinery functions to reduce processing time and cost.
* Designs equipment to control movement, storage, and packaging of solids, liquids, and gases.
* Designs and plans measurement and control systems for chemical plants based on data collected in laboratory experiments and pilot plant operations.
* Determines most effective arrangement of unit operations such as mixing, grinding, crushing, heat transfer, size reduction, hydrogenation, distillation, purification, oxidation, polymerization, evaporation, and fermentation, exercising judgment to compromise between process requirements, economic evaluation, operator effectiveness, and physical and health hazards.
* Directs activities of workers who operate and control such equipment as condensers, absorption and evaporation towers, kilns, pumps, stills, valves, tanks, boilers, compressors, grinders, pipelines, electro-magnets, and centrifuges to effect required chemical or physical change.
* Performs tests and takes measurements throughout stages of production to determine degree of control over variables such as temperature, density, specific gravity, and pressure.
* May apply principles of chemical engineering to solve environmental problems.
* May apply principles of chemical engineering to solve bio-medical problems.
* May develop electro-chemical processes to generate electric currents, using controlled chemical reactions or to produce chemical changes, using electric currents.
* May specialize in heat transfer and energy conversion, petrochemicals and fuels, materials handling, pharmaceuticals, foods, forest products, or products such as plastics, detergents, rubber, or synthetic textiles.
* May be designated according to area of specialization.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends open tank that impregnates (steeps) sheets of woodpulp with caustic soda for use in rayon production. Respnsibilities include:
* Positions rectangular sheets of pulp between perforated separator plates, using tongs.
* Turns valves to admit caustic solution and steam into tank.
* Drains tank after specified steeping time.
* Presses button to activate hydraulic ram that presses excess caustic from steeped sheets and discharges sheets into shredder.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends filter presses, evaporators, dissolvers, and precipitators that recover and recondition catalysts used in manufacturing styrene and edible oils. Respnsibilities include:
* Starts pump and opens feed and discharge valves to transfer used catalyst from processing equipment into tank for reconditioning.
* Observes meters and gauges, and turns valves to maintain prescribed rate of flow, temperature, and pressure of compressed hydrogen, steam, and acid in filter or reconditioning tank.
* Weighs and adds specified amounts of neutralizer and filter aid.
* Pumps batch to filter press to change catalyst into cake form for recovery.
* Turns valves to regulate feed and temperature of filtrate in evaporating tank for recovery of remaining catalyst.
* Removes catalyst residue from tank and filter plates, using shovel and scraper.
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A professional who directs investigative, examining, and surety bonding activities of State Insurance Commission to ensure that companies and agents comply with provisions of insurance regulations and laws. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews insurance policies for conformance with prescribed underwriting standards or directs this work by others.
* Coordinates staff investigative activities concerning complaints of fraud, misrepresentation, excessive rates, financial irresponsibility, and other improprieties.
* Reviews financial statements of companies and agents to determine adherence to licensing requirements and state laws.
* Conducts examination of agents or other insurance personnel to determine qualifications for licensing.
* Receives and validates surety bonds from company representatives.
* Recommends or initiates punitive action, such as prosecution or license revocation, in cases of company or agent impropriety.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who monitors personnel, plant facilities, and work environment to detect radio-active contamination, using radiation detectors and other instruments. Responsibilities include:
* Measures intensity and identifies type of radiation in working areas, using devices, such as beta-gamma survey meter, gamma-background monitor, and alphabeta-gamma counter.
* Collects air samples to determine airborne concentration of radioactivity, and collects and analyzes monitoring equipment worn by personnel, such as film badges and pocket detection chambers, to measure individual exposure to radiation.
* Takes smear test of suspected contaminated area by wiping floor with filter paper and placing paper in scaler to obtain contamination count.
* Informs supervisors when individual exposures and area radiation levels approach maximum permissible limits.
* Recommends work stoppage in unsafe areas, posts warning signs, and ropes off contaminated areas.
* Calculates amount of time personnel may be exposed safely to radiation in area, taking into account contamination count and health physicist'S determinations concerning exposure limits of personnel.
* Instructs personnel in radiation safety procedures and demonstrates use of protective clothing and equipment.
* Monitors time and intensity of exposure of personnel working in radiation-waste disposal areas.
* Inspects shipments for contamination, using counter, and tags shipments in which radiation count exceeds specifications.
* May make periodic urinalyses of personnel and notify supervisors when overexposure to radiation is indicated.
* Logs data, such as status of areas being decontaminated, rate of radiation exposure to personnel, and location and intensity of radioactivity in contaminated areas.
* Tests detection instruments against standards to ensure their accuracy.
* May recommend decontamination procedures.
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