- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
A professional who tends vacuum screen that screens magnesium liquor and briquette press equipment that presses screened residue (filter cake) to form briquettes of periclase (refractory material). Respnsibilities include:
* Flips control panel switches to start multilevel arrangement of vacuum screen feeder wheel, vacuum screen hearth kiln, and briquette press.
* Observes vacuum screen feeder wheel to verify that cups positioned on feeder wheel are full of magnesium liquor for emptying onto vacuum screen.
* Turns dials on control panel to adjust speed of vacuum screen feeder wheel and vacuum screen to control thickness of filter cake, following prescribed procedure.
* Reads counter on feeder wheel to determine revolutions per hour and records totals in logbook.
* Moves control knobs to adjust amount of filter cake fed from hearth furnace onto conveyor and into briquette press.
* Turns knobs to regulate speed and pressure of briquette rollers that form briquettes.
* Observes indicator lights and gauges on control panels to detect equipment malfunction and notifies supervisor.
* Records equipment downtime in logbook.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends equipment that automatically detects and marks defects in glass ribbon (continuous sheet of flat glass) on conveyor line in glass manufacturing establishment. Respnsibilities include:
* Observes indicator lights on equipment to ensure activation of all inspection zones.
* Activates marker at each inspection zone and observes operation of markers to test marker operation.
* Draws line across glass ribbon, using chalk, to simulate glass defects, and observes equipment operation to verify inspection process.
* Replenishes chalk in marker mechanism and sheets of paper beneath glass ribbon.
* Observes lighted panel to determine frequency of marking, according to company standards, and notifies designated personnel if overmarking or undermarking occurs.
* Inspects glass from catwalk to ensure defects are marked by machine.
* Cleans and removes dirt, dust, and broken glass from machine and work area, using broom, shovel, vacuum cleaner, and dust cloths.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who off bears fiberglass insulation material from discharge end of range and packs material for shipment. Respnsibilities include:
* Guides end of mat around tube mounted on mandrel of automatic roller.
* Observes mat as it winds on tube and presses button to lower blade, cutting obvious flaws from mat.
* Doffs rolls of mats from machine rack, using hoist, and reads scale indicator to determine weight of roll.
* Packs roll of material in cardboard box, seals box, using gummed tape, and pastes label on container.
* Records roll number, packer number, roll weight, and number of pieces in roll on label and production record.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs following tasks in rotation with other workers to laminate continuous sheet of built-up mica splittings to fiberglass cloth. Respnsibilities include:
* Places roll of built-up mica, backed with fiberglass cloth, on shaft at feed end of conveyor and feeds roll onto conveyor.
* Visually inspects built-up mica sheet for thin spots or holes and places mica splittings over defective area to ensure complete coverage.
* Feeds fiberglass cloth through guides and positions cloth on top of built-up mica sheet as sheet emerges from dip tank containing bonding solution.
* Spreads bonding solution over top layer of fiberglass cloth, using paint roller.
* Tapes end of laminated sheet to take-up spool after sheet emerges from curing oven.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who feeds mirror glass onto conveyor of glass silvering machine or automatic washing and drying machine.
* Removes silvered or cleaned mirror from conveyor.
* May examine mirror glass for defects.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who feeds mirror glass onto conveyor of glass silvering machine or automatic washing and drying machine.
* Removes silvered or cleaned mirror from conveyor.
* May examine mirror glass for defects.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of following tasks involved in fabricating sewer or conduit clay pipe. Respnsibilities include:
* Bends green pipe emerging from press to specified angle.
* Trims pipe socket edges, using hand or automatic trimmer.
* Lifts and places pipe on pallet board, wagon, or rack, using overhead hoist or pipe turner.
* Coats pipe socket with grease, oil, or water to prevent premature drying, using sponge or leather smoother.
* Sprays inside of pipe with glaze, using spray gun.
* Places kiln furniture and fittings on pipe to prepare pipe for firing.
* Moves kiln cars along tracks, using car pulley.
* Cleans machines, presses, and working area, using broom, shovel, and wheelbarrow.
* Changes press dies, using sledges, bars, and handtools.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who unloads pressed clay products from forming press in establishment manufacturing refractory products. Respnsibilities include:
* Lifts and carries clay products from press to holding rack.
* Measures product to verify thickness conforms to standards, using calipers.
* Marks date on products, using pencil, and places products on holding rack.
* Pushes filled holding rack to drying area and empty rack to press area.
* Cleans press die of clay residue and dust, using handtools and airhose.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists brake-lining finisher, asbestos to finish asbestos brake lining stock. Respnsibilities include:
* Loads asbestos lining stock into vacuum tanks, using hoist.
* Cuts brake lining stock into strips, using handsaw, and trims edges of stock, using side-trimming machine.
* Grinds brake strips to specified thickness, using surface grinder.
* Shellacs edges of finished brake strip, using brush or spray gun.
* May dump specified quantities of materials into mixing machine to prepare brake lining impregnating solution.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
* May be designated according to duties performed as brake lining cutter; brake lining grinder.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who examines decorated glassware as it emerges from decorating or label-applying machines for decorating defects, such as off-coloring, smears, paint chips, illegible design, and misaligned labels, and for forming defects, such as misshaped glassware. Respnsibilities include:
* Removes defective ware from conveyor and places ware with decorating defects in cartons or on conveyor for transport to decorating removal station, and discards ware with forming defects in cullet (waste glass) bin.
* Records number and type of defects and submits report to supervisor.
* May pack acceptable ware in cartons.
* May measure dimensions of ware, using fixed gauges and templates.
* May transfer decorated ware to drying oven.
Industry:Professional careers
