- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
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- Company Profile:
A professional who tends machine that flexes (stakes) and stretches leather to make leather pliable. Respnsibilities include:
* Positions leather between rotating belt and jaws of reciprocating arm.
* Starts machine to reciprocate arm that flexes and stretches leather.
* Shifts position of leather on belt to flex entire area.
* Turns wheel to regulate stroke of arm.
* May tend machine that stretches hide on frames and be designated Stretching-Machine Tender, Frame.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that stretches and softens fur pelts that are too hard or rumpled to pass through fur-shaving machine. Respnsibilities include:
* Depresses pedal to separate power-driven rollers of machine and inserts skin between rollers.
* Releases pedal and holds skin as corrugated rollers stretch skin, softening it for further processing into hatter's fur.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machines that stretch nets and tighten knots by either of following methods. Respnsibilities include:
* (1) Places end of net over straightening roller and threads net through tension rollers of machine.
* Turns crank to adjust tension of net.
* Observes net on trial run to determine tightness of knots.
* Unfolds and straightens net as net is drawn into machine.
* (2) Threads holding rods through meshes at each end of net.
* Places rod in channel of stationary block.
* Stretches net by hand and places second rod in channel of winch block.
* Starts electric winch to stretch net to specified tension.
* May tie and pack nets in cartons for shipment.
* May attach cork or lead lines on fishing nets.
* May be designated according to type of machine used as depth-stretching-machine operator; vertical-stretching-machine operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that kneads tips of felt hat cones to form and shape crowns of hats. Respnsibilities include:
* Soaks cones in trough of heated water.
* Selects hat form according to size specifications, positions form on machine bed, and moves lever to secure form.
* Pulls soaked cone onto form and depresses pedal to raise form and cone against moving machine fingers that knead tip of cone, stretching cone onto form and shaping crown.
* Grasps bottom of cone and rotates cone to ensure symmetrical shaping of crown.
* Removes resulting hat body and pulls it onto hat block to smooth crown and set shape.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends tenter frame that stretches cloth in width, removes wrinkles, and dries cloth after processes, such as dyeing or finishing. Respnsibilities include:
* Trucks folded cloth to feed-end of machine or mounts roll of cloth at scray, using hoist.
* Sews cloth end to leader in machine, using sewing machine.
* Turns wheel to adjust clips or pins to stretch cloth to specified width.
* Moves lever to control speed of cloth through drying cabinet, to swing-folding attachment. Measures width of cloth emerging from machine, using yardstick.
* Records yardage clock readings.
* May replace full trucks with empty ones and ravel seams to separate truck loads of cloth.
* May tend tenter frame equipped with weft-straightening attachment.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who stretches oriental rugs to restore shape of rug and remove wrinkles or misshapen areas of rug. Respnsibilities include:
* Places rug face down on floor or table.
* Pulls edges, by hand or using stretching device, and places weights on rug or tacks edges of rug to floor or table.
* Applies warm sizing solution to back of rug, using brushes, spray gun, or sprinkler.
* Removes weights or tacks when sizing has dried.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who stretches oriental rugs to restore shape of rug and remove wrinkles or misshapen areas of rug. Respnsibilities include:
* Places rug face down on floor or table.
* Pulls edges, by hand or using stretching device, and places weights on rug or tacks edges of rug to floor or table.
* Applies warm sizing solution to back of rug, using brushes, spray gun, or sprinkler.
* Removes weights or tacks when sizing has dried.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who smooths, stretches, and dries cowhides, using slicker (squeegee-type device) and steam-heated tables, to extend and thin hides for further processing. Respnsibilities include:
* Carries wet hide from rack to steam-heated table and manually extends and smooths hide on table.
* Rubs hide with slicker to stretch and smooth hide and to remove excess water.
* Stretches hides on additional tables and observes steam rising from hides to determine when hides are dry.
* Loads dry hides onto rack to store hides for further processing.
* Counts and records number of hides stretched and dried to maintain production record.
* Cleans steam-heated tables, using water hose and broom.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who smooths, stretches, and dries cowhides, using slicker (squeegee-type device) and steam-heated tables, to extend and thin hides for further processing. Respnsibilities include:
* Carries wet hide from rack to steam-heated table and manually extends and smooths hide on table.
* Rubs hide with slicker to stretch and smooth hide and to remove excess water.
* Stretches hides on additional tables and observes steam rising from hides to determine when hides are dry.
* Loads dry hides onto rack to store hides for further processing.
* Counts and records number of hides stretched and dried to maintain production record.
* Cleans steam-heated tables, using water hose and broom.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends range that reduces and chars vegetable matter in woolen fabrics to facilitate removal of matter. Respnsibilities include:
* Pushes trucks of cloth into feeding position and sews cloth end to lead cloth, using portable sewing machine.
* Turns handwheels to adjust width guides and tension devices according to width of cloth.
* Turns valves to admit water and acid into wet-out and carbonizing troughs.
* Sets thermostat to control temperature in charring unit.
* Starts range and turns handwheel to regulate movement of cloth through range, according to weight of fabric.
* Tests strength of acid solution by titration or with hydrometer.
* Admits water or acid into carbonizing trough to maintain uniform strength of carbonizing agent.
* Records titration results or hydrometer readings, style number, and yardage of cloth processed.
* Cleans lint from filters of charring unit, using vacuum hose.
Industry:Professional careers
