- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
A professional who off bears ropes of yarn from discharge end of yarn mercerizing, dyeing, or drying machine, or from machine that divides ball warps into smaller warps. Respnsibilities include:
* Observes ropes of yarn as ropes coil onto cloth or fold into baskets or cartons to detect breaks or tangles in yarn.
* Ties broken yarn ends to prevent tangling.
* Signals machine tender to stop machine if yarn tangles.
* Ties corners of cloth over coiled yarn and replaces filled cloth or basket.
* Assists machine tenders in threading and cleaning machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who steams felt hats to remove shine and nap from hats. Respnsibilities include:
* Rolls brim down and places inverted hat over steam outlet for removal of shine and nap from felt.
* Places finished hats on trolley.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who examines rolls or folded cuts of dyed or printed cloth for variations in color shade, and sorts cloth according to shade, preparatory to shipment.
* Cuts off-shade portions from cloth with scissors.
* Stacks identical cuts of cloth together on handtruck.
* May compare swatches from opposite ends of cloth piece to detect variation of color within piece.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who dumps prepared sizing solution into size box.
* Immerses yarn skeins in solution for specified period to strengthen threads.
* Lifts yarn from box onto extractor.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in pressing, folding, and packing garments. Respnsibilities include:
* Trains workers in setting up and operating machines and equipment.
* Examines articles for finishing defects, such as soils and faulty seaming.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
* May operate pressing machine.
* May press garments, using hand iron.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in pleating fabric material or unfinished skirts. Respnsibilities include:
* Assigns pleat patterns and materials to workers.
* Examines pleated skirts to ensure conformance to standards.
* Records number of skirts processed by each worker for production and billing records.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends takeup machine that presses asbestos cloth, tape, rope, or brake lining to uniform thickness and even finish. Respnsibilities include:
* Places roll of asbestos material on brackets of machine and threads material through feed rollers, calender rolls, and around takeup roll. Turns handwheel or air valve to regulate pressure on calender rolls according to material being pressed.
* Adjusts thermostat to set specified temperature for rollers.
* Starts machine and guides material into feed rollers.
* Measures thickness and width of material, using micrometer and tape measure, and adjusts pressure on rollers so thickness and width of material will conform to specifications.
* Observes recording control chart and adjusts coolant valves to control temperature of rollers.
* Removes rolls of material from takeup roll.
* Records width, yardage, and type of material pressed on work ticket and attaches ticket to roll of material.
* May examine asbestos material for defects and mend defects, using darning needle.
* May change rollers, using hoist and handtools.
* May tend machine that presses wire mesh and asbestos to uniform thickness.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machine to size, coat, and emboss fabrics, such as felt or cloth. Respnsibilities include:
* Places roll of material onto feed holder of machine.
* Threads end through tandem arrangement of calender, sizing, coating, embossing, and drier units.
* Attaches end to rewind spindle.
* Turns handwheels to admit steam that moistens material and to admit steam into calender rolls to heat rolls.
* Fills troughs with specified sizing and coating solutions and turns screws to adjust doctors.
* Turns calibrated dial knobs to adjust airflow and temperature in drying ovens.
* Positions and locks engraved shells on embossing rolls.
* Turns screws or inserts shims to adjust pressure of roller on material.
* Turns knob to synchronize speed of machines and conveyors.
* Positions feed guides, tightens guides with wrench, and starts machine.
* Examines sample run to determine conformity to specifications.
* May place additional rolls of material into feed holders to produce laminated fabrics.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who forms pleats in wool, cotton, synthetic, or other cloth fabrics, using pleat patterns. Respnsibilities include:
* Places opened pleat pattern on table, using iron weights to hold pleats open.
* Lays fabric on pattern and folds creases in pattern to form pleats.
* Rolls pattern with fabric inside into cylinder preparatory to steaming process.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who forms and tapes unpressed pleats around waist of unfinished skirts. Respnsibilities include:
* Lays material on pleat pattern and folds in pleats.
* Presses pattern with steam iron to retain pleats.
* Removes material and tapes waistline with masking tape to keep pleats in place.
Industry:Professional careers
