- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who repairs motorcycle forks, transmissions, or other subassemblies according to specifications, using handtools and power tools. Respnsibilities include:
* Disassembles unit and examines condition, movement or alignment of parts visually or using gauges.
* Replaces defective parts, using handtools, arbor press, flexible power press, or power tools.
* Reassembles and tests unit.
* May be designated according to place of work as assembly line repairer; or part of motorcycle repaired as fork repairer; transmission repairer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who fills metal tubes with hot pitch or other material to prevent warping during bending operations. Respnsibilities include:
* Heats pitch in vat and pours it into tubes, using pitcher or ladle.
* Hangs tubes in heated oven or on rack and heats them with torch to remove pitch.
* Dips empty tubes into vats of washing and rinsing solutions.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who advises and trains customer or other personnel in operation, overhaul, and maintenance of company aircraft, applying knowledge of aircraft systems, company specifications, and Federal Aviation Administration inspection procedures and specifications. Respnsibilities include:
* Conducts investigations to determine source of technical problems.
* Evaluates results of investigations and recommends corrective action to customer and manufacturing plant.
* Trains customer or other personnel in operation, overhaul, and maintenance of aircraft.
* May oversee mechanical and structural repairs.
* May compile technical data pertaining to changes and improvements.
* May be required to work in field at permanent station.
* May be required to be licensed by Federal Aviation Administration in job occurring in air transportation.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machine equipped with opposing circular blades (one mounted above other) to shear metal plates and sheets to specified circular and curved dimensions. Respnsibilities include:
* Turns thumbscrew to adjust distance between cutters to thickness of metal, using feeler gauge, scale, or pattern.
* Positions and clamps workpiece to turntable and sets specified distance between center point of workpiece and cutting blades, using template or sliding scale on machine.
* Starts rotating action of cutters and turntable to cut metal.
* Lifts and aligns workpiece between cutting blades manually or by hoist and guides it along layout lines to cut irregular shapes.
* May lay out lines onto workpiece, using compass, or trace from template.
* May turn handwheel which tilts machine table or install fixture to cut specified bevel on workpiece.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up battery of machines that automatically cut and shape coiled wire to make nails of specified sizes. Respnsibilities include:
* Installs and secures die plates and nail-point cutting knives, and positions feeding mechanism, according to work order specifications, using handtools.
* Mounts coil of wire on rod and threads wire through straightening rollers, feeding mechanism, and into slots of die plates.
* Tightens roller bolts to secure wire, using wrench, and turns flywheel to produce sample nail.
* Measures nail with split gauge or micrometer, and inspects nail for flaws, such as chips and distortions.
* Starts machine and observes operation to ensure product meets specifications.
* May set up and maintain battery of machines that automatically cut coiled wire and simultaneously attach nailheads to cut wire to form tacks of specified size.
* May supervise nail-making-machine tenders.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and repairs machines that automatically cut tinplate sheets into specified size. Respnsibilities include:
* Installs and aligns disk cutters on machine spindle, following blueprints or work orders and using handtools.
* Tests and adjusts feed mechanism and synchronizes feeder with machine cutting speed, using gauge and handtools.
* Diagnoses cause of machine malfunction and dismantles machine to gain access to and remove defective parts, using handtools and power tools.
* Examines parts for defects, such as excessive wear, cracks, and broken gears.
* Repairs or replaces defective parts, adjusts, and aligns parts to specified tolerances, using gauges, handtools, and power tools.
* Starts machine to test performance and examines first run products to ensure they conform to specifications.
* Removes jammed metal, using tongs and probes.
* Lubricates and cleans machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists car repairer in repairing and rebuilding freight cars, tank cars, or locomotives, performing any combination of following tasks. Respnsibilities include:
* Threads nuts and bolts and drills metal stock, using hand taps, dies, and drill press.
* Shears metal sheet and bar stock to specified dimensions.
* Straightens metal parts, using hammer and sledge.
* Bolts steel top frames to side frames of car, using power wrench.
* Rolls axle and wheel assemblies into hydraulic wheel-dismounting machine.
* Pulls levers to position ram against end of axle and force wheel from wheel seat.
* Rolls wheel to storage area.
* Caulks seams of car and fills car with water to detect leaks.
* Polishes brass trim on car.
* Repairs or replaces steam and airhoses.
* Lubricates car.
* May be known according to specific task performed as Car Tester; Car-Top Bolter.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends vacuum pan to wash and dry crystallized tetryl powder for further processing into explosives. Respnsibilities include:
* Opens release valve to transfer tetryl from crystallizer to vacuum pan.
* Fills pan with warm water and turns suction valve to draw off liquid and dissolved impurities, leaving powder to settle in felt bag.
* Shovels and scrapes powder into tub on handtruck.
* May scrape powder into trays and place trays in drying chambers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in one phase of producing cartridges and shells.
* Performs duties as described under supervisor master title.
* May be designated according to process supervised as bullet assembly machine-adjuster leader; cannelure and finish machine-adjuster leader; case trim machine-adjuster leader; primer assembly machine-adjuster leader.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up torsion spring coiling machines, according to blueprints and setup charts, to fabricate torsion springs from round wire. Respnsibilities include:
* Reviews blueprint to determine setup procedures to follow, machine attachments required, and material specifications for new part, or obtains details from setup chart for repeat orders.
* Requests delivery of specified stock from stockroom to work area.
* Selects machine attachments, such as arbors, cams, and feed mechanism, according to blueprint or setup chart, and installs them on machine.
* Verifies wire diameter, using micrometer caliper, and mounts wire on reel stand and threads end through feed mechanism.
* Sets arbor cam to control pitch of spring.
* Makes trial run and measures sample for conformance to specifications, using micrometers and gauges.
* Adjusts machine to attain specified tolerances and releases machine to spring coiler with oral instructions concerning its operation.
* Grinds machine parts, such as cams and arbor, to maintain dimensions.
* Recommends blueprint changes to resolve production problems.
Industry:Professional careers
