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U.S. Department of Labor
Industry: Government; Labor
Number of terms: 77176
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Company Profile:
A professional who tends machine that rolls cigar filler and binder leaves into bunches. Respnsibilities include: * Places binder on rubberized fabric apron (breaker) of machine, and pulls lever of hopper to distribute filler on binder, or manually distributes filler. * Presses pedal of machine that rolls tobacco into cigar shape. * Removes bunch from machine and applies glue to edge of binder to secure binder. * Places bunches in molds for compressing or in machine that wraps them in wrapper leaves to form complete cigar. * May be designated according to type of tobacco used in forming bunches as Scrap-Bunch Maker.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that forms scrap and binder leaf tobacco into cigar-like roll and cuts roll into butts (slices) of chewing tobacco. Respnsibilities include: * Starts machine and dumps scrap into hopper of machine. * Feeds binder leaf into machine that wraps leaf around scrap into roll and conveys roll under cutting knives. * Places box or basket at discharge end of machine to catch butts.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that automatically feeds empty coffee cans onto conveyors leading to filling machines. Respnsibilities include: * Presses button to activate machine-lift mechanism that raises stacked cans and transfers them onto mechanical conveyor. * Observes passing cans and removes defective ones. * May place cans on sloping metal runway leading to conveyors to feed cans onto conveyors from freight cars. * May transfer cans from containers onto belt or chain conveyor.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends conveyor-belt system to distribute wet char from filters to drying hoppers and dried char from driers or bins to filters. Respnsibilities include: * Starts conveyor system under filter being emptied, and positions gate on belt over designated hopper to divert char from belt into hopper. * Rakes char from one hopper to another to keep hoppers full. * Starts shaker machine that distributes dried char from hopper or bins onto conveyor for transmission to filters. * Inspects and cleans drier screens and pots. * Sweeps and weighs char dust from dust-cooler room. * May be designated according to condition of char as Wet-Char Conveyor Tender; or location of job as Char Conveyor Tender, Cellar.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine and equipment that deposit tempered chocolate into molds to form bars, blocks, and assorted figures. Respnsibilities include: * Opens valves to draw chocolate from tempering kettle or automatic tempering equipment into water-jacketed depositor of molding machine. * Observes thermometer and turns valves to admit and circulate water in jacket to maintain specified temperature of chocolate in depositor. * Adjusts piston stroke of depositor that forces measured amounts of chocolate into conveyorized molds, using handtools. * Turns handwheel to adjust speed of conveyor. * Starts machine. * Weighs filled molds to ensure that weight of chocolate casts meet specifications. * Observes thermometer and turns thermostat and valve to control temperature in cooling tunnel. * Observes action of machine to ensure that molds do not jam. * May temper chocolate.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who pierces draft holes in ends of cigars. * Holds cigar in guide of machine and presses pedal that forces revolving pin into cigar, or manually pushes pin into cigar to pierce draft holes in ends of cigars.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that wraps and cuts cigarette filter plugs (tips). Respnsibilities include: * Installs rolls of filter material (fiber) and tissue paper on spindles of machine and threads ends between rollers. * Starts machine and observes machine operation, product, and gauges to detect malfunction. * Turns setscrew or handwheel to adjust feed mechanism and cutting knives. * Repairs or replaces worn, damaged, or broken parts, such as pulley belts and cutting knives, using handtools. * Removes and replaces empty paste cylinders. * Supplies catcher, filter tips with empty cardboard trays and removes filled trays onto pallet.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that wraps and cuts cigarette filter plugs (tips). Respnsibilities include: * Installs rolls of filter material (fiber) and tissue paper on spindles of machine and threads ends between rollers. * Starts machine and observes machine operation, product, and gauges to detect malfunction. * Turns setscrew or handwheel to adjust feed mechanism and cutting knives. * Repairs or replaces worn, damaged, or broken parts, such as pulley belts and cutting knives, using handtools. * Removes and replaces empty paste cylinders. * Supplies catcher, filter tips with empty cardboard trays and removes filled trays onto pallet.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends cigarette-making machine that encases tobacco in continuous paper roll and cuts cigarettes from roll. Respnsibilities include: * Places roll of cigarette paper on spindle. * Sets monogram-printing device to print brand name on paper at specified position, using wrenches. * Regulates flow of shredded tobacco to ensure that cigarette contains specified amount of tobacco. * Fills ink and glue reservoirs. * Threads cigarette paper between guide rolls and adjusts friction tension on holding spindles, using wrench. * Starts machine and observes operation. * Reports malfunction to machine adjuster. * Cleans paper scraps and waste materials from machine, using brush. * Places coil of tipping material on spindle and fills hopper with filters when making filter-, cork-, straw-, or ivory-tipped cigarettes. * Replaces full catching trays. * May be designated according to type of cigarette as Filter-Cigarette-Making-Machine Operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends equipment to subject citrus fruits to ethylene gas to destroy chlorophyll and produce fruit of natural appearance. Respnsibilities include: * Ascertains from supervisor time, humidity, and amount of gas to be used for each lot of fruit stored in coloring room. * Observes gauges and dials and manipulates controls to steam-heat room, to pump gas throughout room, and to keep specified humidity.
Industry:Professional careers
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