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U.S. Department of Labor
Industry: Government; Labor
Number of terms: 77176
Number of blossaries: 0
Company Profile:
A professional who selects perfect wrappers from books (halved leaves, bundled after stripping) and sorts wrappers according to size and color. Respnsibilities include: * Unties book and separates half leaves. * Inspects wrapper leaves for holes or tears and discards imperfect leaves. * Piles wrappers in stacks according to size and color. * Wipes water-moistened sponge over top leaves of stack to prevent drying. * Packs wrappers of like size and color into bundles and places bundles into containers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who mounts tobacco leaf and replenishes glue supply in plug-overwrap machine and assists plug-overwrap-machine tender to tend machine that wraps lumps of chewing tobacco in homogenized leaf: Mounts roll of homogenized tobacco leaf on overwrap machine and guides end of roll between machine rollers and under cutter. * Pours glue into machine glue container to replenish supply reservoir. * Pushes wire through hole of glue container to assure free flow of glue. * Observes wrapping operation and removes defectively wrapped lumps from machine discharge conveyor. * Wets down belts of machine, using rag, to prevent lumps from sticking to belt. * Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who examines, weighs, and measures sheets and strips of unwrapped, finished chewing gum to ensure conformity to specifications and standards. Respnsibilities include: * Examines trays of rolled and scored gum to verify that finished gum is free of caked sugar, indentations, and foreign matter. * Inspects gum surface for uniformity of sugar coating and for prescribed scoring and trimming. * Weighs and measures thickness and length of gum strips, using scale, micrometer, and length gauge. * Notifies supervisory personnel of deviations from prescribed standards.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of following tasks concerned with fresh packing, canning, freezing, or smoking shellfish. Respnsibilities include: * Transports shellfish, shellfish meats, cans, or cases to work area manually, or using wheeled hopper, handtruck, or power hoist. * Loads conveyors, hoppers, or handtrucks with product, cans, or cases. * Spreads shellfish on conveyor, drenches them with water, and removes foreign matter. * Weighs shellfish or shellfish meat, using scales. * Records weight of product on standard form. * Sorts shellfish according to size, and trims off unusable portions, using knife or scissors. * Packs shellfish meat in jars, cans, or boxes, and packs containers in crushed ice to fresh pack. * Cleans conveyors, machines, and work areas, using high pressure hose spray. * May feed cans and lids into lidding machine. * May be designated according to work performed as Shellfish Checker; Shellfish Packer; Shellfish Sorter; Shellfish Weigher.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in blending and mixing materials used to make coating for paper and related products. Respnsibilities include: * Reads production order to determine type and quantity of coating needed. * Plans mixing sequence and orders raw materials from stockroom. * Assigns job duties to workers and supervises weighing and mixing of materials. * Tests each batch of coating for specific gravity, consistency, and color. * Directs routing of coating mix to paper machines or storage tanks. * Keeps daily production records. * Instructs new workers in use of machinery and safety procedures. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in beating and refining pulp to prepare furnish for processing into paper. Respnsibilities include: * Calculates volume or weight of ingredients, such as pulp, fillers, size, alum, and dyes, using formulas and laboratory analyses of ingredient concentrations. * Orders charging of beater vats with ingredients, beater roll adjustment, and time of beating. * Examines pulp samples and reviews laboratory reports to determine when beating process is completed. * Compares sample of paper produced with specifications or standard sample and orders changes in beating procedure to produce paper to specified standards. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in beating and refining pulp to prepare furnish for processing into paper. Respnsibilities include: * Calculates volume or weight of ingredients, such as pulp, fillers, size, alum, and dyes, using formulas and laboratory analyses of ingredient concentrations. * Orders charging of beater vats with ingredients, beater roll adjustment, and time of beating. * Examines pulp samples and reviews laboratory reports to determine when beating process is completed. * Compares sample of paper produced with specifications or standard sample and orders changes in beating procedure to produce paper to specified standards. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in debarking, sawing, cleaning, and chipping logs to make wood chips for use as pulp. Respnsibilities include: * Schedules production of chips according to quantity and species of wood required by digesters. * Plans routing of wood through mill according to species of wood. * Inspects chips and adjusts cutter knives to ensure chips are cut to specified standards. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in grinding logs and wood blocks into pulp. Respnsibilities include: * Directs workers in feeding and adjusting machines to obtain pulp of specified consistency. * Observes grinders, examines pulp for length and thickness of fiber, and reads laboratory reports on pulp consistency to determine need for sharpening grindstone or machine adjustment. * Installs sharpening burr in stone-dressing lathe, using wrench. * Moves controls to feed burr against revolving stone to dress and sharpen stone. * Replaces worn stone, using hoist and handtools. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who develops formulas for paper-coloring dye and prepares directions for mixing dye with pulp to produce colored paper to specifications or customer's sample. Respnsibilities include: * Determines composition of color sample, using spectrophotometer. * Mixes pulp with water, size, filler, and other ingredients to make sample furnish of type and quality of paper specified. * Weighs and mixes pigments to prepare dye, and mixes dye with furnish. * Pours furnish on screen to make handsheet sample. * Compares color of handsheet with color sample, visually or with spectrophotometer. * Calculates weights and proportions of pigments and other materials required to make production batch of dye and prepares formulas and mixing directions for coating-mixer tender. * Prepares directions for beater engineer for mixing dye with furnish. * Prepares spectrophotometer charts on dye materials. * Observes procedures of production staff in mixing dye with furnish and reviews laboratory reports to investigate causes of substandard colored paper. * Consults with and advises production staff regarding technical problems in mixing colors and making colored paper to improve formulas and improve production methods.
Industry:Professional careers
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