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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 dampens rolls of paper prior to calendering. Respnsibilities include: * Inserts steel shaft in core of roll and positions roll on machine frame, using hoist. * Aligns roll on shaft and fastens collar to shaft to secure alignment, using rule and wrench. * Turns valve to regulate flow of water into tank and starts machine. * Threads paper through feed and tension rolls and wraps end of paper around rewinding roll. * Turns handwheels to adjust tension and friction rolls. * Turns switch to start rotary brush that throws spray of water from tank onto underside of paper. * Pounds paper with wooden club to prevent loose winding on roll. * Observes feeding, spraying, and winding of paper for excess moisture and loose winding, and makes adjustments. * Loads rewound roll onto dolly, using hoist, and pushes it away from machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends equipment that applies and dries strip of friction paint (striking material) on cards of matchbook covers and matchbox slides. Respnsibilities include: * Loads stack of cards into machine feed magazine. * Observes machine feed to prevent jam of cards on conveyor. * Inspects friction paint coverage for specified thickness of application, and adjusts friction paint feedwheels, using handtools. * Removes paper dust and dirt from revolving feedwheels with knife. * Fills machine reservoir with friction paint. * Turns steam valves and reads gauge to maintain specified temperature in conveyor-drier.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that immerses hardboard sheets in oil to impart smooth finish and cuts sheets to size preparatory to tempering. Respnsibilities include: * Adjusts position of saws to cut sheets to specified length and width. * Observes gauge and turns steam valve to fill oil reservoir and maintain oil at prescribed temperature. * Starts feed conveyors, saws, and automatic sheet-stacking mechanism. * Feeds uncoated sheets into machine and pulls table saw across end of each sheet before coating to remove irregular edges. * Observes sheets for presence of coating flaws, scratches, and oil droplets on surface. * Grades hardboard sheets according to defects and size. * Places board beneath each stack of oiled sheets and inverts top sheet to protect surfaces against marring during storage or further processing. * Keeps records of rejected hardboard sheets for shift log.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that dyes paper to specified color. Respnsibilities include: * Pours prepared dye solution into machine receptacle. * Loads roll of paper in machine. * Pulls lever to start device that applies color solution to paper. * Observes paper as it passes through machine to detect blemishes, streaks, or other defects. * Replenishes dye solution and loads machine with paper when depleted.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that sprays fiber can lids or paperboard box blanks with paraffin wax to make items moistureproof or airtight. Respnsibilities include: * Fills machine reservoir with paraffin chunks and opens steam valve to heat and liquefy paraffin. * Places items into machine that automatically sprays melted paraffin wax on inner surfaces as items pass under nozzle. * Examines sprayed items to ensure uniformity of coating. * Stacks finished items on trays or handcart for removal to storage area. * May keep daily production records.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that coats paper decals with varnish. Respnsibilities include: * Mixes varnish according to formula and fills machine reservoir. * Starts machine and feeds sheets of paper decals between rollers that coat them with varnish.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends wet end of machine that cuts and paints wallboard, as directed by fourdrinier-machine operator. Respnsibilities include: * Turns valve to regulate flow of paint onto wet board. * Turns handwheel to adjust cutters. * Guides end of wet-board mat from pressure rolls onto tipple rolls at start of each new run. * Observes wet-board panels and pulls lever to drop defective boards into recovery box. * Sharpens and cleans cutter as it rotates. * Removes and replaces screens and pressure rolls, using hoist and handtools. * May weigh sample of wet board, dry sample in electric retort, and compute moisture loss and estimated density, using standard conversion tables or slide rule. * May measure thickness of board, using calipers. * May record production data in logbook.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who mounts rolls of paper on machines, such as combiner, coating machine, and waxing machine, and performs related duties to assist machine operators. Respnsibilities include: * Inserts metal shaft through core of paper roll, positions roll on machine feedrack, using hoist, and clamps shaft in bearings. * Shoves core on rewind shaft and positions shaft in machine rewind rack. * Assists operator in threading paper through machine, and starts end of paper around rewind core. * Splices breaks in paper, using tape and hot iron. * Removes rewound roll from machine with hoist, and pulls shaft from core by hand. * Performs other duties as described under helper master title. * May stack cardboard container blanks and return blanks to operator for further processing of untreated sides of blanks. * May examine coating of blanks for imperfections and notify operator when imperfections occur. * May be designated according to worker assisted, as Coating-Machine-Operator Helper; Combiner-Operator Helper; Supercalender-Operator Helper (paper & pulp); Waxing-Machine-Operator Helper (paper goods).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who treats paper cones with mixture of turpentine and beeswax. Respnsibilities include: * Combines specified amounts of turpentine and beeswax in vat and adjusts controls to heat mixture to specified temperature. * Fills wire basket with paper cones and lowers basket into heated mixture until thoroughly saturated (treated). * Raises basket, drains mixture from cones, and sets basket aside for transfer to drying cabinet.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists creping-machine operator in forming crepe paper. Respnsibilities include: * Trucks paper rolls to machine and storage areas. * Weighs finished rolls and cleans working area. * Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
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