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U.S. Department of Labor
Industry: Government; Labor
Number of terms: 77176
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A professional who tests samples of purchased wood chips, used in making pulp, to determine moisture content and quality. Respnsibilities include: * Observes dumping of chips into receiving pit and starts conveyor that transfers chips to screening and storage areas. * Draws measured sample from conveyor, places chips in drying oven for specified period of time, and records dry weight to determine weight loss. * Places additional sample of chips in pilot screen to separate unsuitable wood, such as sawdust, slivers, and oversized chunks. * Removes bark from acceptable portion, reweighs sample, and records data on chip quality form. * Sweeps and cleans work area. * May test samples for acidity and freeness, using standard testing equipment.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machines in tandem to press rough insulation board into specified caliper (thickness), calender (iron) it into smooth finish, and paint and dry it. Respnsibilities include: * Pumps paint from portable tank into machine well. * Turns handwheel to space paint rolls and control specified paint spread on board. * Starts machines and turns valves to start flow of steam and regulate temperature in calender rolls and paint-drying oven. * Weighs unpainted and painted sample boards to calculate amount of paint adherence. * Observes processing to ensure that finished boards meet quality control specifications.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that records variations in weight along sample strip of paper or other material. Respnsibilities include: * Inserts end of sample strip into testing machine to obtain reading on graph of basic weight of sample. * Turns dial to bring weight indicator to center line on graph to calibrate machine for weight of material tested. * Starts feed rolls that carry sample strip through machine to record variations in weight of material on graph. * Calculates percentage of variation in material weight, using formula or chart. * Fills machine ink reservoir, using dropper.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects each phase of processing in manufacture of hardboard, insulation board, and acoustical tile to ensure conformity to specifications. Respnsibilities include: * Weighs samples of wet and dry chips, pulp, and board; and calculates moisture content. * Tests tensile strength of products, using breakage tester. * Examines boards for oil spots, scratches, scuffs, broken flanges, and lug marks. * Compares acoustical tile with template for location of drilled holes and cleanness of cut. * Measures sample boards, using tape and square frame. * Examines flanges for depth and sharpness of cut, using measuring device. * Tags and records offgrade products. * May conduct titration tests to determine acidity of pulp.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates trimming and coating machines to cut, bevel, and paint sheets of insulation board emerging from forming press. Respnsibilities include: * Adjusts position and angle of saws to cut and bevel stock according to plant specifications for each type of board, using wrenches. * Cleans and adjusts clearance of paint brushes on coating machine to apply uniform coat without brush streaks and foreign matter in paint. * Moves controls to start flow of paint to brushes and to regulate drying and cooling temperature of coating machine to prevent coating irregularities, scorching of paint, fire, and explosion. * Observes trimming and coating operations and regulates speed of feed conveyor, transfer mechanisms, and discharge conveyor to prevent jamming, faulty coating, and ragged or irregularly beveled edges. * Culls boards not meeting appearance or dimensional standards. * Reports equipment malfunctions. * Cleans paint lines and reservoir, using solvent and brushes. * Records production output and number of rejected boards in shift log. * May set up and operate machines to trim, coat, and pack insulation tile and direct activities of tile inspecting and packing crew and be designated Tile-Machine Operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that compresses and vulcanizes layers of paper or related materials into homogeneous sheets. Respnsibilities include: * Reads job order to determine type and thickness of fiber sheets to be made. * Inserts metal shafts through core of paper roll, and mounts roll onto machine, using hoist. * Tightens holding collars on feed roll shaft to adjust tension on paper roll. * Sets counter to record number of layers of paper needed to obtain desired thickness. * Threads paper under guide bar, through acid immersion tank, and over calender rolls. * Starts machine and observes compressing and vulcanizing process, adjusting tension of paper rolls as needed. * Cuts vulcanized sheet from roll, using knife. * Directs removal of vulcanized sheets from machine and immersion of sheets into leaching vats for specified period. * Maintains production records.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of following tasks involved in preparing rags for use in making paper. Respnsibilities include: * Cuts material, such as clips, buttons, and elastic from rags, using hand shears or automatic circular knife. * Removes dusted rags from conveyor of thrasher (dusting machine), weighs and records weight of rags, and trucks them to cutting machine. * Removes cover from bleach boiler, allowing rags to fall into stock cars. * Marks cars according to grade and type of rags and pushes cars to washing machines. * Removes washed rags from drainer (seasoning bin), places them in stock cars, and pushes cars to beater room. * May be designated according to work performed as Bleach-Boiler Puller (paper & pulp); Cutter (paper & pulp); Stock Pitcher (paper & pulp).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of following tasks involved in preparing rags for use in making paper. Respnsibilities include: * Cuts material, such as clips, buttons, and elastic from rags, using hand shears or automatic circular knife. * Removes dusted rags from conveyor of thrasher (dusting machine), weighs and records weight of rags, and trucks them to cutting machine. * Removes cover from bleach boiler, allowing rags to fall into stock cars. * Marks cars according to grade and type of rags and pushes cars to washing machines. * Removes washed rags from drainer (seasoning bin), places them in stock cars, and pushes cars to beater room. * May be designated according to work performed as Bleach-Boiler Puller (paper & pulp); Cutter (paper & pulp); Stock Pitcher (paper & pulp).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects pulpwood construction board, such as ceiling tiles, insulation panels, and siding, for conformity to appearance and dimensional standards and packing and labeling specifications. Respnsibilities include: * Examines materials for surface defects, such as flaws in paint, excess or insufficient glue on laminated panels or joints, warped panels, and ragged edges. * Verifies thickness, size, and squareness of boards or panels, using calipers, carpenter's square, and rule. * Starts circular saw to cut samples from finished products for testing flame resistance, strength, and insulation qualities by control laboratory. * Notifies supervisor or equipment operators when board does not meet specifications to facilitate control adjustments. * Prepares reports of defects discovered, origin of defects, shift production, and number of rejects for quality control personnel. * Examines packing materials and observes packing activities to ensure that customer and plant specifications are met and that products are appropriately labeled for shipment. * Notifies supervisor to direct destruction, reprocessing, or repacking of faulty shipments. * May perform standard quality control tests on products, using prescribed laboratory equipment and procedures. * May be designated according to product inspected as Siding-Coreboard Inspector; or according to work area assigned as Coating-Line Checker.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that automatically smooths and paints flanges of acoustical tile. Respnsibilities include: * Starts machine. * Turns dial to control temperature of pressing irons. * Adjusts pressure of irons to obtain smooth finish on flanges. * Adjusts rollers, using wrench, to control amount of paint applied to flanges as tile moves on conveyor. * Observes processing and makes necessary adjustments.
Industry:Professional careers
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