- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
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- Company Profile:
A professional who sets up and operates fiberglass drawing machine to form fiberglass dowels. Respnsibilities include:
* Mounts specified dies in soak tank and curing tables, using handtools.
* Sets stop at end of curing table, according to specified length of dowel, and turns switches to start electrical heating units along curing tables.
* Pours specified amounts of resin and catalyst into mixer, starts mixer, and pours mixture, after specified period, into soak tank.
* Mounts spools of fiberglass roving on spindles, draws strands through guides into soak tank, and starts ends of resin soaked fibers through preform die.
* Attaches fiberglass strands to end of previous dowel, or ties strands to wire, and draws fibers through diameter control tube.
* Starts motor to draw fiberglass through soak tank, preform die, diameter control tubes, and curing oven.
* Saws off cured dowels at specified length or removes dowels cut by automatic cutoff saw.
* Observes color and shape of dowels for conformance to standards.
* Adjusts controls to regulate temperature of oven and drawing speed to obtain conformance to standards.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates fiberglass drawing machine to form fiberglass dowels. Respnsibilities include:
* Mounts specified dies in soak tank and curing tables, using handtools.
* Sets stop at end of curing table, according to specified length of dowel, and turns switches to start electrical heating units along curing tables.
* Pours specified amounts of resin and catalyst into mixer, starts mixer, and pours mixture, after specified period, into soak tank.
* Mounts spools of fiberglass roving on spindles, draws strands through guides into soak tank, and starts ends of resin soaked fibers through preform die.
* Attaches fiberglass strands to end of previous dowel, or ties strands to wire, and draws fibers through diameter control tube.
* Starts motor to draw fiberglass through soak tank, preform die, diameter control tubes, and curing oven.
* Saws off cured dowels at specified length or removes dowels cut by automatic cutoff saw.
* Observes color and shape of dowels for conformance to standards.
* Adjusts controls to regulate temperature of oven and drawing speed to obtain conformance to standards.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates hydraulic ram press to form ware. Respnsibilities include:
* Positions hydrostone (plaster) die on bed of press, using hoist.
* Clamps upper and lower halves of die to ram and bed of press.
* Connects airhose to die.
* Aligns die, using pins, jacks, and measuring device.
* Cuts pugged (plastic) clay to specified size and places clay on die face.
* Presses control to lower ram to shape ware.
* Depresses pedal to force air through die and release ware from bed of press.
* Moves control to raise ram and release ware from die.
* Holds setter under ram to allow ware to drop on setter as it is released.
* Inspects ware for specified thickness and adjusts position of die if necessary.
* Sponges die to remove moisture and removes scrap clay, using knife.
* May turn controls to adjust length and timing of ram stroke according to type ware pressed.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates track-mounted machine, equipped with traveling pouring bucket, to cast reinforced concrete pipe. Respnsibilities include:
* Moves lever to position bucket under hopper of cement buggy to receive cement.
* Pulls levers and turns handwheels to move machine along track, and to pour cement from bucket into rotating metal pipe (can) which acts as a mold and remains as reinforcement.
* Observes interior of can and withdraws bucket when concrete is level with lip of mold ring.
* Washes bucket, using water hose.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who prepares clay for forming into pottery and porcelain ware by either of following methods. Respnsibilities include:
* (1) Pulls chunk of clay from large roll or picks up clay slab cut by machine.
* Centers clay on rotating horizontal wheel and pulls lever to lower tool that flattens clay and forms bat.
* Throws bat onto jigger mold and pulls lever to lower tool that spreads clay firmly over mold.
* (2) Shapes clay into ball by hand and throws clay into jolly mold used in making such hollowware as cups and bowls.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who prepares clay for forming into pottery and porcelain ware by either of following methods. Respnsibilities include:
* (1) Pulls chunk of clay from large roll or picks up clay slab cut by machine.
* Centers clay on rotating horizontal wheel and pulls lever to lower tool that flattens clay and forms bat.
* Throws bat onto jigger mold and pulls lever to lower tool that spreads clay firmly over mold.
* (2) Shapes clay into ball by hand and throws clay into jolly mold used in making such hollowware as cups and bowls.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who cuts continuous glass sheet into specified lengths as sheet emerges from drawing or rolling machine and removes defective cross sections, using suspended cutting wheel. Respnsibilities include:
* Pulls lever to lower cutting wheel.
* Draws cutting wheel along template across surface of moving glass sheet to divide sheet into specified lengths.
* Observes sheet for defects, such as scratches, stones, bubbles, and pits, and draws cutting wheel across sheet to remove defective cross sections.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who dips punty (metal rod used to gather molten glass) or blowpipe into tank furnace to gather gob (lump) of molten glass for further processing. Respnsibilities include:
* Reads product specifications to determine size of gob of molten glass to be gathered.
* Immerses head of punty or blowpipe into molten glass in furnace and turns punty or blowpipe to gather gob of molten glass.
* Twirls punty or blowpipe and blows through blowpipe to maintain gob of molten glass in globular form.
* Hands punty to presser or blowpipe to glass blower for further processing.
* May twirl gob of molten glass in container of alkali solution or in cavity of wet wooden block to form thin skin on gob of molten glass to prevent punctures in glassware during pressing or blowing.
* May hold punty in mold while presser cuts off required amount of glass.
* May make head of punty from clay.
* May reheat gob to retain shape and temperature.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who dips punty (metal rod used to gather molten glass) or blowpipe into tank furnace to gather gob (lump) of molten glass for further processing. Respnsibilities include:
* Reads product specifications to determine size of gob of molten glass to be gathered.
* Immerses head of punty or blowpipe into molten glass in furnace and turns punty or blowpipe to gather gob of molten glass.
* Twirls punty or blowpipe and blows through blowpipe to maintain gob of molten glass in globular form.
* Hands punty to presser or blowpipe to glass blower for further processing.
* May twirl gob of molten glass in container of alkali solution or in cavity of wet wooden block to form thin skin on gob of molten glass to prevent punctures in glassware during pressing or blowing.
* May hold punty in mold while presser cuts off required amount of glass.
* May make head of punty from clay.
* May reheat gob to retain shape and temperature.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who forms handles for clayware by either of following methods. Respnsibilities include:
* (1) Pours slip (semiliquid clay) into mold.
* (2) Cuts pugged clay (plastic clay) to specified size, and places into segmented mold.
* Assembles and presses mold segments together by hand.
* (3) Opens valve of supply line (hose) and fills mold with slip.
* Places mold on drying rack.
* Opens mold and removes hardened handle.
* Trims and scrapes handles to remove excess clay, using knife.
* Cleans molds with airhose.
Industry:Professional careers
