Archive for August, 2008
Job Title: Tester, Electronic Scale
Tester, Electronic Scale Duties: Tests assembled electronic scale components to detect missing parts, loose wires, and defective solder joints, using oscilloscope and voltmeter. Disassembles and repairs or replaces parts.
Job Title: Paper-Processing-Machine Helper
Paper-Processing-Machine Helper Duties: Mounts rolls of paper on machines, such as combiner, coating machine, and waxing machine, and performs related duties to assist machine operators: 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 […]
Job Title: Knotting-Machine Operator
Knotting-Machine Operator Duties: Tends machine that automatically prints, strings, and knots paper tags: Mounts rolls of string and paper or card stock in machine. Starts machine and examines completed tag to detect machine malfunction. Stops machine to clear jams. Ties finished tags into bundles. May tend machine that automatically threads and […]
Job Title: Offbearer, Pipe Smoking Machine
Offbearer, Pipe Smoking Machine Duties: Off bears smoking pipes from smoking machine used to break-in (char) new pipe bowls: Removes pipe bowls from suction tubes of pipe smoking machine. Examines pipes to determine tobacco has been burned and places aside pipes containing unburned tobacco. Empties ashes into water bucket […]
Job Title: Supervisor, Beater Room
Supervisor, Beater Room Duties: Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in beating and refining pulp to prepare furnish for processing into paper: 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 […]
Job Title: Abrasive Mixer
Abrasive Mixer Duties: Tends machine that mixes abrasive compounds for use in making polishing and buffing wheels, and hones: Calculates amount of grit, clay, and adhesive required according to formulas. Weighs out ingredients, dumps ingredients into mixing machine, and starts mixing machine. Feels mixture and adds water and resins until specified […]
Job Title: Buzzsaw-Operator Helper
Buzzsaw-Operator Helper Duties: Assists Buzzsaw Operator (any industry) in cutting logs into suitable lengths for use in stoves and fireplaces: Lifts limbs and trunks onto table of circular saw and holds them steady while they are cut. Throws cut pieces into piles. Lifts sawed pieces and stands pieces on end under […]
Job Title: Spotter II
Spotter II Duties: Identifies stains in wool, synthetic, and silk garments and household fabrics and applies chemical solutions to remove stains, determining spotting procedures on basis of type of fabric and nature of stain: Spreads article on worktable and positions stain over vacuum head or on marble slab. Sprinkles chemical solvents […]
Job Title: Second-Floor Operator
Second-Floor Operator Duties: Tends unit of spinning machine that extrudes synthetic filaments and passes filaments to draw (stretching) machine on floor below: Observes operation of machine to ensure continuous flow of filaments through spinnerettes. Inserts filaments through guides to facilitate drawing process on floor below. Presses buttons and turns valves to […]
Job Title: Plug Sorter
Plug Sorter Duties: Picks out split, broken, or knotty cedar plugs, used to fill holes resulting from removal of spikes in railroad ties or telephone poles, as they pass on conveyor.