Job Descriptions
Calender Operator
Job Title: Calender Operator, Four-Roll
Calender Operator, Four-Roll Duties: Operates four-roll calender to coat fabric with rubber or produce plastic sheeting and roll sheets to specified thickness: Adjusts automatic control and observes temperature dial to heat calender rolls to specified temperature. Starts machine and adjusts conveyor speed to regulate feeding of stock. Turns adjustment wheels […]
Crimping-Machine Operator
Job Title: Crimping-Machine Operator
Crimping-Machine Operator Duties: Tends machine that crimps synthetic fibers to increase bulk and resiliency and to facilitate blending with natural fibers: Turns valves to regulate heat and to control pressure of feed rollers and V-shaped stuffing box according to specifications. Starts machine and feeds sliver between rollers that force fibers through […]
Hogshead Mat Assembler
Job Title: Hogshead Mat Assembler
Hogshead Mat Assembler Duties: Assembles precut staves, cleats (wooden blocks), and metal bands to form hogshead mats: Places cleats in jig on worktable and spaces staves on cleats, using metal disks as spacing guides. Positions metal band across staves and inserts pins in preriveted hinges on ends of band to […]
Asbestos-Wire Finisher
Job Title: Asbestos-Wire Finisher
Asbestos-Wire Finisher Duties: Sets up and operates machine to card asbestos fibers, wrap fibers around electric wire, and impregnate fibers with wax: Loads reels of wire onto machine spindle, threads wire between guides, through taping, carding, impregnating, and cooling units, and fastens wire to takeup reel. Places roll of tape on spindle […]
Wringer-Machine Operator
Job Title: Wringer-Machine Operator
Wringer-Machine Operator Duties: Tends machine that removes moisture or wrinkles from felt sheets or hides: Places material between rollers of machine and depresses pedal that rotates lower roller against upper roller to press moisture or smooth wrinkles from material. Releases pedal to separate rollers and stop machine. Removes material from rollers […]
Nitroglycerin Distributor
Job Title: Nitroglycerin Distributor
Nitroglycerin Distributor Duties: Distributes nitroglycerin to processing departments of dynamite plant and prepares nitroglycerin for shipment: Signals Nitroglycerin Neutralizer (chemical) to release specified amounts of nitroglycerin to storage tanks. Tests acidity of nitroglycerin, using litmus paper. Turns valve to release sodium carbonate solution into nitroglycerin to neutralize excess acid that could […]
Highway-Maintenance Worker
Job Title: Highway-Maintenance Worker
Highway-Maintenance Worker Duties: Maintains highways, municipal and rural roads, and rights-of-way in safe condition, performing combination of following duties: Erects and repairs guardrails, highway markers, and snow fences, using handtools and nails, and power tools. Dumps, spreads, and tamps asphalt, using pneumatic tamper to patch broken or eroded pavement. Drives truck […]
Detacker
Job Title: Detacker
Detacker Duties: Tends machine that removes tacking stitches from selvages of fabric and opens fabric to full width after wet processing: Clips tacking stitches with knife and ravels out length of stitching by hand. Feeds end of fabric over beating roller and through takeoff rollers and swing-folding attachment. Laps end of raveled […]
Extruder-Operator Helper
Job Title: Extruder-Operator Helper
Extruder-Operator Helper Duties: Assists Extruder Operator (plastic prod.; plastic-synth.) in extruding thermoplastic materials to form tubes, rods, and film: Tapes end of extruded article to reel spindle and starts machine that winds material onto revolving spindle. Measures extruded article with measuring wheel and cuts it to specified length, using saw or […]
Assembler, Production
Job Title: Assembler, Production
Assembler, Production Duties: Performs repetitive bench or line assembly operations to mass-produce products, such as automobile or tractor radiators, blower wheels, refrigerators, or gas stoves: Places parts in specified relationship to each other. Bolts, clips, screws, cements, or otherwise fastens parts together by hand, or using handtools or portable power tools. […]