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 of rollers to specified settings to stretch fabric for calendering. Verifies thickness and width of calendered stock with gauge and ruler. Positions knife to trim edge of calendered fabric. Interprets work orders, assigns duties, and informs crew of processing specifications. May operate equipment from control board.
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 stuffing box where they are compressed and discharges crimped fibers into receiving cans. Observes machine and emerging sliver to detect substandard crimping and adjusts steam heat and pressure of feed rollers and stuffing box accordingly. Doffs and replaces full receiving cans.
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 secure band to jig. Hammers nails through holes in band to secure staves to band. Drills hole in stave through hole in hinge leaf, using portable electric drill, to facilitate bolting mats together to form hogshead shell. Pulls pins from band hinges to release mat from jig. Stacks mats on floor.
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 and inserts end in taping device that folds tape around wire. Places lap Ii of asbestos on carding device that shreds asbestos and cards fibers onto wire in continuous layer. Starts machine. Readjusts controls and replenishes supply of tape and asbestos to ensure uniform coverage of wire.
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 and places material on cart. May move controls to adjust rollers according to thickness of material. May be designated according to section of leather processed as Belly Wringer (leather mfg.); Crop-Setting-Out-Machine Operator (leather mfg.); or according to type of leather processed as Blue-Leather Setter (leather mfg.); Colored-Leather Setter (leather mfg.). May sponge water on hides before rolling to ensure uniformity of moisture content and be designated Sponger (leather mfg.).
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 cause decomposition of material and explosion. Transfers nitroglycerin from storage tank to lead-lined or stainless steel tanks mounted on wheels. Pushes tanks to mix house or other processing department. Washes tanks between loads with sodium carbonate solution and water, using hose and brush. Fills glass or stainless steel vials with nitroglycerin, using filling spout, and packs vials in boxes.
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 [Truck Driver, Heavy (any industry)] to transport crew and equipment to work site. May drive snow-removal equipment, consisting of truck or tractor equipped with adjustable snowplow and blower unit, and be designated Snow-Plow Operator, Truck (government ser.); Snow-Plow Tractor Operator (government ser.). May drive tractor with mower attachment to cut grass around airfield runways.
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 stitching around reel and starts machine that ravels out stitching and opens cloth to full width. Guides cloth from swing-folding attachment into handtruck. May sew end of cloth to end of cloth in machine to form continuous strip, using sewing machine.
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 knife. Removes roll or coil from spindle, weighs roll, and records length and weight of roll on shipping tag. Saws scrap tubes and rods into lengths for grinding in hammer mill, using bandsaw. Starts hammer mill and feeds sawed scrap into mill to grind it for reprocessing. May mix thermoplastic materials and pigments, according to formula, for feeding extrusion machine. Performs other duties as described under Helper (any industry) Master Title.
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. May tend machines, such as arbor presses or riveting machine, to perform force fitting or fastening operations on assembly line. May be assigned to different work stations as production needs require. May work on line where tasks vary as different model of same article moves along line. May be designated according to part or product produced.