Job Title: Ending-Machine Operator
Ending-Machine Operator Duties: Tends machine that glues ends on cardboard boxes or containers: Adjusts box form on machine and stacks ends in machine feedrack. Fills glue reservoir and starts machine. Bends scored blank around box form and presses pedal to position and glue end or ends on box. Stacks boxes on table for wrapping. May be designated according to machine operated as Double-Ending-Machine Operator (paper goods); Single-Ending-Machine Operator (paper goods).
Job Title: Bundle Breaker
Bundle Breaker Duties: Cuts binding cord from bundles of hemp fiber, using knife. Separates bundle and places fibers on conveyor or table to facilitate feeding operations.
Job Title: Oiler
Oiler Duties: Oils watch parts, such as jeweled bearings, on center, third, fourth, and escape wheels, using oil-filled hypodermic needle or automatic oil dispenser. Observes minute parts, using loupe to determine specified amount of oil applied. May oil industrial motor assemblies.
Job Title: Supervisor, Drying
Supervisor, Drying Duties: Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in drying veneer sheets in kilns: Confers with supervisors of subsequent processes to determine grade and amount of veneer sheets required, and schedules production to meet priority orders and production quotas. Measures moisture content of dried veneer, using moisture meter, and adjusts conveyor and blower speeds when deviations from company standards are detected. Instructs and demonstrates methods of work to new employees. Performs other duties as described under Supervisor (any industry) Master Title.
Job Title: Sample-Taker Operator
Sample-Taker Operator Duties: Obtains sample of earth formations in sidewalls of oil well boreholes, using electrically exploding device: Loads explosives into gun chambers of tubular firing device. Connects gun chambers to electric detonating cable, using handtools. Signals Hoist Operator (petrol. & gas) to lower sample-taking gun into well. Observes wire line measuring device, weight indicator, and instrument panel of control equipment in truck to position sample-taking gun at specified point in well. Moves controls to set off electrical igniters that fire cylinders into sidewall of rock formation to obtain sample of earth. Signals Hoist Operator (petrol. & gas) to raise equipment and sample from well. May be required to have license for handling explosives. May operate hoist to lower and raise tools and equipment from well.
Job Title: Petroleum Inspector
Petroleum Inspector Duties: Inspects consignments of crude or refined petroleum to certify that consignments conform to contract specifications: Lowers container into tank and withdraws samples from top, middle, and bottom of tank. Pours samples into bottles and routes samples to laboratory for analysis. Examines petroleum during transfer into receiving tank for discoloration or water. Sounds shore tank with steel tape and consults calibration tables to determine quantity of consignment. Writes report of findings. May conduct laboratory analyses. May calibrate tanks, meters, and tank cars [Tank Calibrator (business ser.)].
Job Title: Inspector, Aluminum Boat
Inspector, Aluminum Boat Duties: Inspects aluminum boats and canoes to detect leaks, using water-test tank: Lifts and places boat in test tank with aid of other workers. Positions bow and stern of boat under hydraulic ram. Presses lever to activate ram that pushes and holds boat down in water of tank. Inspects rivets to detect leaks and marks leaking areas, using crayon. Tightens or replaces leaking rivets, using rivet gun. Records number of boats inspected and repairs required on worksheet.
Job Title: Pickler
Pickler Duties: Loads cuts of meat into pickling vats or barrels to cure meat preparatory to smoking: Packs and arranges meat in vats or barrels by hand or with meat hook to ensure maximum saturation. Turns valves to admit curing solution into vats or pours in solution by hand. Covers vat or barrel to keep meat protected and submerged in solution. Sticks trier (hook) into meat and smells trier to determine degree of curing. Opens valves or pulls bungs to drain vats and barrels, and removes cured meat for further processing. Dumps frozen meat in water tank to defrost it preparatory to curing. May roll barrels to rearrange meat and ensure maximum saturation. May flush or blow marrow from ham bones. May clean vats with water and steam hoses.
Job Title: Lathe Tender
Lathe Tender Duties: Tends lathes, such as turret lathes, engine lathes, and chucking machines (lathes) that cut, shape, drill, bore, thread, or face metal workpieces according to specifications: Lifts workpiece, manually or using hoist, and positions and secures workpiece between lathe centers, in chuck, or in holding fixture, using wrenches and clamps, or positions workpiece in automatic loading mechanism. Starts machine and turns handwheels to feed tools to workpiece or engages automatic feed. Turns valve to control flow of coolant against tool and workpiece. Observes machining operation to detect malfunction or excessive tool wear. Verifies that machined workpiece conforms to specifications, using thread, plug, and fixed gauges, dial indicators, calipers, and micrometers. Changes worn tools, using wrenches. May machine plastic or other nonmetallic materials. May be designated by type of machine as Knurling-Machine Tender (pen & pencil); Tapper (clock & watch) I.
Job Title: Bricklayer
Bricklayer Duties: Lays building materials, such as brick, structural tile, and concrete cinder, glass, gypsum, and terra cotta block (except stone) to construct or repair walls, partitions, arches, sewers, and other structures: Measures distance from reference points and marks guidelines on working surface to lay out work. Spreads soft bed (layer) of mortar that serves as base and binder for block, using trowel. Applies mortar to end of block and positions block in mortar bed. Taps block with trowel to level, align, and embed in mortar, allowing specified thickness of joint. Removes excess mortar from face of block, using trowel. Finishes mortar between brick with pointing tool or trowel. Breaks bricks to fit spaces too small for whole brick, using edge of trowel or brick hammer. Determines vertical and horizontal alignment of courses, using plumb bob, gaugeline (tightly stretched cord), and level. Fastens brick or terra cotta veneer to face of structures, with tie wires embedded in mortar between bricks, or in anchor holes in veneer brick. May weld metal parts to steel structural members. May apply plaster to walls and ceiling, using trowel, to complete repair work [Plasterer (construction)]. May be designated according to material used as Cinder-Block Mason (construction); Concrete-Block Mason (construction); Terra-Cotta Mason (construction); or work performed as Bricklayer, Maintenance (any industry). When specializing in construction of specified structures, is designated according to specialty as Bricklayer, Sewer (construction); Chimney Builder, Brick (construction). May be designated: Block Setter, Gypsum (construction); Hollow-Tile-Partition Erector (construction); Plaster-Block Layer (construction); Silo Erector (construction).