- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who tends machine that rewinds metal coils processed by alodize-machine operator and assists in coating metal sheets and coils. Respnsibilities include:
* Places cardboard core on rewinding arbor and starts end of coil around core.
* Pulls levers to start rewinder.
* Cuts material to specified lengths, using hand shear.
* Tapes loose end and removes coil from rewinder, using hoist.
* Lifts sheets from discharge end of machine and stacks finished sheets onto skid.
* Places coil on unwinding equipment and threads coil end through machine, preparatory to alodizing process.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends equipment that applies bran or mixture of sawdust and lime to tin plate surfaces to remove palm oil from plates. Respnsibilities include:
* Moves controls and valves to regulate speed of conveyor and feed mechanism and adjust flow of soda ash solution to wash unit.
* Observes operation to detect faulty feeding of plates into units that brush plate surfaces with bran and wash residue from plates.
* Replenishes exhausting supply of bran in hopper.
* Inspects plates to ensure removal of palm oil from plates.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends furnace that heats scrapped small arms ammunition to explode powder and reclaim lead and brass. Respnsibilities include:
* Pulls trucks of tote boxes from storage area to furnace hoppers.
* Scoops or dumps primers or loaded cartridges into hopper.
* Shovels exploded primers from furnace floor or skims cartridge and bullet cases from surface of molten lead, using skimming tool, and deposits them in containers, according to type of metal.
* Ladles molten lead from furnace pot into pig molds.
* Carries cooled pigs to storage area and stacks them on skids.
* May burn waste powder in open pit by dumping it onto wood fire, using remote-control trolley.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that coats metal objects with ceramic material. Respnsibilities include:
* Places workpiece on rack, observing reflection in mirror below rack to determine when surface to be coated is exposed.
* Closes machine door and presses button to start rack revolving and initiate coating cycle.
* Observes gauges and turns valves to maintain specified flow through coating nozzle.
* Fills reservoir with ceramic material and turns valves on hydrogen supply tanks to maintain flow of gas to machine.
* Removes coated parts, blows away excess material with airhose, and places parts in container.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that coats metal objects with ceramic material. Respnsibilities include:
* Places workpiece on rack, observing reflection in mirror below rack to determine when surface to be coated is exposed.
* Closes machine door and presses button to start rack revolving and initiate coating cycle.
* Observes gauges and turns valves to maintain specified flow through coating nozzle.
* Fills reservoir with ceramic material and turns valves on hydrogen supply tanks to maintain flow of gas to machine.
* Removes coated parts, blows away excess material with airhose, and places parts in container.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that sprays or dips tungsten wires with chemical (getter) used to burn off residual air and moisture in electric light bulbs. Respnsibilities include:
* Fills receptacle of machine with getter.
* Starts machine that sprays or dips getter onto tungsten filaments.
* Observes application of getter to ensure uniformity and to prevent distortion.
* May weigh specified quantity of filaments and calculate number, using slide rule and known weight of single unit.
* May place tray with coated filaments in oven to dry.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends vacuum or pressure tank that impregnates powdered-metal parts with lubricating oil or molten plastic. Respnsibilities include:
* Pours impregnating material into tank.
* Sets controls of heating unit to attain specified temperature of solution.
* Places containers of parts in tank and closes cover.
* Observes gauge and turns valves to attain specified pressure or vacuum in tank.
* Closes valves after specified time, and removes finished parts from tank.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends battery of machines that dip metal buttons, buckles, and related parts into lacquer. Respnsibilities include:
* Pours lacquer into tank to indicated level.
* Hangs racks of parts over lacquer tank, and starts machine that automatically dips buckles into lacquer and raises them over tank to drip dry.
* Lifts racks from machine to handtruck and transports racks into drying oven.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends tumbling machine that sprays small arms cartridge parts with lubricating solution and dries them preparatory to drawing operations. Respnsibilities include:
* Empties containers of parts into hopper, manually or using electric hoist.
* Turns handwheel to regulate spray of lubricating solution.
* Reads gauges and adjusts steam valves or electrical controls to maintain specified drying temperature within drum.
* Positions empty container at discharge chute to receive dried parts and removes filled container, using handtruck.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machines that lubricate, granulate, and pelletize metallic powder. Respnsibilities include:
* Pours specified amount of powder and lubricants into mixing machine.
* Starts machine that mixes powder with lubricants for specified length of time.
* Pours mixture into trays and places mixture in drying ovens.
* Dumps lubricated and dried powder into hopper of granulator-screener machine.
* Starts machine that granulates and screens powder.
* Pours screened powder into jars.
* Dumps specified amounts of lubricated and screened powder in glass pellet-rolling jars and screws covers on jars.
* Places jars on rack of rolling machine and starts machine that forms powder into pellets.
* Separates pellets according to size and places them in jars.
Industry:Professional careers
