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A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in testing paper and pulp products, and in calibrating and maintaining related equipment. Respnsibilities include:
* Assigns duties to workers and instructs them on new test procedures.
* Confers with company officials to develop new products and resolve customer complaints.
* Analyzes test reports to verify product adherence to company standards.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in sorting, cutting, cooking, and bleaching rags for use in making paper.
* Performs duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates cylinder-type machine to make paper, cardboard stock, insulation board, or pulp sheets according to specifications. Respnsibilities include:
* Turns valves to start flow of water and specific types of pulp stock into designated cylinder vats.
* Starts machine and turns handwheels and valves or adjusts panel controls to regulate flow of stock onto wire mesh of revolving pickup cylinders and onto wet felt mats on which continuous sheets of product are formed.
* Inspects machine products, reviews laboratory reports, and observes machine operations to determine causes of defects in paper.
* Regulates and coordinates stock flow, speed of pickup cylinders and wet felts, and water removal by vacuum action of cylinders and by pressure of rolls on pulp mat, according to type of stock and specified kind, grade, weight, and moisture content of product.
* Directs workers engaged in replacing felts, threading sheets through drier rolls, slitting and cutting sheets to specified dimensions, and winding sheets onto roll.
* May be designated according to product made as Cylinder-Machine Operator, Pulp Drier (paper & pulp).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates wet end of fourdrinier machine to make paper, sheet pulp, or insulation board from pulp stock. Respnsibilities include:
* Turns valves and pushes buttons, flips switches, or moves levers of control panel to start flow of pulp stock into machine headbox and flow of white water to dilute pulp stock.
* Starts machine and turns wheel to adjust flow of stock onto wire-mesh belt on which paper or other product is formed.
* Observes formation of product and removal of water, and inspects samples of completed product.
* Adjusts volume and speed of stock flow, speed and pitch of wire belt, frequency and amplitude of belt shake, water removal by suction boxes and rolls, and pressure of rolls on pulp mats, according to type of pulp stock and kind, grade, and weight of product specified.
* Tends auxiliary equipment, such as agitators, pumps, and filters.
* Gives instructions to back tender, paper machine in operating machines that dry, size, calender, wind, or cut paper or paper products.
* Replaces or directs workers engaged in replacing wire belts and drying-roll felts.
* Adjusts, cleans, repairs, and replaces rolls and other machine parts, using handtools.
* May install and adjust dandy roll to impress watermark on paper.
* May install and adjust paint roll to paint surface of insulation board.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates wet end of fourdrinier machine to make paper, sheet pulp, or insulation board from pulp stock. Respnsibilities include:
* Turns valves and pushes buttons, flips switches, or moves levers of control panel to start flow of pulp stock into machine headbox and flow of white water to dilute pulp stock.
* Starts machine and turns wheel to adjust flow of stock onto wire-mesh belt on which paper or other product is formed.
* Observes formation of product and removal of water, and inspects samples of completed product.
* Adjusts volume and speed of stock flow, speed and pitch of wire belt, frequency and amplitude of belt shake, water removal by suction boxes and rolls, and pressure of rolls on pulp mats, according to type of pulp stock and kind, grade, and weight of product specified.
* Tends auxiliary equipment, such as agitators, pumps, and filters.
* Gives instructions to back tender, paper machine in operating machines that dry, size, calender, wind, or cut paper or paper products.
* Replaces or directs workers engaged in replacing wire belts and drying-roll felts.
* Adjusts, cleans, repairs, and replaces rolls and other machine parts, using handtools.
* May install and adjust dandy roll to impress watermark on paper.
* May install and adjust paint roll to paint surface of insulation board.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates attrition mill, hydrabeater, and related equipment to produce slurry for subsequent processing into shotgun shell wads. Respnsibilities include:
* Feeds bagasse and scrap paper into attrition mill that shreds material.
* Turns handwheel to adjust hydrabeater blades according to slurry consistency specified, and adjusts timer for prescribed cycle.
* Weighs and measures specified quantities of milled material, wood flour, starch, and dyes, according to formula, and dumps ingredients into hydrabeater in prescribed sequence, using lift truck.
* Drains unabsorbed water from measured quantity of slurry into graduated cup to determine slurry freeness and adjusts beating time and water content of next batch accordingly to maintain uniform consistency of batches.
* Starts pump to transfer slurry into dilution tank, starts agitator in tank, and admits metered amount of water to dilute slurry to specified consistency.
* Pumps slurry into holding tank and signals wad-compressor operator-adjuster to start molding machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tests samples of each batch of pulp and run of paper, using standard testing equipment and chemical analyses to control quality and uniformity of products. Respnsibilities include:
* Measures acidity of pulp, using pH meter.
* Measures weight, thickness, and bulk of standard paper sample, using micrometer and scales.
* Determines liquor content of pulp, using standard chemical analyses.
* Makes hand sheet from pulp, using wire screen, press, and drying oven.
* Counts dirt specks in unit area of sheet, using microscope.
* Tests hand sheet and paper samples for bursting, tearing, and folding strength, using specified test equipment.
* Measures brightness of hand sheet and paper, using reflectance meter and compares color with standard colors.
* Records test data and prepares report for machine operators.
* May be designated according to product tested as Paper Tester (paper & pulp); Pulp Tester (paper & pulp); or according to processing stage as Dry-End Tester (paper & pulp); Wet-End Tester (paper & pulp).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects paper rolls and reviews reports on production to maintain quality control. Respnsibilities include:
* Compares test report with specifications for indication of substandard production.
* Examines paper rolls to verify test reports indicating substandard production, and orders rejection of paper not meeting specifications.
* Evaluates previous tests and machine detail records to determine corrective action.
* Notifies fourdrinier-machine operator of machine adjustments required to produce paper of specified quality.
* Compiles test records of paper produced by each machine to maintain quality control of future production.
* Reviews work of other inspectors for adherence to prescribed procedures.
* Schedules testing of products to verify their conformance to customer specifications.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects paper rolls and reviews reports on production to maintain quality control. Respnsibilities include:
* Compares test report with specifications for indication of substandard production.
* Examines paper rolls to verify test reports indicating substandard production, and orders rejection of paper not meeting specifications.
* Evaluates previous tests and machine detail records to determine corrective action.
* Notifies fourdrinier-machine operator of machine adjustments required to produce paper of specified quality.
* Compiles test records of paper produced by each machine to maintain quality control of future production.
* Reviews work of other inspectors for adherence to prescribed procedures.
* Schedules testing of products to verify their conformance to customer specifications.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who reviews data from meters, recorders, and sampler, and inspects equipment in mill to ensure compliance with government standards. Respnsibilities include:
* Records readings from plant measuring devices, such as recorders and meters.
* Removes and replaces record charts.
* Computes effluent flow from chart for sampling period.
* Collects waste water samples, using sample bottle.
* Submits samples to laboratory for testing.
* Writes report on findings.
* Observes operation of mill effluent system to determine areas of abnormal pulp spills, leaks, or defects in piping.
* Inspects machine sampling and measuring devices to determine source of problem or if equipment is malfunctioning.
* Reviews sampling and operational reports to ensure that results are within limits of water quality standards.
* Conducts tests, such as pH and dissolved oxygen, to ascertain effluent levels.
* Notifies supervisor of excessive fluctuation in waterflow or major breakdown in equipment.
* Records findings on daily logsheet.
Industry:Professional careers
