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A professional who performs any combination of following duties to process molten glass into continuous sheet under direction of drawing-kiln operator. Respnsibilities include:
* Observes continuous sheet of glass for scratches, breaks, and other blemishes as it passes through rolls of drawing kiln.
* Wipes foreign matter from rolls and adjusts roll weights to minimize surface defects and breaks in glass.
* Moves controls to open rolls of drawing kiln when signaled by drawing-kiln operator to allow passage of stones and prevent breaks in glass.
* Opens air jets or draws metal rod across hot sheet of glass to prevent breaks from running.
* Adjusts slides on air ducts to cool glass and minimize warping.
* Clears broken glass from rolls.
* May transport cullet from work area to storage area, using handtruck.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists forming-machine upkeep mechanic in setting up and repairing bottle-forming machines and lubricates feeder chutes and molds. Respnsibilities include:
* Removes and replaces glass-forming molds and components and adjusts shears and orifice rings (furnace channel opening), according to instructions, using handtools.
* Swabs or brushes feeder chutes and molds with oil or compound to prevent molten glass from sticking.
* Lubricates machine parts, using oilcan.
* Transfers molds to and from mold repair shop, using handtruck.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists forming-machine upkeep mechanic in setting up and repairing bottle-forming machines and lubricates feeder chutes and molds. Respnsibilities include:
* Removes and replaces glass-forming molds and components and adjusts shears and orifice rings (furnace channel opening), according to instructions, using handtools.
* Swabs or brushes feeder chutes and molds with oil or compound to prevent molten glass from sticking.
* Lubricates machine parts, using oilcan.
* Transfers molds to and from mold repair shop, using handtruck.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of following duties involved in preparing forms and pouring concrete to make prestressed structural beams. Respnsibilities include:
* Cleans forms, using hammer, scraper, and brush, and sprays form with oil to prevent adhesion of concrete.
* Places reinforcing steel cage in form, using power winch.
* Pushes stressing cables through form, threads ends through guide holes in end plates, and clamps end of cables to plate.
* Tightens nuts at base of form with power wrench, and inserts spacer bars and locking pins at intervals along top of form to maintain specified dimensions of form.
* Clamps vibrators in holders on sides of forms.
* Lays planks on protruding ends of spacer bars to make elevated walkway on both sides of form.
* Lifts four-wheeled pouring buggy into position on walkway, using winch.
* Lifts belt conveyor into position between pouring buggy and ready-mix truck with winch and bolts it to truck, using power wrench.
* Starts conveyor and vibrators.
* Shovels sample of concrete into canisters and tests consistency of concrete, using cone-shaped mold and trowel.
* Pushes pouring buggy along walkway to follow ready-mix truck.
* Settles concrete at top of form with hand vibrator, and fills low spots with concrete taken from conveyor.
* Removes forms from cured beams, using handtools, and cuts protruding end of stressing cable, using oxyacetylene torch.
* Lifts beam, using four-wheeled portable hoist (hoisting buggy), and moves hoist to yarding area by hand or with truck.
* May prepare forms and cast concrete lintels.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who examines mat of fiberglass insulation material for defects, picks out spots and foreign matter, and cuts out nonstandard portions. Respnsibilities include:
* Scans mat for defects as mat passes inspection station of mat machine and picks out grease and binder spots and foreign matter, using knife.
* Lowers blade to cut thick or thin spots of mat that fail to meet standards.
* Records defect and mat machine downtime on production records.
* Aids mat-machine operator in guiding mat under pressure rollers, over inspection light and slitting knives, and under automatic cutters.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who moves metal molds containing wet concrete from pipemaking machine to steam-cooking area, using industrial truck or handtruck, and removes mold from concrete. Respnsibilities include:
* Hooks pickup arms attached to frame of handtruck under lugs on sides of standing metal mold, and lifts and removes filled mold from pipemaking machine.
* Pushes truck to steam-cooking area and lowers mold to standing position on floor.
* Unclamps and removes mold halves by hand.
* Places mold halves around metal bottom stand and snaps clamps shut to reassemble mold.
* Places empty mold on floor near concrete-pipe-making-machine operator.
* Shovels spilled concrete into return hopper or floor opening.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who examines green sewer pipe for defects. Respnsibilities include:
* Scans and feels exterior and interior of sewer pipe for blisters, cracks, or hollow areas.
* Marks unsatisfactory pipe, using chalk.
* May count rejected pipe sections.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who examines green sewer pipe for defects. Respnsibilities include:
* Scans and feels exterior and interior of sewer pipe for blisters, cracks, or hollow areas.
* Marks unsatisfactory pipe, using chalk.
* May count rejected pipe sections.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who examines automatically cast toilet bowls for molding defects. Respnsibilities include:
* Moves toilet bowls from casting and drying area to inspecting area, using handtruck.
* Examines exterior and interior surfaces of bowls for defects, such as shape distortion, chips, or cracks.
* Marks defective bowls to indicate type and location of defects, using marking pencil.
* Applies glaze to specified areas of bowls, using paint brush, to prevent cracking during subsequent finishing.
* Records number and types of defects on product identification tags for inventory and production records.
* Places boards on roller conveyor to support bowls, positions bowls on boards, and pushes inspected bowls along conveyor for further finishing.
* Returns defective bowls to casting area for reworking.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who removes concrete pipes from steam-curing chamber, with assistance of another worker, using hydraulic lifting device. Respnsibilities include:
* Presses button to activate chain mechanism that conveys kiln cars containing cured pipes from curing chamber into position under lifting device.
* Presses button to activate lifting device that lowers, grips, and lifts pipes from vertical to horizontal position on kiln car.
* Strikes metal pallets around bell end of pipes to remove pallet from pipes, using sledgehammer.
* Rolls pipes from kiln cars onto metal rack to facilitate transporting of pipes to storage yard.
* Removes couplings that join kiln cars, pushes kiln cars onto chain conveyor, and activates conveyor to return cars and pallets to pipe making section.
Industry:Professional careers
