- Industri: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
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- Company Profile:
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in maintenance and repair of braking devices on railroad tracks in classification yard. Respnsibilities include:
* Patrols work area to observe operation and condition of braking device and to note and record defects, such as loose bolts, escaping air, and worn brake shoes.
* Assigns tasks and plans and coordinates activities of brake repairer, railroad to maximize work performed and utilization of work force, based on knowledge of worker ability and experience and tasks to be performed.
* Patrols work sites to resolve problems relative to work and to suggest changes in work procedure to improve efficiency.
* Examines completed repair of maintenance to ensure conformance to company standards, applying knowledge of operation of braking device and of railroad regulations.
* Walks throughout yard to detect unsafe conditions or violations of safety rules.
* Apprises workers of violations to instruct workers in safe work methods and records repeated violations or commendable work methods on specified forms.
* Maintains records, such as employee timecards, materials used for maintenance and repair of braking device, and summaries of work performed.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends semiautomatic mainspring-winding machine that winds mainspring into shell (barrel) and lubricates bearing surfaces. Responsibilities include:
* Opens chuck, inserts arbor, and fits spring assembly over arbor.
* Depresses pedal that allows winding and oiling mechanism to wind spring around arbor, and oil spring.
* Places barrel over spring by hand and removes assembly from chuck.
* May wind mainspring, using hand-operated spring-winding tool.
* May reverse mainspring to coil spring in direction used in watch and be designated mainspring-reverse winder.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who joins parts, such as handles, blades, gears, or springs to assemble articles, such as pliers, knives, razors, shears, knife sharpeners, can openers, and ice crushers. Responsibilities include:
* Positions parts together, following guides such as holes, edges, and prongs.
* Rivets, bolts, or screws parts together, using hammer, riveting machine, wrench, or pneumatic screwdriver.
* May drill, ream, or tap holes in parts of pliers, using drill press.
* May use clamps, pneumatic or screw presses, and other work aids to hold parts during assembly.
* May be designated according to article assembled as knife assembler; electric-razor assembler; shear assembler.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who cleans and repairs fare registers used in rapid-transit railway stations. Responsibilities include:
* Disassembles register, using pliers, screwdrivers, punch, and hammer.
* Cleans register case with soap and water and working parts with kerosene.
* Replaces defective parts, makes necessary adjustments, and repaints dial markings, using brush.
* Reassembles register, oils mechanism, and shellacs or paints outside of case, using brush and spray gun.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who grinds, files, or sands surfaces of metal items, such as automobile bodies and household appliances, using handtools, power tools, and knowledge of metal finishing techniques. Responsibilities include:
* Examines and feels surface of metal to detect defects, such as dents, scratches, or breaks in metal.
* Removes dents, using hammer and dolly block, and fills uneven surface with molten solder.
* Smooths surface of item to specified finish, using handtools and powered tools.
* May polish metal surface, using powered polishing wheel or belt.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assembles parts to form yard and garden care equipment components, such as reels, steering handles, and gear boxes, following specifications and using handtools and power tools. Responsibilities include:
* Fits parts of components together and fastens them with bolts and cotter pins, using handtools and pneumatic impact wrench.
* Seats inserts, such as bearings and grease seals in hubs and sleeves, using power press.
* Rivets reel blades to hubs on reel shaft, using pneumatic clinching gun, and sets rivets, using rivet press.
* May be designated according to part assembled as reel fabricator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who bends metal tubing around forming blocks, or between rollers of bending device to produce components for such products as refrigeration systems or electrical heating units. Responsibilities include:
* Marks tubing at point of bend or places end of tubing against stop of bending device.
* Bends tubing to specified shape around rollers or forming blocks.
* May slip fittings on tube.
* May flare tube by forcing end against rotating cone.
* May be designated according to material formed as hand wire bender.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who repairs and maintains gas-driven, internal-combustion engines that power electric generators, compressors, and similar equipment, using handtools and precision-measuring devices. Respnsibilities include:
* Reads operating reports and diagnoses causes of trouble.
* Disassembles engines and adjusts or replaces parts, using handtools.
* Verifies clearances and adjustments, using precision-measuring devices.
* Reassembles engines and listens to engines in action to detect operational difficulties.
* May repair air or gas compressors.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects measuring, indicating, and controlling instruments, such as speedometers, sequence timers, and thermostats, and component parts, for conformance to specifications. Responsibilities include:
* Examines components and housings for specified characteristics, such as smoothness and centering of holes, or defects, such as scratches and chips.
* Measures instrument parts to verify conformance to blueprint specifications, using measuring devices, such as ruler, thread gauge, micrometer, and dial indicator.
* May use microscope to inspect bearings or other component parts.
* May test functional performance of instrument, using test equipment.
* May write inspection reports concerning defective parts and assemblies.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assembles metal cabinets. Responsibilities include:
* Inserts pins in hinges to attach doors to cabinet.
* Attaches stationary knobs in place with screws.
* Fits, assembles, and attaches locks to doors.
* Measures and drills support holes in shelves and shelf brackets and screws shelves in place.
* Adjusts doors, knobs, and shelves to fit by bending, filing, or hammering them, using handtools.
Industry:Professional careers
