- Industri: Government; Labor
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A professional who loads and unloads oven that cures color in screen-printed textiles. Respnsibilities include:
* Hangs articles on rack and pushes rack into preheated oven.
* Removes articles from oven after specified time.
* Counts and records number of articles cured and packs articles into boxes.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that breaks up and softens size, and imparts brushed effect to surface of fabric. Respnsibilities include:
* Pushes truck or roll of cloth into feeding position and sews end to leader cloth, using portable sewing machine.
* Turns valve to admit steam into drying can. Starts machine that passes cloth around drying can to break up and soften size in fabric, and between emery rollers that abrade surface of fabric to impart brushed effect.
* Positions handtruck to receive cloth from swing-folding attachment.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who feeds and off bears oven drier that dries and sets knitted articles after boarding II and dyeing. Respnsibilities include:
* Dumps articles from bag onto table and arranges articles in stacks.
* Shakes wrinkles from articles and places articles on conveyor that feeds articles into drier.
* Off bears conveyor and folds and stacks articles on tray.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends drying cans that dry cloth following processes, such as washing, desizing, or finishing. Respnsibilities include:
* Positions truck of folded cloth at feed-end of machine.
* Pins cloth end to preceding bolt or sews ends together with sewing machine.
* Turns valve to admit steam into revolving cans that dry fabric as fabric is drawn around and between cans.
* Moves lever to regulate speed of revolving cans to adjust drying time according to cloth thickness.
* Turns wheel to change cloth tension according to type or style of fabric.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machines that dry packages of dyed or bleached yarn by any of following methods. Respnsibilities include:
* (1) Removes yarn packages from yarn stand and places them on drying-oven rack.
* Sets temperature control gauges according to specifications and pushes rack of yarn into drying oven.
* (2) Positions loaded yarn stand removed from dyeing machine over hot-air port, using power hoist.
* Sets controls to direct air through holes in yarn stand to dry yarn.
* (3) Loads stand of yarn into kier, using power hoist.
* Closes lid and tightens bolts, using wrench.
* Sets controls to circulate hot air through yarn.
* Removes dried yarn from drying machine, inspects packages for dyeing defects, and packs packages in cases for storage or shipment.
* May fasten case with metal band and truck case to warehouse.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who feeds and off bears oven drier that dries and sets knitted articles after boarding II and dyeing. Respnsibilities include:
* Dumps articles from bag onto table and arranges articles in stacks.
* Shakes wrinkles from articles and places articles on conveyor that feeds articles into drier.
* Off bears conveyor and folds and stacks articles on tray.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends drying chamber that removes moisture from felt strips. Respnsibilities include:
* Opens steam valves to heat chamber to specified temperature and opens and closes vents in chamber to control ventilation.
* Attaches leading edge of felt strip to hooks of conveyor and starts machine to draw strip through drying chamber.
* Clamps leading edge of strip to winding drum as strip emerges from chamber.
* Cuts strip with knife when specified amount of felt is wound on drum.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that completes drying of dyed raw cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers, from which excess liquid has been extracted. Respnsibilities include:
* Feeds raw stock to conveyor by hand or turns switch to control vacuum pipe through which stock is fed onto conveyor.
* Moves lever to regulate speed of screen or apron which carries loose fibers through drying cabinet.
* Sets gauge to control drying temperature.
* Cleans equipment, using compressed air and steam.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that dries spools of dyed carpeting. Respnsibilities include:
* Positions spools of wet material on machine brackets and ties ends to asbestos strips in machine.
* Turns switches to regulate speed of intake and exhaust blowers and to obtain specified temperature from infrared and gas heat units.
* Starts machine and observes as carpet emerges from discharge end and winds onto spools to determine if drying meets specifications.
* Observes gauges and adjusts switches to maintain specified temperature in drying chamber.
* May run carpet through swing-folding attachment as carpet emerges from machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that dries skeins of yarn. Respnsibilities include:
* Turns valves to set temperature of drying cabinet according to specifications.
* Starts fans to circulate heat in drying cabinet.
* Places yarn skeins on conveyor that conveys yarn through cabinet, hangs skeins on drying rack and pushes rack into drying cabinet, or loops skeins over poles and places poles on conveyor that conveys yarn through cabinet.
* Removes dried skeins of yarn from conveyor, racks, or poles.
* Shakes tangled skeins of yarn before and after drying to straighten skeins.
Industry:Professional careers
