- Industri: Government; Labor
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- Company Profile:
A professional who sets up power looms to weave wire into screening and cloth to size, mesh, and weave patterns specified by work orders, diagrams, and data charts, applying knowledge of machine function, principles of mechanics and shop mathematics. Respnsibilities include:
* Selects functional machine parts, such as reeds, heddles, and shuttle, according to wire specified and aligns and bolts them to machine.
* Selects, positions, and installs cams, shuttle thrower, and gears and turns speed control knobs to synchronize action of machine to produce size and pattern of weave specified, using precision measuring instruments and handtools.
* Turn knobs to adjust electric eye control which automatically stops machine when specified run is completed, shuttle or warp wire runs out, or wire breaks.
* Threads wire from back beam through heddles and reeds to cloth roll, and install bobbins in shuttle.
* Starts machine and makes trial runs.
* Inspects sample, visually and using gauges and readjusts machine to correct malfunction.
* May replace or repair broken parts of machine.
* May tend bobbin-winding machine to wind bobbins for installation in loom.
* May be designated by product specialty as fourdrinier loom setter.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates duplicator punch which follows tracer track on template and punches, blanks, and notches metal plates, sheets, and structural shapes. Respnsibilities include:
* Positions and clamps track template onto template table of machine.
* Inserts, aligns, and locks specified punches and dies in ram and bed of machine, using hammer, shims, feelers, micrometers, and setscrews.
* Places workpiece on carriage of machine manually or by using jib or crane.
* Aligns workpiece to scale on machine and clamps it to carriage.
* Sets end and side stops to position successive pieces.
* Positions tracer arm onto track templates and turns handwheels to move carriage along track to punching stations.
* Pulls lever to activate punch.
* Positions punch or die over layout marks on jobs for which no template has been made.
* Inspects work to verify location of holes, using scale, compass, and plug gauges.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs activities of information systems group engaged in designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining worldwide integrated finance and accounting system utilized by multinational organization. Responsibilities include:
* Studies and analyzes general plan proposal, confers with corporate officials to obtain details of general plan, and obtains systems requirements from corporate and international accounting and management personnel to compile raw data for plan development.
* Develops methods and procedures for project accomplishment, applying knowledge of foreign monetary and tax systems and international accounting conventions.
* Prepares specifications documenting systems and project requirements, including time frame, staffing, activity schedule, and methods and procedures.
* Interprets international finance and accounting policies and procedures to provide coding assistance to others engaged in systems design and coding.
* Oversees entering of source data and programs into computer, analyzes output to identify existence and nature of problems, and orders indicated corrections to design or program.
* Writes procedures manuals for users, reflecting and adapting individual accounting conventions and monetary and tax systems into overall integrated system.
* Prepares training plan and trains user staff prior to implementation of system.
* Edits and audits financial and accounting reports to identify problems in installed system and initiates corrective measures.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who repairs or replaces defective parts of internal combustion engines indicated on test rejection tag, using power tools and handtools. Respnsibilities include:
* Positions motor in fixture and inspects engine for cracks and missing parts, such as electrical wires and screws.
* Disassembles motor and repairs or replaces defective parts, such as water pump, carburetor, thermostat, gears, solenoids, magneto, pistons, piston rings, and crankshaft, using wrenches, screwdrivers, and wheel puller.
* Scrapes, grinds, reams, and retaps parts to obtain specified clearance between parts, using scrapers, stand grinder, taps, reamer, and micrometer.
* Adjusts points, valves, and spark plugs and verifies gaps, using feeler gauges.
* Reassembles motor for retest.
* Records motor number and repairs made.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who compiles data for use by urban planner in making planning studies. Responsibilities include:
* Summarizes information from maps, reports, field and file investigations, and books.
* Traces maps and prepares statistical tabulations, computations, charts, and graphs to illustrate planning studies in areas, such as population, transportation, traffic, land use, zoning, proposed subdivisions, and public utilities.
* Prepares and updates files and records.
* May answer public inquiries, conduct field interviews and make surveys of traffic flow, parking, housing, educational facilities, recreation, zoning, and other conditions which affect planning studies.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that expands pipe ends to specified diameter by one of following methods. Respnsibilities include:
* (1) Starts machine that rotates pipe against die to expand end of pipe.
* (2) Places pipe in expanding machine and starts machine that forces mandrels into end to expand pipe to specified diameter.
* (3) Starts machine that inserts and expands cylindrical element within pipe to enlarge pipe to specified diameter.
* Pushes pipe along conveyor rolls to expander block.
* Verifies dimensions of pipe end with ring or plug gauge.
* Important variables may be indicated by trade names of machine used.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates portable electric grinder to resurface damaged or worn mill rolls used to compress reclaim rubber into slabs. Respnsibilities include:
* Positions and bolts grinder to holding fixture beside mill.
* Examines sample slab from mill to determine extent of grinding necessary to resurface rolls.
* Selects and bolts grinding wheel to grinder, and turns setscrews to align it with roll.
* Starts grinder and turns travel screw to feed rotating grinding wheel horizontally along roll.
* Repeats grinding until sample slabs are compressed according to standards.
* Turns adjustment wheel to close rolls of mill, and spreads abrasive compound over ground area of rolls.
* Starts mill to polish roll surfaces.
* Wipes abrasive compound from polished rolls.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who develops plans for construction and utilization of revenue-producing vehicle parking facilities. Responsibilities include:
* Plans and conducts comprehensive field surveys to locate sites for new parking facilities.
* Analyzes factors such as capacity, turnover, rates, and required property changes relative to proposed sites, and prepares maps, graphs, tracings, and diagrams to illustrate findings.
* Designs parking lot facilities, including spaces, aisles, driveways, lighting, gates, landscaping, cashier booths, storm drains, grades, and paving details, and prepares cost estimates.
* Evaluates work performed by contractors to verify conformity to specifications.
* Keeps log of construction projects and prepares final reports.
* Reports maintenance problems occurring at facilities to supervisor.
* Prepares replies to public suggestions and complaints.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in repairing and maintaining bakery machines and equipment. Respnsibilities include:
* Analyzes service requests and assigns workers to activities, such as dismantling machinery and equipment, installing replacement parts, and testing machinery.
* Monitors operation of machinery and equipment to ensure conformance to specifications.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends rolling machine that straightens and forms contours in metal sheets, trims and beads edges of metal cylinders and rings, or crimps or seams lids on container. Respnsibilities include:
* Positions workpiece over lower die or forming chuck. Clamps workpiece to forming chuck or positions workpiece against end stop to hold workpiece in place.
* Pulls lever to press adjustment dies over workpiece to shape workpiece to contour of dies or forming chuck.
* May pull lever to lower slitter or knife to trim edges of workpiece and manipulate lever which forces dies against edge of workpiece to bend edge to form bead.
* May tend machines that automatically feed can ends, seam can ends to can bodies, and test cans for leaks.
* May be designated by work performed as beading-machine operator ii; drum straightener ii; seaming-machine operator.
Industry:Professional careers
