- Industri: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
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- Company Profile:
A professional who operates crozer machine to cut croze (groove) in wooden tank staves, into which tank bottom is fitted. Responsibilities include:
* Starts machine.
* Places stave on machine table, aligns mark on stave with cutoff saw blade, and depresses pedal to clamp stave in position.
* Pulls saw and dado-cutter assembly across stave.
* Releases pedal and slides stave along machine bench to helper.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates multiple-spindle boring and trimming machine to bore vertical or horizontal holes and trim or miter ends of stock used in furniture manufacturing. Responsibilities include:
* Reads work specifications to determine location, angles, depth, diameter, and number of holes to bore in stock and cuts to be made by saws.
* Installs specified bits in spindle chucks, using wrench.
* Adjusts chucks for location specified, using handtools and pattern stock.
* Attaches holders, jigs, or stops, and adjusts pneumatic clamps with handtools.
* Removes pattern and starts boring heads and saws.
* Positions stock under clamps and against stops on machine bed, and depresses pedal or turns automatic cycle lever to activate machine to clamp, bore, trim, and release stock.
* Periodically verifies accuracy of setup by comparing trimmed and bored stock with pattern stock, using caliper, square, or tape measure.
* May operate machine that trims or miters only one end of wooden stock and be designated single-end-trimming-and-boring-machine operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates machine to bore holes, and glue and insert dowels in ends of door and sash rails. Responsibilities include:
* Adjusts stock guides, pressure arms, and glue discharge pipes, and inserts and spaces drills in chucks to accommodate size of rails to be processed, using stock sample, rule, and wrench.
* Pours glue into machine reservoir, loads dowel hopper, and starts machine.
* Feeds trial rail into machine and checks spacing of dowels with rule and caliper.
* Feeds machine by placing stack of rails in rail-feed hopper.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates machine to bore holes, and glue and insert dowels in ends of door and sash rails. Responsibilities include:
* Adjusts stock guides, pressure arms, and glue discharge pipes, and inserts and spaces drills in chucks to accommodate size of rails to be processed, using stock sample, rule, and wrench.
* Pours glue into machine reservoir, loads dowel hopper, and starts machine.
* Feeds trial rail into machine and checks spacing of dowels with rule and caliper.
* Feeds machine by placing stack of rails in rail-feed hopper.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates multispindle woodworking machine to rout, mill, drill, and profile recesses in gun stocks to receive metal gun parts, such as barrel, breech, receiver, and trigger. Responsibilities include:
* Clamps gunstock blank in fixture on carriage of machine.
* Turns crank to feed workpiece into series of routing bits, each equipped with tracing pin.
* Moves dropbar to force tracing pins to follow contours of metal model in designated sequence, so routing tools will cut duplicate recesses in wooden gunstock.
* Turns crank to feed gunstock into horizontal milling cutter and moves dropbar that controls cutter to round off and smooth routing cuts.
* Verifies accuracy of cuts by fitting metal gun parts into their respective recesses and using fixed gauges.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machines to shape and smooth shoe lasts to specified contour and size, performing any combination of following tasks. Responsibilities include:
* Cuts lathe centers from last turnings at specified point, using bandsaw or handsaw.
* Files toe area of last to specified contour outline drawn on bottom of last.
* Sands toe area with sandpaper or operates sanding machine to attain specified size and finish.
* Verifies finished size, using templates.
* Operates sanding machine to sand heel area of last to remove excess material, form heel, and establish specified length of last.
* Verifies last length, using gauge.
* Replaces worn sandpaper belts on sanding machines.
* May draw last bottom outline, using sole pattern and pencil.
* May specialize on one part of last and be designated heel grinder; toe stripper .
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates machines to drive nails into boards to fasten wood assemblies, such as boxes, furniture frames, crates, and pallets, and to nail lids on boxes. Responsibilities include:
* Spaces nail chucks and rails according to specifications and turns setscrews to fasten chucks to rails.
* Turns wheel to raise or lower table according to size of pieces to be nailed.
* Fills hopper with nails.
* Fastens or adjusts stops and jigs on machine table to facilitate positioning of material to be nailed.
* Starts machine, positions boards on table under chucks, and depresses pedal to drive nails into boards.
* May move levers to control nail feed and turn knobs to position nail setting heads.
* May be designated according to part nailed as bottom nailer; cleat nailer; frame nailer; strap nailer; or according to type of machine as lidding-machine operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machine that routs out defects, such as knots, dents, and holes, in boards, and inserts glue and plugs in cutout areas. Responsibilities include:
* Fastens router and plug cutter into machine chucks, using wrench.
* Fills glue reservoir.
* Inserts wood slat into machine for plug material.
* Grasps board and inspects board for defects, such as knots, dents, and blemishes.
* Starts machine, and inserts defect in board under device holding router and plug cutter.
* Depresses pedal, causing router to bore hole, glue injector to inject glue into hole, and plug cutter to cut plug and press it into glued hole.
* Removes board, wipes off excess glue, and stacks it on pallet on cart.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates variety of machines to shape ends of wooden shuttles and attach tips. Responsibilities include:
* Squares ends of shuttles, using disk sanding machine.
* Saws off ends of shuttles, using machine equipped with rotating saw blade.
* Removes burrs from sawed ends with knife.
* Bores holes in shuttle ends for insertion of ferrules, using boring machines.
* Taps steel ferrule into ferrule hole with hammer.
* Dips corrugated shaft of metal tip in glue and sets tip in hole previously drilled.
* Forces tip into hole, using arbor press.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates and controls barkers, saws, edgers, planers, trimmers, and chippers in sawmill to relieve other operators during rest and meal periods, emergencies, and vacations. Responsibilities include:
* Receives assignment to operate specific machine from sawmill supervisor.
* Moves levers, turns handwheels, depresses pedals, and pushes console buttons to activate machines and to observe, rotate, and move logs and boards on conveyors and adjustable tables to shape boards for optimum market value.
* Changes cutting blades, adjusts machines, and clears machine jams, using handtools.
* Lubricates and cleans machine parts.
Industry:Professional careers
