- Industri: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
A professional who tends machine that trims uneven edges of veneer sheets and tenderizes (indents and breaks wood fibers of) veneer for composing into plywood core sheets. Responsibilities include:
* Pushes buttons and pedal to start machine and to raise veneer stack on lift table to feeding height.
* Aligns uneven edges of veneer sheets on lift table, using shadow line, and feeds sheets into machine for trimming and tenderizing.
* Observes veneer sheets discharged from tenderizer machine onto feed conveyor of core composer machine and slackens feeding pace as necessary to reduce detected pile ups.
* Observes stacker lift table at discharge end of core composer machine and activates conveyor to remove full stacks and reposition stacker lift table for next stack.
* Occasionally measures moisture content of veneer prior to tenderizing, using moisture meter, and removes veneer containing excessive moisture for redrying.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that cuts metal fasteners from corrugated metal stripping and drives fasteners into boards across joints to fasten boards together. Responsibilities include:
* Positions spool of corrugated metal stripping onto machine spindles and threads end of stripping between clamps of automatic feed driver-head.
* Positions and tightens machine driver-head above workpiece joint, using wrench.
* Starts machine, positions workpiece against machine table stop, and depresses pedal to activate machine driver-head and force fastener into workpiece.
* May be designated according to parts fastened as box-top-stitching-machine operator; machine door-frame assembler.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that presses notched ends of boards together to form lock-corner box frame. Responsibilities include:
* Turns handwheels to adjust side and end pressure bars according to frame dimension.
* Positions boards on table and starts machine.
* Presses pedal to activate pressure bars that force notched ends of boards together, forming lock-corner joints.
* May dip ends of boards in glue before joining.
* May melt glue in glue pot.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that glues and drives dowel pins into holes in parts of wooden articles preparatory to assembly. Responsibilities include:
* Slides stops on machine to align grooves, through which dowels are fed, with holes in wooden part according to work order.
* Dumps dowel pins into hopper and pours glue into glue reservoir.
* Turns valve to regulate pressure and amount of glue injected into holes to prevent wood from splitting when dowels are driven into holes.
* Positions part against stop and depresses pedal to inject glue and drive dowels into holes.
* Releases pedal and removes wooden part from machine.
* Secures position of dowels in wooden parts with nails or staples, using pneumatic nail gun or stapler.
* May mix glue.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends stapling machine that staples battens down center of wire-bound box ends to stiffen and strengthen them. Responsibilities include:
* Lays batten in groove of stapler and places end board between guides and on batten.
* Slides batten and box end onto feed belt of machine.
* Steps on pedal to operate machine, stapling batten to box end.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends stapling machine that staples battens down center of wire-bound box ends to stiffen and strengthen them. Responsibilities include:
* Lays batten in groove of stapler and places end board between guides and on batten.
* Slides batten and box end onto feed belt of machine.
* Steps on pedal to operate machine, stapling batten to box end.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends frame table carriage that moves, positions, and holds timbers under radial arm of framing machine to assist frame-table operator to frame timbers. Responsibilities include:
* Lifts timbers onto carriage, using air hoist.
* Pulls levers and turns wheel controls to move carriage and position timbers for cutting.
* May change saws and cutting tools.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends frame table carriage that moves, positions, and holds timbers under radial arm of framing machine to assist frame-table operator to frame timbers. Responsibilities include:
* Lifts timbers onto carriage, using air hoist.
* Pulls levers and turns wheel controls to move carriage and position timbers for cutting.
* May change saws and cutting tools.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that sands excess point from pencil ends and cuts pencils to specified length. Responsibilities include:
* Dusts ends of pencils with cornstarch to prevent sticking together.
* Places pencils in hopper of machine and starts machine.
* Examines pencils for defects, such as chips in paint and incorrect length.
* Bundles pencils, using cord, and places bundles on pallet or places pencils in rack and blows wood and lead dust from pencils, using airhose.
* Replaces worn sandpaper on machine drum.
* May replace knives in machine, using wrench.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that sands excess point from pencil ends and cuts pencils to specified length. Responsibilities include:
* Dusts ends of pencils with cornstarch to prevent sticking together.
* Places pencils in hopper of machine and starts machine.
* Examines pencils for defects, such as chips in paint and incorrect length.
* Bundles pencils, using cord, and places bundles on pallet or places pencils in rack and blows wood and lead dust from pencils, using airhose.
* Replaces worn sandpaper on machine drum.
* May replace knives in machine, using wrench.
Industry:Professional careers
