- Industri: Government; Labor
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A professional who tends lathe that cuts roll of rubberized fabric or gum stock into specified widths. Responsibilities include:
* Loads roll of fabric or gum stock on lathe mandrel and starts chuck that revolves stock.
* Cuts roll of stock by holding knife in slots of guide bar and pressing it against revolving stock.
* Removes cut roll from mandrel and sorts it into designated boxes.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends lathe that cuts roll of rubberized fabric or gum stock into specified widths. Responsibilities include:
* Loads roll of fabric or gum stock on lathe mandrel and starts chuck that revolves stock.
* Cuts roll of stock by holding knife in slots of guide bar and pressing it against revolving stock.
* Removes cut roll from mandrel and sorts it into designated boxes.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that rolls over edge of plastic sunglass frames to secure lenses. Responsibilities include:
* Removes frames from heat conveyor and positions in fixture of press.
* Starts press that rolls over edge of plastic frames to secure lenses.
* Removes frames and examines for defects, such as cracked or distorted lenses, or cracked frames.
* Stacks completed frames in rack or places rejected frames in salvage container.
* Keeps production and rejection records.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends grinding machines that smooth and true bowling balls. Responsibilities include:
* Lifts ball onto work bench.
* Removes excessive molding from ball, using hand power grinder.
* Places ball between abrasive jaws of grinding machine.
* Starts machine and observes grinding operation.
* Stops machine and measures size of ball, using gauge.
* Removes ball from machine at end of grinding and smoothing cycle, and places ball in rack.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that trims edges of outsole and welt to conform to outline of lasted shoe upper. Responsibilities include:
* Adjusts width gauge, following size specifications.
* Starts machine and depresses pedal that withdraws knife from cutting position.
* Positions shank or heel seat against machine guide.
* Releases pedal that forces reciprocating horizontal knife against outsole and welt.
* Presses and turns outsole and welt against machine guide and cutting edge of knife.
* Presses control that regulates width of cut at toe, ball, and shank of shoe while edge is being trimmed.
* May cut channel (groove) in bottom of outsole near edge.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that trims unfinished shoe soles to pattern size. Responsibilities include:
* Selects pattern from stock bin, following work ticket.
* Positions pattern on machine guide pins and places sole on pattern.
* Depresses pedal or pushes lever that clamps sole onto pattern and starts knife blades rotating around outside edge of pattern to cut sole in conformity with pattern.
* Removes and sharpens blades, using hone.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends guillotine-type machine that automatically cuts rubber stock into slabs. Responsibilities include:
* Starts machine, catches cut slab as it reaches end of conveyor, and throws slab onto pallet.
* Sprays each layer of slabs with chemical solution to prevent sticking, using hose, and covers layer with canvas sheet.
* Replaces filled pallet with empty one, using hand-controlled lift truck.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that sands and smooths golf club grips, skis, and other sports equipment. Responsibilities include:
* Inserts article to be sanded in roller carriage brackets or grip in holding device of machine.
* Starts machine that automatically feeds article to sanding belt or rotates article against moving abrasive wheel to remove excess stock, paint, and blemishes from article.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that smooths and presses seams of shoe parts, such as counters, quarters, and joints of uppers by following methods. Responsibilities include:
* (1) Positions part under pounder or roller and guides part while machine pounds or rolls seams flat and smooth.
* (2) Positions part over or under preheated form and depresses pedal that lowers head of machine over part, pressing part to smooth seam.
* (3) Positions part on anvil under power hammer and depresses pedal that raises anvil and starts reciprocating hammer, flattening, and smoothing seam.
* May soften parts, using water-soaked sponge.
* May be designated according to type of machine operated as power-hammer operator; seam-press operator; or according to part of shoe smoothed as heel-seam rubber; quarter-lining smoother; vamp presser.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that cuts spheres, cones, and other shapes from plastic foam blocks. Responsibilities include:
* Positions block on machine table and clamps block in holding device.
* Starts machine and pushes block against curbed blades to cut shapes in block.
* Removes block from machine and breaks shaped object from block.
Industry:Professional careers
