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A professional who tends variety of machines that automatically assemble dry-cell components. Responsibilities include:
* Dumps parts and materials, such as top assemblies and electrolyte gel, into hoppers of assembly machines.
* Places cans (containers) that hold critical parts during assembly operations onto conveyor.
* Starts machines and conveyor system.
* Observes operation and movement of units at various stages of assembly to ensure units are assembled according to specifications.
* Adjusts machines as necessary to correct malfunctions when jam-ups occur.
* Inspects finished cells to detect defects and missing parts.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates electrically heated machine to mold plastic trademark ankle patch onto quarters for sneakers. Responsibilities include:
* Pours liquid plastic into feeder tank.
* Lifts plate cover, equipped with two die openings for simultaneous molding of right and left quarters.
* Slides dies into holders, tightens screws and replaces plate, using wrench.
* Starts machine and presses button to blow air through sprue holes in dies to clear openings.
* Brushes silicone on dies to prevent sticking.
* Positions right and left quarters over die openings on plate with edges against guide pins.
* Presses buttons to lower rams onto quarters, inject plastic to fill dies, and mold patches.
* Examines molded pieces for defects, such as insufficient plastic, lack of adhesion to cloth, discoloration, or unclear imprint, and rejects defective pieces.
* Cleans adhering plastic from die grooves and sprue holes, using metal pick.
* Adjusts rheostat to vary heat setting, according to size of die and to correct defects.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates machine to coat strands of steel wire with rubber to form beads for use in making pneumatic tires. Responsibilities include:
* Installs bead-forming wheel, dies, and baffles, and turns setscrews to adjust guides, spring tension, bead cutter arm, and bead forming wheel cycle according to specifications, using wrenches and screwdriver.
* Threads specified number of wires from spools through tuber die for rubber coating and into machine for forming into bead layers.
* Starts machine to feed wire through die and onto forming wheel.
* Cuts wire to remove bead layer from forming wheel when cycle is complete.
* Tapes cut end to hold bead together for wrapping or places bead in wrapping machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates boring-and-filling machine to fabricate brushes. Responsibilities include:
* Installs specified ratchet wheel, cams, stapling head, and drill in machine, using handtools.
* Mounts roll of wire on spindle and threads wire through stapling mechanism.
* Fills magazine with material, such as horsehair, nylon, wire, plastic filaments, or vegetable fibers, according to type of brush being made.
* Positions and clamps wooden or composition brush base in jig under drill, and clamps predrilled base in jig under filling-and-stapling device.
* Starts machine which simultaneously drills holes in blank base, and inserts and staples brush material in holes of drilled base.
* Places finished brush on storage rack.
* May be designated according to type of brush filled as hair-brush-boring-and-filling-machine operator; tooth-brush-boring-and-filling-machine operator; wire-brush-boring-and-filling-machine operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machine to stitch twine through broom fibers to strengthen and shape body of broom. Responsibilities include:
* Inserts and tightens jaws in vise that holds broom for stitching.
* Attaches ratchet and turns lever to set number, rows, and length of stitches.
* Inserts and clamps brush end of broom in vise.
* Cuts specified length of twine for each course, using knife.
* Wraps twine around broom and pulls one end between fibers, using hook, and threads other end through needle.
* Pushes vise into stitcher and starts machine to stitch fibers.
* May buckle leather strap around broom to hold it during stitching.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates machine to extrude sheets of candle wax or candles. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews instructions to determine type product to be produced.
* Installs specified die plates in machine, using handtools.
* Threads wick material through machine guides.
* Turns valve and dials to transfer wax to machine and to regulate speed, pressure, and temperature of machine.
* Starts machine that feeds wax and wick through dies to produce candles of specified dimensions or forces wax through dies to produce sheet of candle wax.
* Adjusts pressure controls to obtain specified dimensions.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machine to mold core and insert carbon rod in core to form cathode of dry cell batteries. Responsibilities include:
* Installs extruder bushings and mold on machine, using handtools.
* Places carbon rods in trough of feeding mechanism.
* Fills machine hopper with paste (black mix), using shovel.
* Starts machine that rams paste into mold, drives bar into paste to form hole for carbon rod, inserts rod in paste, tamps paste to compress paste around rod, and ejects finished core onto conveyor belt.
* Inspects core for defects and off-centered rods.
* Adjusts rod-centering device and force of impact and length of stroke of ram, using handtools.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates machines to perform machining operation, such as boring, threading, and turning on carbon electrodes according to production specifications. Responsibilities include:
* Installs specified drilling and threading tools in holders, using handtools.
* Lifts and centers electrode in chuck of machine, using hoist.
* Starts machine that automatically drills and threads electrode ends.
* Positions workpiece in turning lathe.
* Starts machine, and sets feed and travel controls to machine electrode to specified diameter and surface finish.
* Verifies conformance of machined workpiece to specifications, using calipers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machine to insert and staple brush-filling material into prebored holes of brush head. Responsibilities include:
* Places spool of wire on machine spindle and threads wire into staple machine.
* Lays material in feeder box.
* Turns manual-control wheel to test feeding and staple-forming operation.
* Twists key to clamp brush head in holding block.
* Turns handwheel and screw adjustment to adjust tilt and height of machine table and positions brush head under filling spout.
* Depresses pedal to start machine and moves brush head under filling spout to ensure that brush-filling material is inserted and stapled in brush head holes.
* Readjusts table to accommodate varying angles of holes in brush head.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machine to cut floor covering sheets into tile. Responsibilities include:
* Installs specified cutting die, and adjusts feed stroke, air pressure, and suction pick-up on machine, using handtools.
* Starts machine and feeds floor covering sheets into machine.
* Removes tiles from machine and transfers tiles to stock area, using handtruck.
Industry:Professional careers
