Job Description: 1) Adjusts contacts and springs of electrical apparatus, such as relays and switches, to permit opening and closing of circuits and flow of current: Examines apparatus for defects, such as damaged coil cover, bent springs and contacts, misaligned armatures and contacts, and missing parts. 2) Verifies clearance and tension of parts, using feeler
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Job Description: 1) Adjusts alarm mechanism and lubricates moving parts of electric alarm clock assemblies, using handtools: Clamps lead wires of clock motors to current outlet. 2) Bends alarm striker, turns alarm indicators to specified setting, and pulls and turns set shafts to adjust and set alarm, using tweezers, pliers, and knife. 3) Observes mechanism
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Job Description: 1) Bends or shapes doors and drawers so that they fit snugly and work smoothly in assembled metal furniture without binding, using handtools. 2) . 3) .
Job Description: 1) Tends machine that automatically makes adhesive bandages from cloth and plastic material: Positions specified rolls of materials on machine spindles and locks them in place with plates and setscrews to prevent unrolling. 2) Threads materials through rollers in prescribed sequence. 3) Starts machine that cuts materials to required length, affixes gauze to
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Job Description: 1) Applies adhesive to edge strips of partially fabricated ski to prepare ski for attachment of top layer, using roller and adhesive: Examines ski for defects, such as holes and bumps. 2) Rubs bumps with abrasive cloth to smooth surface. 3) Marks holes on skis with chalk and stacks marked skis aside for
Job Description: 1) Assembles and installs acid-proof brick lining in metal tanks used for processing and storing of acid: Cleans inside of tank to remove foreign matter, such as rust, scale, and grease, using sandblasting equipment. 2) Removes dust from tank lining, using gasoline dampened cloth. 3) Applies specified coats of primer cement to lining
Job Description: 1) Tends batch still and polymerization vessel to distill and polymerize acrylic acid used in production of plastics: Tends laboratory-type batch still to vaporize and condense acrylic acid. 2) Measures amount of distillate, using burette or gauging rod, and pours distilled acid into water-jacketed polymerization vessel. 3) Heats vessel to prescribed temperature, and
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Job Description: 1) Tends furnace, absorber, cooler, scrubber, and auxiliary equipment used in producing phosphoric acid by oxidation and hydration of elemental phosphorus: Patrols work area; observes water levels in scrubber, venturi-duct pan, and cooling-tower basin; and reads flowmeter and pressure gauges on phosphorus pump, fans, and blower to verify process conditions. 2) Records or
Job Description: 1) Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in operation of equipment to process, store, and mix acids for use in making explosives, such as nitroglycerin, TNT, and dynamite: Trains workers in operation of equipment. 2) Inspects equipment and observes workers to ensure safe work practices. 3) May supervise production of ammonium nitrate
Job Description: 1) Tends equipment that filters acid liquor from slurry and dehydrates residual materials for further processing: Opens feed valves and starts rotary drum that filters liquor from slurry. 2) Turns valves to transfer residue to dehydration unit. 3) Adjusts controls to regulate temperature, pressure, and speed of material flow as specified to dry