Definition:
Manufacturing labourers perform a variety of simple and routine manual tasks in manufacturing to assist the work of machine operators and assemblers.
Tasks include:
Packing material and various products by hand; filling bottles, boxes, bags and other containers with products by hand; labelling products and containers by hand; loading and unloading vehicles; conveying goods, material, equipment to work area; cleaning machinery, equipment and tools; sorting of products or components by hand.
Job Description: 1) Tends pneumatic coal-cleaning table that blows coal dust, sulfur, and other impurities from coal as it passes through preparation plant: Starts machine and adjusts valve to regulate air pressure. 2) Observes coal as it passes over cleaning table and removes oversized lumps, rocks, or foreign matter. 3) Adjusts and lubricates mechanical parts […]
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Job Description: 1) Tends machine that drills airhole in shank of smoking pipe to connect shank hole to bowl chamber: Clamps smoking pipe bowl in jaws of holding device and starts machine. 2) Pulls handle of drill that automatically releases drilling tool into center of shank to bore hole through shank into base of bowl
Job Description: 1) Controls equipment to size and dry paper: Positions paper roll on feedrack, using hoist. 2) Threads paper through size tank and press and drier rolls, and secures it to winding reel. 3) Starts equipment and adjusts controls to regulate speed of winding reel, temperature of drier rolls, and temperature of air rising
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Job Description: 1) Examines completed aircraft to ensure that spare parts, accessories, or subassemblies, itemized on packing and loading sheet, are aboard craft before delivery to customer: Examines blueprints showing location of parts in aircraft, verifies that part is aboard, and records part serial numbers on packing sheet. 2) Reports shortages of parts and subassemblies,
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Job Description: 1) Tends machine that passes printed or dyed cloth through steam and chemical fumes to develop and fix colors: Measures out and mixes chemicals with water in tank. 2) Trucks cloth to feed-end of ager. 3) Sews end of cloth to leader in machine, using portable sewing machine. 4) Observes cloth entering machine
Job Description: 1) Positions, glues, and aligns agate bearings in scale housings and bridges, base plates, and spiders: Mixes cement ingredients according to formula. 2) Cleans agate seats, using files. 3) Positions part in holding fixture. 4) Coats agates and part seats with cement, positions agates in seats, and screws clamp into fixture to hold
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 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