- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
A professional who scrapes, scours, and fumigates interior of grain bins. Respnsibilities include:
* Climbs into grain bin or lowers self into bin on scaffolding or bucket seat, using block and tackle.
* Cleans interior of bin, using hand scrapers and brushes.
* Sprays interior of bin with insecticides and rodent deterrents or poisons, using spray gun.
* Closes bins for specified length of time.
* Airs bin and marks it for use.
* Places rodent traps and powders in designated areas in elevator.
* Maintains inventory of insecticides and rodent control supplies.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who cleans box-trucks (four-wheeled handtruck) used to move or store meat, grease, oleo, or inedible fat, using scrapers, wire brushes, handbrushes, steam, water, and detergent.
* May clean offal trays with water spray and rags and lubricate handtrucks with paraffin oil, using spray gun.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who fills wooden tubs, barrels, or containers with processed food products and covers with preservatives to preserve contents. Respnsibilities include:
* Dumps food into barrel, tub, or container, and adds prescribed amounts of preservatives, such as salt, sugar, brine, syrup, or vinegar.
* Covers container with lid, waxed paper, or plastic.
* May weigh contents of container.
* May apply labels to outer surface of container.
* May be designated according to container filled as Barrel Filler; or product treated as Cabbage Salter.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects and grades animal casings used as sausage skins. Respnsibilities include:
* Removes casings from soaking tank.
* Cleans and inflates casing, using air or water hose.
* Places inflated casing between grading pegs to determine size.
* Squeezes casing to detect changes in circumference, damaged sections, or slime.
* Cuts out damaged sections, warts, and other blemishes, using knife.
* Places casings in rack or container according to size or condition of casing.
* May measure and cut casings to length.
* May pack and salt casings for shipment or reclaim cured casings for use.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sews sections of animal intestine to form casings for lunch meat and specialty meat products. Respnsibilities include:
* Positions edges of dried intestines together, places strips of paper (liners) over intestines, and slides them under presser foot of sewing machine.
* Starts machine, and stitches edges of liner and end of intestines to form casings.
* Maintains count of casings sewed for company records.
* May inspect and grade casings.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sews sections of animal intestine to form casings for lunch meat and specialty meat products. Respnsibilities include:
* Positions edges of dried intestines together, places strips of paper (liners) over intestines, and slides them under presser foot of sewing machine.
* Starts machine, and stitches edges of liner and end of intestines to form casings.
* Maintains count of casings sewed for company records.
* May inspect and grade casings.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who closes ends of empty and filled meat casings with metal clips and string preparatory to hanging them for smoking or cooking. Respnsibilities include:
* Attaches metal clip to one end of empty casing, using clipping tool.
* Twists open end of filled casing and ties it with string leaving loop for hanging.
* Cuts off excess string and casing, using scissors or knife.
* May be designated according to type of meat cased as Bulk-Sausage-Casing Tier-Off; Canadian-Bacon Tier; Hog Stomach Preparer.
* May tie lacing cord at regular intervals around bologna sausage to brace and support casing and be designated Bologna Lacer; or lace rolled ham and be designated Rolled-Ham Lacer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who closes ends of empty and filled meat casings with metal clips and string preparatory to hanging them for smoking or cooking. Respnsibilities include:
* Attaches metal clip to one end of empty casing, using clipping tool.
* Twists open end of filled casing and ties it with string leaving loop for hanging.
* Cuts off excess string and casing, using scissors or knife.
* May be designated according to type of meat cased as Bulk-Sausage-Casing Tier-Off; Canadian-Bacon Tier; Hog Stomach Preparer.
* May tie lacing cord at regular intervals around bologna sausage to brace and support casing and be designated Bologna Lacer; or lace rolled ham and be designated Rolled-Ham Lacer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who cleans floors and equipment, and performs following duties in char-house. Respnsibilities include:
* Cleans and collects char dust from floors, pump basins, pipelines, and tank tops.
* Observes operating machinery, such as char-draw mechanisms, spreaders, and char-collectors, for blockades or malfunctioning, and reports irregularities to superiors.
* Fills sacks with salvaged char dust and sews, weighs, and stores sacks.
* Obtains samples of char and takes them to laboratory for analysis.
* Delivers requisitions, runs errands, and supplies filter blankets and wedges to other workers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects cigars for imperfections and verifies quality of packing and labeling. Respnsibilities include:
* Examines cigars for size, shape, and imperfections in wrappers.
* Replaces defective cigars in boxes.
* Examines banded and cellophane-wrapped cigars to determine whether bands are positioned and cellophane is applied according to standards.
* Observes boxes of cigars to determine whether label is in specified position.
* May open lid of box to inspect cigars and close and nail lid onto box after inspection, using handtool.
Industry:Professional careers
