- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
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A professional who tends machine that cements lengths of rubber hose together to form dual hose for use in oxyacetylene torches. Responsibilities include:
* Pours rubber cement into machine dispenser and turns valve to regulate flow of cement.
* Adjusts buffing wheel that smooths sides of hose to be joined.
* Verifies diameter of hose, using gauge.
* Threads hose through feed rollers and starts machine.
* Examines dual hose to ensure that joint is cemented evenly.
* Ties identification tag on hose.
* May tend machine that prints brand on hose.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that rolls and presses edges of shoe uppers to smooth and finish edges. Responsibilities include:
* Positions edge of shoe upper against guides and under heated burnishing iron.
* Presses lever to start machine, and guides edge under iron and edge-rolling wheel to roll and press edge of upper.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that squares and smooths edges of plastic floor tile. Responsibilities include:
* Adjusts guide shoes for squareness, using wrenches and tile gauge.
* Places stack of tile on table of machine.
* Taps edges with mallet to align tile edges against guide shoes.
* Presses buttons to engage guide shoes and move stack of tile between grinding wheel.
* Rotates tile on table to grind edges.
* Places finished tile on conveyor.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that polishes and shapes edges of heel lifts and shoe soles through vibrating action of heated irons. Responsibilities include:
* Selects irons according to thickness of heel lift or sole and clamps them in chuck of machine.
* Turns dial to heat and regulate temperature of irons, according to work ticket.
* Pushes lever that rotates chuck to bring heel lift or sole into working position.
* Presses and guides heel or sole against vibrating iron to burnish edges.
* May brush, dye, ink, or wax edges.
* May be designated according to part burnished as heel lift edge setter.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that trims sole and heel edges of lasted shoes to remove excess material and to impart finished appearance. Responsibilities include:
* Positions and guides edges against revolving cutter to trim them.
* May replace cutters or guides, using handtools.
* May sharpen cutters.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that heats and seals precut or predesigned plastic material or film to form book covers, eyeglass cases, baby pants, tubing, and other plastic-coated products. Responsibilities include:
* Moves controls on machine to adjust temperature, pressure, and time cycle.
* Loads feeding mechanism with rolls of plastic material.
* Aligns edges of continuous plastic strips and guides them into position under electrode.
* Starts machine and depresses pedal to lower electrode that heats and seals edges of material.
* Removes product from machine and stacks it in rack or on table.
* May position plastic strip over article preparatory to heat sealing article.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends nailing, slugging, stapling, or tacking machine that attaches shoe parts, such as heel, insole, and shank to partially assembled shoes. Responsibilities include:
* Aligns parts on bed of machine, or positions them under machine head.
* Depresses pedal that lowers holding device, or holds parts against guide.
* Depresses pedal or lever that drives fasteners into parts.
* Fills hopper of nailing or tacking machine, or replaces wire spool on spindle of slugging or stapling machine.
* May brush cement onto parts prior to joining.
* May be designated according to part joined as machine heeler; insole tacker; ornament stapler; top-lift nailer.
* May be designated: bow stapler; buckle stapler; fiber-heel-piece shaper; gore stapler; heel-seat filler; heel-seat-flap stapler; nail welter; outsole tacker; platform stapler; rand tacker; shank stapler; welt sole stapler; toe stapler.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that shaves shank, heel seat, forepart, or edges of shoe outsole to reduce thickness and increase flexibility of outsole by any of following methods. Responsibilities include:
* (1) Feeds edge of outsole against guide and between rollers that force edge against machine blade.
* Turns crank to regulate speed of rollers along curved edges.
* May depress pedal to separate rollers to accommodate thickness of outsole.
* (2) Positions specified die rollers on machine shaft.
* Positions outsoles against guides on machine bed.
* Depresses pedal that starts rollers that force shank, heel seat, forepart, or edges of outsole against machine blade.
* Turns handwheel to set cutting gauge according to outsole size.
* May reduce thickness of insoles at edges.
* May be designated according to part of outsole reduced or beveled as heel reducer; shank beveler.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends sanding-and-buffing machine that smooths and polishes surface of plastic sheets to specified finish. Responsibilities include:
* Installs sandpaper belt in machine and sets tension of buffer springs to regulate pressure of buffers on sheets, using wrench.
* Starts machine and feeds sheets into machine.
* Observes ammeter to verify machine load specified for sanding.
* Verifies thickness of finished sheets, using dial indicator micrometer.
* Examines surface of sheets for defects, such as scratches, dull spots, and cracks.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that folds precemented edges of shoe parts, such as insoles, platforms, quarters, and vamps to strengthen and smooth edges. Responsibilities include:
* Positions part against guide and under presser foot and folding finger, or between rollers of machine.
* Releases pedal that lowers presser foot, starts machine, and guides part under presser foot and folding finger or between rollers to fold and press edges of part.
* May repair uneven folds by pressing with hot iron.
* Important variables may be indicated by trade name of machines used.
Industry:Professional careers
