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U.S. Department of Labor
Industry: Government; Labor
Number of terms: 77176
Number of blossaries: 0
Company Profile:
A professional who coats hair of fur garments with moisture or glazing compound to protect against shedding and restore glossy appearance. Respnsibilities include: * Fits garment over form and sprays glazing compound on garment with spray gun. * Brushes, combs, or shakes garment to fluff fur. * Allows garment to hang for specified period, or directs nozzle of compressed air line to dry fur. * May iron fur and lining. * May rub fur with stick to make hair fluffy. * May tend sawdust-filled rotating drum to remove loose hairs. * May trim garment section, using furrier's knife. * May pull offcolored hair from fur, using tweezers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who receives, marks, washes, finishes, checks, and wraps articles in laundry, performing any combination of following tasks. Respnsibilities include: * Classifies and marks incoming laundry with identifying code number, by hand or using machine. * Tends washing machine, extractor, and tumbler to clean and dry laundry. * Finishes laundered articles, using hand iron, pressing machine, or feeds and folds flatwork on flatwork ironing machine. * Sorts laundry and verifies count on laundry ticket. * May perform related tasks, such as mending torn articles, using sewing machine or by affixing adhesive patches. * May wrap articles. * May specialize in receiving and washing, or in finishing and checking, and be designated according to unit in which work is performed as Laundry Operator, Finishing; Laundry Operator, Wash Room.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who repairs defective umbrellas, using handtools. Respnsibilities include: * Replaces parts of umbrella frames, such as springs, ribs, shanks, and handles, using handtools. * Sews umbrella cover to frame. * May repair wheels and casters on beds, carts, and similar rolling equipment.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends equipment that fumigates and removes foreign matter from furs. Respnsibilities include: * Hangs furs in fumigating cabinet, pours fumigant into storage tank, and closes door. * Turns switch to start blower that vaporizes and blows fumigant onto furs. * Adjusts timing switch to stop fumigation process. * Presses button to start ventilating system to exhaust vapors from cabinet, opens door, and removes furs. * Adjusts valve on compressed air gun to regulate air pressure, according to condition or type of fur. * Squeezes trigger of gun and directs stream of air on fur to remove dirt, insects, and loose fur.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends equipment that fumigates and removes foreign matter from furs. Respnsibilities include: * Hangs furs in fumigating cabinet, pours fumigant into storage tank, and closes door. * Turns switch to start blower that vaporizes and blows fumigant onto furs. * Adjusts timing switch to stop fumigation process. * Presses button to start ventilating system to exhaust vapors from cabinet, opens door, and removes furs. * Adjusts valve on compressed air gun to regulate air pressure, according to condition or type of fur. * Squeezes trigger of gun and directs stream of air on fur to remove dirt, insects, and loose fur.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends drum that tumbles fur garments in dry or liquid cleaning agents to clean fur. Respnsibilities include: * Selects and pours liquid or drycleaning agent into drum. * Places garments in drum and moves lever to start and stop drum rotation. * Removes garments from drum. * Dumps drycleaning agents from drum and repeats tumbling process or uses compressed air gun to remove cleaning agents from garment; or places garment in extractor to remove liquid cleaning agent. * Hangs garments in heated cabinets or places in drying tumbler to dry garments. * May glaze fur. * May wash garment linings.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that combs and polishes furs, and manually applies glazing solution to restore luster. Respnsibilities include: * Sets thermostat to heat roller to specified temperature. * Presses button to start machine and arranges garment on feed roller. * Applies water or glazing solution, using hand spray gun. * Depresses pedal to raise feed roller to grooved heated roller that polishes and straightens fur. * Releases feed roller and rearranges garment to polish all parts. * May iron lining and hair of garment to remove wrinkles and restore luster to fur, using hand iron. * May polish furs only and be designated Fur-Polishing-Machine Operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that combs and polishes furs, and manually applies glazing solution to restore luster. Respnsibilities include: * Sets thermostat to heat roller to specified temperature. * Presses button to start machine and arranges garment on feed roller. * Applies water or glazing solution, using hand spray gun. * Depresses pedal to raise feed roller to grooved heated roller that polishes and straightens fur. * Releases feed roller and rearranges garment to polish all parts. * May iron lining and hair of garment to remove wrinkles and restore luster to fur, using hand iron. * May polish furs only and be designated Fur-Polishing-Machine Operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends rug conveyor or electric powered hoist that lifts and carries rugs to drying room, using either of following methods. Respnsibilities include: * (1) Pulls rug ejected from washing and wringing machines into drying room. * Feeds end of rug to be sized through sizing rolls to distribute sizing compound evenly over back of rug. * Fastens end of rug to pins attached to poles and pushes button to hoist and suspend rugs in drying room. * (2) Feeds end of rug to be sized through sizing rolls and fastens ends to pin on rug poles. * Pushes button to operate conveyor which hoists and transports rug through drying room. * May adjust thermostat of heaters circulating hot air through drying room. * May spray sizing compound on back of rugs with spray gun. * May remove dried rugs from poles and wrap or tie for delivery to customer. * May tend wrapping machine which wraps rug.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that automatically folds shirts. Respnsibilities include: * Positions shirt on bed of machine, places button strip and collar of shirt in clamps on machine bed, and closes clamps by hand. * Pushes button to lower folding blade onto shirt and actuates folding bar and plates of machine to fold body and arms of shirt around folding blade. * Depresses pedal to retract folding blade and plates and open heated collar-shaping clamp. * Inserts cardboard band under collar to maintain shape. * May place cardboard on shirt prior to folding to strengthen folded package. * May place paper bands around folded shirts and pack shirts in bags. * May separate and stack shirts according to customers' markings. * May insert paper cuff links in dress shirts.
Industry:Professional careers