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U.S. Department of Labor
Industry: Government; Labor
Number of terms: 77176
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A professional who installs rolls of untreated roofing felt on feedrack and prepares roll for continuous asphalt-saturating process with aid of another worker. Respnsibilities include: * Inserts spindle in mandrel, pushes roll onto feedrack, and secures holding devices over spindle ends. * Cuts away roll covering, using knife, threads end of felt through rollers, and splices end to end of previous roll with tape and hot iron. * Inspects felt as roll unwinds and repairs defects, such as holes and tears, using tape and iron.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who installs rolls of untreated roofing felt on feedrack and prepares roll for continuous asphalt-saturating process with aid of another worker. Respnsibilities include: * Inserts spindle in mandrel, pushes roll onto feedrack, and secures holding devices over spindle ends. * Cuts away roll covering, using knife, threads end of felt through rollers, and splices end to end of previous roll with tape and hot iron. * Inspects felt as roll unwinds and repairs defects, such as holes and tears, using tape and iron.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who removes tar, pitch, and carbon accumulated in coke-collecting mains, using chisel bar. Respnsibilities include: * Lifts plugs from collecting main, using hook. * Places disk over plughole and shoves chisel bar through center hole of disk. * Twists bar to pry tar from walls of main. * Removes tar and pitch from traps, using spooning bar. * Sweeps and cleans area. * Cleans spray nozzles of collecting mains, using wire-cleaning tool. * May apply steam to loosen residue from walls of collecting mains.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who replaces burner tips, gas pipe, and carbon-collecting channels (flat surfaces) in hothouses (burner enclosures) used to produce carbon black by channel process, using wrenches and pipe-fitting tools. * Cleans carbon dust from equipment and work area, using brooms and brushes.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of following tasks in refinery. Respnsibilities include: * Digs ditches, builds dikes and levees, and fills holes with earth, rock, sand, and asphalt gravels, using pick and shovel. * Smooths ground surfaces and roadways, using hand tamper. * Cleans refining equipment. * Removes debris from roadways and work areas, and sprays and hoes weeds. * Shovels sand and gravel off vehicles and dumps or shovels cement and sand into mixers. * Mixes and pours cement and transports cement to forms with wheelbarrow. * Unloads materials, such as tools, equipment, sacks of cement, sand, catalyst, salt, and lime, and oil barrels from freight cars and trucks, manually or with handtruck; and stacks barrels and sacks for storage. * Uncrates equipment and parts, such as fractionating or treating towers and bubble trays, using pry bar and hammer; and installs bubble caps, using wrenches. * Rips open sacks and dumps chemicals and catalysts into mixing, treating, or storage tanks. * Dopes pipelines to prevent corrosion, using doping pot and tar. * Changes hoist cables, and rigs chain hoists, rope blocks, power winches, and gin poles used to move or raise equipment. * Skims oil from cooling water in water boxes. * May be designated according to section of refinery in which work is performed as Laborer, Filter Plant.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of following tasks in refinery. Respnsibilities include: * Digs ditches, builds dikes and levees, and fills holes with earth, rock, sand, and asphalt gravels, using pick and shovel. * Smooths ground surfaces and roadways, using hand tamper. * Cleans refining equipment. * Removes debris from roadways and work areas, and sprays and hoes weeds. * Shovels sand and gravel off vehicles and dumps or shovels cement and sand into mixers. * Mixes and pours cement and transports cement to forms with wheelbarrow. * Unloads materials, such as tools, equipment, sacks of cement, sand, catalyst, salt, and lime, and oil barrels from freight cars and trucks, manually or with handtruck; and stacks barrels and sacks for storage. * Uncrates equipment and parts, such as fractionating or treating towers and bubble trays, using pry bar and hammer; and installs bubble caps, using wrenches. * Rips open sacks and dumps chemicals and catalysts into mixing, treating, or storage tanks. * Dopes pipelines to prevent corrosion, using doping pot and tar. * Changes hoist cables, and rigs chain hoists, rope blocks, power winches, and gin poles used to move or raise equipment. * Skims oil from cooling water in water boxes. * May be designated according to section of refinery in which work is performed as Laborer, Filter Plant.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who shovels clay, cinders, coke dust, and refuse scraped from oven doors into wheelbarrow, and transfers materials to mud-mixer operator for mixing and eventual use in sealing coke-oven doors. * Unloads mixed mud from trucks at mud distribution stations, using shovel and wheelbarrow. * May clean coke-oven doors and standpipes, using rags.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in producing liquid, powder, and cream cosmetics. Respnsibilities include: * Observes operation of machines to detect malfunctions and directs workers to replace defective parts, such as micro-sifters, mixer brushes, and screens. * Blends color bases, following formulas. * Examines liquid filterings for clarity and color prior to storage. * Examines product for conformance to specifications. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in mixing and packaging chemicals for use in insecticides, fungicides, herbicides and soil fumigants, utilizing knowledge of chemicals and machine operations. Respnsibilities include: * Records on batch card quantity and type chemicals required to obtain mixture, using chart. * Draws sample from mixing tank, using syringe, and tests dissolvability of liquid in water to determine that product meets specifications. * Observes workers to ensure products are processed according to specifications. * Trains new workers in methods and techniques of chemical mixing. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in mixing, canning, labeling, and packing paste fish bait. Respnsibilities include: * Inspects mixture during processing to ensure conformance to specifications in color, scent, and consistency. * Changes formula ingredients or mixing process to ensure adherence to standards. * Observes machine operations to determine that product meets quality standards. * Trains workers in machine operation and process methods. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers