- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who performs any combination of following tasks in foundry concerned with melting metal, pouring metal into molds, removing castings from molds, dressing castings, moving foundry materials, and cleaning equipment and work areas. Respnsibilities include:
* Moves sand, castings, flasks, or other materials about foundry by hand, using wheelbarrow or cart, or by loading them onto conveyor.
* Assembles flasks, using wrench, bolts, and tap screws.
* Waters and mixes sand, shovels sand into flasks, and compacts sand in flasks, using ramming tool.
* Sprays binder on surface of sand molds and dries surface with blowtorch.
* Fits together, clamps, and unclamps cope and drag on production line.
* Weighs out specified amounts of materials for furnace charge, and loads charge into melting furnace.
* Skims slag from surface of molten metal, using scoop.
* Carries or pushes ladles of molten metal on monorail and pours metal into molds.
* Installs and removes steel jackets and bands used to hold snap molds together during casting.
* Breaks sand mold from finished casting, using bar or hammer.
* Sorts castings into pairs or groups for assembly.
* Pulls reinforcing wires from castings.
* Directs high pressure stream of water onto castings to clean castings and remove cores.
* Cleans castings, patterns, and flasks, using wire brush.
* Removes gates, sprues, and other projections from castings with sledge, pneumatic hammer, power shear, or power hacksaw.
* Breaks up used sand molds with bar, shovels sand into drying oven and sand-mixing machine, and sifts sand through motor-driven screen for reuse in new molds.
* Breaks up slag, using hammer, and shovels it into buckets for removal to dump.
* Chips out worn cupola and ladle linings, using bar.
* Prepares plaster and relines ladle.
* Sweeps and cleans work areas.
* May be designated according to worker assisted or according to duty performed as Casting Carrier; Casting Sorter; Cupola-Tender Helper; Flask Carrier; Jacket Changer; Ladle-Liner Helper.
* May be designated. Respnsibilities include:
* Ladle Pusher; Mold Clamper; Mold-Closer Helper; Molder Helper; Molder Helper, Machine; Mold Stacker; Pattern Carrier; Pattern Cleaner; Sand-Screener Operator; Sand Shoveler; Sand Wheeler; Shake-Out Worker; Skimmer; Slag Worker; Sprue Knocker.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who caulks machine castings, using putty knife or trowel. Respnsibilities include:
* Measures out required amount of metallic plaster, and mixes it into paste of specified consistency.
* Applies paste to surface of machine castings, filling cracks and blowholes and leveling rough spots, using putty knife or small trowel.
* Allows putty to dry and sands plaster to smooth surface.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who renews carbon anode assemblies used in electrolytic processing of aluminum by performing any combination of following duties. Respnsibilities include:
* Removes carbon blocks from conveyor, using hoist.
* Feeds steel stubs on conveyor through bath solution to coat them with graphite.
* Positions pouring ring and steel stub on carbon block.
* Tilts crucible to pour molten iron around stub to cast it to block.
* Bolts copper rod to stub, using wrench.
* Loads anode assemblies onto trailer for removal to potroom, using hoist.
* Unbolts copper rod from steel stub embedded in disintegrated block.
* Places stub in hydraulic press and pulls lever to break off unused portions of block.
* Cleans and straightens stubs and rods, using chipping gun, disk grinder, and straightening hammer.
* Chips iron splashings from poured blocks, using chisel and hammer.
* Pushes buttons and pulls levers to activate and switch conveyors to move blocks or assemblies through assembly process.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists stopper maker in assembling refractory stoppers. Respnsibilities include:
* Places steel rod in vise and bends it to specified shape, using sledgehammer.
* Mixes cement and fire clay with water to form refractory mortar.
* Carries materials, such as rods, stopper heads, and sleeves, to work area.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who obtains sample of molten metal from each furnace heat, using hand ladle or glass tube. Respnsibilities include:
* Dips hand ladle or inserts glass tube into pouring ladle, before molds are poured.
* Pours molten metal into sand mold or allows it to solidify in glass tube.
* Breaks or drills solidified metal to obtain test sample, using hammer or drill press.
* Marks sample according to heat from which sample was taken.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in feeding tobacco leaves onto blending conveyor. Respnsibilities include:
* Plans daily work schedules based on analysis of work orders and inventory of tobacco in storage area.
* Assigns workers to feed tobacco of different grades into conveyor to achieve specified blend.
* Instructs individual workers to adjust rate of feeding based on hourly poundage and blending report.
* Compiles reports to show daily production and departmental labor cost by grade.
* Confers with plant officials and other supervisors to coordinate flow of tobacco through department.
* Trains new workers.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in pressing, mixing, and packaging bakers yeast. Respnsibilities include:
* Trains workers in operation of machines.
* Examines and feels yeast throughout process for color, consistency, and sharpness of breaking edge.
* Observes progress of yeast through filter pressing, mixing, extruding, and packaging operations to ensure continuous workflow, conformity to specifications, and sanitary conditions.
* Prepares and submits requisitions for materials and supplies.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in molding lumps, plugs, or twists of chewing tobacco. Respnsibilities include:
* Reads production schedules for information, such as quantity of plugs or twists and type of blend and wrapper leaf specified.
* Computes amount of filler and wrapper leaf required for production.
* Examines plugs and twists to detect variations from standards.
* Schedules cleaning and repairing of lump-making machines to avoid interruptions of production.
* Coordinates receipt of tobacco from casing and drying department and transfer of plugs to shipping department.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in molding lumps, plugs, or twists of chewing tobacco. Respnsibilities include:
* Reads production schedules for information, such as quantity of plugs or twists and type of blend and wrapper leaf specified.
* Computes amount of filler and wrapper leaf required for production.
* Examines plugs and twists to detect variations from standards.
* Schedules cleaning and repairing of lump-making machines to avoid interruptions of production.
* Coordinates receipt of tobacco from casing and drying department and transfer of plugs to shipping department.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who grades honey according to type, color, bouquet, and moisture content, and blends various grades to obtain uniform product. Respnsibilities include:
* Compares samples of liquid honey lots with standard samples for color and bouquet, and ascertains moisture content, using refractometer.
* Calculates amount of various types of honey for mixing to produce product of uniform color, clarity, and bouquet.
* Directs other workers in dumping and blending of various honey lots in warming chamber.
* May grade and mark honeycomb sections according to government regulations.
Industry:Professional careers
