- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
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- Company Profile:
A professional who tests samples of purchased wood chips, used in making pulp, to determine moisture content and quality. Respnsibilities include:
* Observes dumping of chips into receiving pit and starts conveyor that transfers chips to screening and storage areas.
* Draws measured sample from conveyor, places chips in drying oven for specified period of time, and records dry weight to determine weight loss.
* Places additional sample of chips in pilot screen to separate unsuitable wood, such as sawdust, slivers, and oversized chunks.
* Removes bark from acceptable portion, reweighs sample, and records data on chip quality form.
* Sweeps and cleans work area.
* May test samples for acidity and freeness, using standard testing equipment.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machines in tandem to press rough insulation board into specified caliper (thickness), calender (iron) it into smooth finish, and paint and dry it. Respnsibilities include:
* Pumps paint from portable tank into machine well.
* Turns handwheel to space paint rolls and control specified paint spread on board.
* Starts machines and turns valves to start flow of steam and regulate temperature in calender rolls and paint-drying oven.
* Weighs unpainted and painted sample boards to calculate amount of paint adherence.
* Observes processing to ensure that finished boards meet quality control specifications.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that records variations in weight along sample strip of paper or other material. Respnsibilities include:
* Inserts end of sample strip into testing machine to obtain reading on graph of basic weight of sample.
* Turns dial to bring weight indicator to center line on graph to calibrate machine for weight of material tested.
* Starts feed rolls that carry sample strip through machine to record variations in weight of material on graph.
* Calculates percentage of variation in material weight, using formula or chart.
* Fills machine ink reservoir, using dropper.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects each phase of processing in manufacture of hardboard, insulation board, and acoustical tile to ensure conformity to specifications. Respnsibilities include:
* Weighs samples of wet and dry chips, pulp, and board; and calculates moisture content.
* Tests tensile strength of products, using breakage tester.
* Examines boards for oil spots, scratches, scuffs, broken flanges, and lug marks.
* Compares acoustical tile with template for location of drilled holes and cleanness of cut.
* Measures sample boards, using tape and square frame.
* Examines flanges for depth and sharpness of cut, using measuring device.
* Tags and records offgrade products.
* May conduct titration tests to determine acidity of pulp.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates trimming and coating machines to cut, bevel, and paint sheets of insulation board emerging from forming press. Respnsibilities include:
* Adjusts position and angle of saws to cut and bevel stock according to plant specifications for each type of board, using wrenches.
* Cleans and adjusts clearance of paint brushes on coating machine to apply uniform coat without brush streaks and foreign matter in paint.
* Moves controls to start flow of paint to brushes and to regulate drying and cooling temperature of coating machine to prevent coating irregularities, scorching of paint, fire, and explosion.
* Observes trimming and coating operations and regulates speed of feed conveyor, transfer mechanisms, and discharge conveyor to prevent jamming, faulty coating, and ragged or irregularly beveled edges.
* Culls boards not meeting appearance or dimensional standards.
* Reports equipment malfunctions.
* Cleans paint lines and reservoir, using solvent and brushes.
* Records production output and number of rejected boards in shift log.
* May set up and operate machines to trim, coat, and pack insulation tile and direct activities of tile inspecting and packing crew and be designated Tile-Machine Operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that compresses and vulcanizes layers of paper or related materials into homogeneous sheets. Respnsibilities include:
* Reads job order to determine type and thickness of fiber sheets to be made.
* Inserts metal shafts through core of paper roll, and mounts roll onto machine, using hoist.
* Tightens holding collars on feed roll shaft to adjust tension on paper roll.
* Sets counter to record number of layers of paper needed to obtain desired thickness.
* Threads paper under guide bar, through acid immersion tank, and over calender rolls.
* Starts machine and observes compressing and vulcanizing process, adjusting tension of paper rolls as needed.
* Cuts vulcanized sheet from roll, using knife.
* Directs removal of vulcanized sheets from machine and immersion of sheets into leaching vats for specified period.
* Maintains production records.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of following tasks involved in preparing rags for use in making paper. Respnsibilities include:
* Cuts material, such as clips, buttons, and elastic from rags, using hand shears or automatic circular knife.
* Removes dusted rags from conveyor of thrasher (dusting machine), weighs and records weight of rags, and trucks them to cutting machine.
* Removes cover from bleach boiler, allowing rags to fall into stock cars.
* Marks cars according to grade and type of rags and pushes cars to washing machines.
* Removes washed rags from drainer (seasoning bin), places them in stock cars, and pushes cars to beater room.
* May be designated according to work performed as Bleach-Boiler Puller (paper & pulp); Cutter (paper & pulp); Stock Pitcher (paper & pulp).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of following tasks involved in preparing rags for use in making paper. Respnsibilities include:
* Cuts material, such as clips, buttons, and elastic from rags, using hand shears or automatic circular knife.
* Removes dusted rags from conveyor of thrasher (dusting machine), weighs and records weight of rags, and trucks them to cutting machine.
* Removes cover from bleach boiler, allowing rags to fall into stock cars.
* Marks cars according to grade and type of rags and pushes cars to washing machines.
* Removes washed rags from drainer (seasoning bin), places them in stock cars, and pushes cars to beater room.
* May be designated according to work performed as Bleach-Boiler Puller (paper & pulp); Cutter (paper & pulp); Stock Pitcher (paper & pulp).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects pulpwood construction board, such as ceiling tiles, insulation panels, and siding, for conformity to appearance and dimensional standards and packing and labeling specifications. Respnsibilities include:
* Examines materials for surface defects, such as flaws in paint, excess or insufficient glue on laminated panels or joints, warped panels, and ragged edges.
* Verifies thickness, size, and squareness of boards or panels, using calipers, carpenter's square, and rule.
* Starts circular saw to cut samples from finished products for testing flame resistance, strength, and insulation qualities by control laboratory.
* Notifies supervisor or equipment operators when board does not meet specifications to facilitate control adjustments.
* Prepares reports of defects discovered, origin of defects, shift production, and number of rejects for quality control personnel.
* Examines packing materials and observes packing activities to ensure that customer and plant specifications are met and that products are appropriately labeled for shipment.
* Notifies supervisor to direct destruction, reprocessing, or repacking of faulty shipments.
* May perform standard quality control tests on products, using prescribed laboratory equipment and procedures.
* May be designated according to product inspected as Siding-Coreboard Inspector; or according to work area assigned as Coating-Line Checker.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that automatically smooths and paints flanges of acoustical tile. Respnsibilities include:
* Starts machine.
* Turns dial to control temperature of pressing irons.
* Adjusts pressure of irons to obtain smooth finish on flanges.
* Adjusts rollers, using wrench, to control amount of paint applied to flanges as tile moves on conveyor.
* Observes processing and makes necessary adjustments.
Industry:Professional careers
