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A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in inspecting incoming materials, inprocess molded plastic components, and finished fabricated plastic products to ensure adherence to company quality standards and customer specifications. Respnsibilities include: * Draws sketch and writes inspection procedure for each new item to be fabricated, indicating areas to be examined, measuring devices to be used, and maximum and minimum acceptable dimensions. * Distributes sketch and procedure to engineering, production control, and inspection work stations. * Inspects molded components following first-run production of new item, using gauges and shadow comparator, and advises technician of type of defects noted and need for machine adjustment. * Repeats inspection procedure until product meets quality standards and specifications are attained. * Confers with customer representative to resolve complaints. * Notifies suppliers and subcontractors of reasons for rejection of materials and parts received. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in production of TNT. * Directs workers in mixing acids and toluene in nitrators, recovering nitric acid from spent solutions, and packing finished product. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in operation of equipment to process, store, and mix acids for use in making explosives, such as nitroglycerin, TNT, and dynamite. Respnsibilities include: * Trains workers in operation of equipment. * Inspects equipment and observes workers to ensure safe work practices. * May supervise production of ammonium nitrate crystals and drying of dynamite-filler ingredients. * 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 blending plastics materials according to formulas, screening plastics dough to remove lumps and foreign objects, rolling dough into sheets of specified width and thickness, and inspecting product for conformance to specifications. Respnsibilities include: * Trains new employees. * Observes meters, gauges, and recording-instrument charts to verify process specifications. * Examines product for defects and measures thickness of sheets with micrometer. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in operation of equipment, such as impregnators, precipitators, dissolvers, crushers, washers, driers, and reduction furnaces, to prepare catalysts used in production of butadiene, styrene, and edible oils. Respnsibilities include: * Performs titration tests and takes pH readings of compounds to determine amounts of acids and neutralizers to be added to compounds for conformance to formula specifications. * Calculates amount of catalyst produced, using laboratory reports and computations from standards chart. * Directs workers pumping nitrogen through furnace lines to release hydrogen to prevent explosions. * Trains workers in machine operation. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in operation of equipment, such as impregnators, precipitators, dissolvers, crushers, washers, driers, and reduction furnaces, to prepare catalysts used in production of butadiene, styrene, and edible oils. Respnsibilities include: * Performs titration tests and takes pH readings of compounds to determine amounts of acids and neutralizers to be added to compounds for conformance to formula specifications. * Calculates amount of catalyst produced, using laboratory reports and computations from standards chart. * Directs workers pumping nitrogen through furnace lines to release hydrogen to prevent explosions. * Trains workers in machine operation. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in operating coagulation tanks, vacuum filters, atmospheric driers, hammer mills, calender machine, and cutting, stacking, and wrapping machines to convert synthetic-rubber latex to crumbs (solids) and to prepare rubber for shipment. Respnsibilities include: * Observes meters and recording-instrument charts to follow progress of process reactions, verify process specifications, and diagnose malfunction. * Inspects operating condition of machinery and equipment and examines product to detect equipment malfunctions. * Trains workers in operation of equipment. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title. * May supervise workers engaged in coagulation, filtration, and drying activities only and be designated Coagulating-Drying Supervisor.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in tending catalytic reactors, continuous stills, and auxiliary equipment, such as pumps, compressors, heaters, scrubbers, strippers, separators, condensers, and coolers, to produce organic sulfur chemicals from materials, such as sulfur, methane gas, alcohols, and olefins. Respnsibilities include: * Trains workers in operation of equipment. * Observes flowmeter, gauges, and recording-instrument charts to verify conformity of process with specifications. * Examines equipment for malfunctions, such as excessive wear and leaks. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in heating and mixing chemical ingredients to make cleaning and polishing compounds. Respnsibilities include: * Schedules utilization of equipment, such as agitation, blending, and heating kettles and storage tanks, to meet production schedules. * Trains workers in operation of equipment. * Observes appearance and reaction of chemical ingredients during heating and blending process to detect deviations from standard. * Obtains samples of product for quality control laboratory. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in heating and mixing chemical ingredients to make cleaning and polishing compounds. Respnsibilities include: * Schedules utilization of equipment, such as agitation, blending, and heating kettles and storage tanks, to meet production schedules. * Trains workers in operation of equipment. * Observes appearance and reaction of chemical ingredients during heating and blending process to detect deviations from standard. * Obtains samples of product for quality control laboratory. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers