- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who inspects poles and piling supplied to plant for defects and classifies them according to size and specifications preparatory to treating process. Respnsibilities include:
* Examines poles for framing and defects, such as splits and knots.
* Measures length and diameter of poles.
* Stamps or writes measurements and symbols on ends of poles.
* Classifies poles according to size and prepares written report showing size, class, and number of poles ready for treating process.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects poles and piling supplied to plant for defects and classifies them according to size and specifications preparatory to treating process. Respnsibilities include:
* Examines poles for framing and defects, such as splits and knots.
* Measures length and diameter of poles.
* Stamps or writes measurements and symbols on ends of poles.
* Classifies poles according to size and prepares written report showing size, class, and number of poles ready for treating process.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends open tank to impregnate wood products with preservatives. Respnsibilities include:
* Signals overhead crane operator to lift load of material over tank and guides load into tank by hand or with rod, working from elevated platform.
* Chains tank loads of poles to high rack to prevent toppling.
* Observes gauges and turns valves to regulate heat and flow of preserving solution in tank.
* Impregnates sashes, doors, and other millwork products, using hand or power hoist to load and unload tank.
* May tend vacuum-type dip tank that impregnates wood by pressure.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists treating engineer in impregnating wood products with preserving or fireproofing chemicals, performing any combination of following duties. Respnsibilities include:
* Opens and closes retort door, using pneumatic wrench.
* Turns steam, vacuum- or hydraulic-pressure, or solution valves in response to signals.
* Tends pumps to transfer chemicals from railroad cars, trucks, or boat tankers into storage tanks.
* Drills test-bores in treated or untreated wood, using hand drill.
* Moves trams loaded with products in and out of retort.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of following duties to store, move, treat, and process wood products in wood-preserving plant. Respnsibilities include:
* Piles wood products, such as ties, piling, poles, and fence posts, on trams, by hand or by use of overhead hoist.
* Inserts wooden strips to bind and space load, and shapes load to fit cylinder retort.
* Chains or bolts down tram loads, using wrenches and fasteners.
* Bolts and unbolts doors of retorts with hand or pneumatic wrench.
* Pulls loads in and out of retorts, using winch.
* Drills test-bores in treated or untreated wood with hand drill.
* Opens and closes valves for operating retort.
* Loads and unloads wood materials from railroad cars, trucks, and barges.
* Moves and positions timbers and piling in framing or pole yard.
* Feeds woodstock into various machines that adz, bore, cut, incise, or peel it; and removes processed material by hand or by use of hoist.
* Burns identification markings in poles, using branding iron.
* May be designated according to duties performed as adzing-and-boring-machine helper; cross-tie-tram loader; tie handler; wincher.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who treats underground portion of transmission poles with chemical preservative after installation. Respnsibilities include:
* Digs around base of pole to expose area susceptible to decay, using pick and shovel.
* Scrapes dirt and other residue from pole surface and chips away decayed wood, using handtools.
* Paints dressed area with preservative solution, using brush.
* Wraps treated portion of pole with waterproof paper, fastening paper with hand stapler.
* Refills hole and packs earth firmly around base of pole, using shovel.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that coats picture-frame molding with hard, glossy composition as base for painting. Respnsibilities include:
* Digests measured quantities of glue, rosin, linseed oil, and water in heated gluepot, following work order and specifications.
* Pours liquid into heated mechanical mixer, adds whiting (powdered chalk), and starts mixer that automatically stops when mixture is of specified consistency.
* Turns handwheels to adjust tension of feed rollers, using sample strip of stock molding to verify tension.
* Fills supply chamber of machine with coating mixture and starts machine.
* Inserts molding stock in guide under rollers that force it through supply chamber.
* Picks coated stock from chamber and stands it on end until coating has hardened.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends steam or hot-water vats that condition logs before cutting into veneer sheets used in making wooden slat baskets and boxes. Respnsibilities include:
* Hoists logs into vat or onto conveyor that carries them into cooker.
* Turns valves to maintain steam pressure or water temperature at specified setting.
* Removes logs or directs their removal after prescribed time, depending on size of logs and kind of wood.
* May remove bark from logs, using handtools.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends retort that steams woodstock to make it pliable. Respnsibilities include:
* Places stock into retort or loads stock on conveyor or car that conveys material into retort.
* Turns lever to seal retort door and turns valve to admit steam into retort.
* Observes pressure gauge and informs machining supervisor if pressure varies from standards.
* Removes steamed stock from retort and conveys stock to succeeding work station.
* May remove steamed stock from retort and place it in jigs to dry and cool.
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A professional who controls humidifier unit and auxiliary equipment to impart specified moisture content to pressed hardboard sheets or panels. Respnsibilities include:
* Starts hydraulic elevator to position humidifier car (wheeled buggy) at discharge end of press that forms hardboard and deposits formed sheets or panels in rack of car.
* Pushes loaded car to humidifier unit and starts hydraulic ram to transfer car to humidifier.
* Observes gauges, opens valves, and moves controls to regulate moisture, heat, and pressure in humidifier to impart specified moisture content to board.
* Starts elevator to lower car, automatically ejected from humidifier, to unload and transfer board for tempering.
* Inspects board for watermarks, scratches, and similar imperfections and rejects substandard units.
* Removes screens from forming press used to support wet pulp mats for pressing into hardboard.
* Examines screens for damage and marks faulty screens for repair or disposal.
* Records number of boards processed and rejected.
* Labels each lot of hardboard passing inspection to facilitate further processing.
Industry:Professional careers
