- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
A professional who shucks fresh or steamed shellfish, such as oysters, clams, or scallops (bivalves), preparatory to canning, freezing, or fresh packing. Respnsibilities include:
* Holds shellfish firmly or against block and forces shucking knife between halves of shell at hinge juncture.
* Twists knife to sever muscles holding shell closed and pries open.
* Cuts shellfish from shell, flips it into container, and discards shell.
* May break off edges of shells before shucking, using hatchet.
* May be designated according to shellfish shucked as Clam Shucker; Oyster Shucker; Scallop Shucker.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who shucks fresh or steamed shellfish, such as oysters, clams, or scallops (bivalves), preparatory to canning, freezing, or fresh packing. Respnsibilities include:
* Holds shellfish firmly or against block and forces shucking knife between halves of shell at hinge juncture.
* Twists knife to sever muscles holding shell closed and pries open.
* Cuts shellfish from shell, flips it into container, and discards shell.
* May break off edges of shells before shucking, using hatchet.
* May be designated according to shellfish shucked as Clam Shucker; Oyster Shucker; Scallop Shucker.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who cuts slit in flank end of bacon slab between meat and skin, using knife, so that slab may be inserted into derinding machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who picks up split and brained hog head and holds nasal passages against revolving emery wheel to clean out dirt.
* Removes dirt from ear passages.
* Throws hog head in container.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who removes stems from tobacco leaves to prepare tobacco for use as filler, binder, or wrapper for cigars, plug, or twist chewing tobacco. Respnsibilities include:
* Strips leaf from stem, starting at tip end of leaf.
* Spreads and stacks wrapper leaves in piles, keeping leaves separated into left- and right-hand books.
* Places filler tobacco and stems in box or can.
* May be designated according to tobacco stripped as Binder Stripper, Hand; Scrap Stripper, Hand; Wrapper Stripper, Hand.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who forks tobacco from bin onto cutting-machine supply table to supply smoking-tobacco-cutter operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in washing, centrifuging, and melting bulk raw sugar. Respnsibilities include:
* Reads production schedule and consults with filtration supervisor to ascertain quantity of liquor required.
* Calculates melting rates of raw sugar, using standard formula.
* Moves controls to set timing cycles on centrifuges and start machinery, such as elevators, scrolls, and pumps.
* Inspects process stations to verify that equipment and machinery are operating as specified.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
* May supervise workers engaged in reclaiming contaminated sugars and syrups and be designated Supervisor, Remelt.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in distilling liquors, such as gin, brandy, and whiskey. Respnsibilities include:
* Verifies specified amount and proof of distilled liquor produced.
* Directs workers in preparing and storing ingredients, such as sour beer.
* Prepares flavoring ingredients used in distilling gin.
* Reviews distillation records to verify adherence to specified formula.
* Inspects operating condition of stills and auxiliary equipment.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in producing malt from barley. Respnsibilities include:
* Adjusts controls on steeping tanks, germinating tanks, and drying kilns, following readings on recording charts.
* Coordinates steeping, germinating, and drying operations and evaluates operations against quality control laboratory reports.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in receiving and brining food products, such as cucumbers, peppers, onions, and cauliflower, preparatory to further processing, utilizing knowledge of federal, state, and company standards. Respnsibilities include:
* Studies weekly production schedule to ascertain quantity and type of products to be processed, and reviews status charts for individual tanks to determine availability of brined products for processing.
* Instructs workers to move or store products from or into tanks, according to production requirements.
* Maintains record of transactions for each tank on chart.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
