- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who tends machine that rolls cigar filler and binder leaves into bunches. Respnsibilities include:
* Places binder on rubberized fabric apron (breaker) of machine, and pulls lever of hopper to distribute filler on binder, or manually distributes filler.
* Presses pedal of machine that rolls tobacco into cigar shape.
* Removes bunch from machine and applies glue to edge of binder to secure binder.
* Places bunches in molds for compressing or in machine that wraps them in wrapper leaves to form complete cigar.
* May be designated according to type of tobacco used in forming bunches as Scrap-Bunch Maker.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that forms scrap and binder leaf tobacco into cigar-like roll and cuts roll into butts (slices) of chewing tobacco. Respnsibilities include:
* Starts machine and dumps scrap into hopper of machine.
* Feeds binder leaf into machine that wraps leaf around scrap into roll and conveys roll under cutting knives.
* Places box or basket at discharge end of machine to catch butts.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that automatically feeds empty coffee cans onto conveyors leading to filling machines. Respnsibilities include:
* Presses button to activate machine-lift mechanism that raises stacked cans and transfers them onto mechanical conveyor.
* Observes passing cans and removes defective ones.
* May place cans on sloping metal runway leading to conveyors to feed cans onto conveyors from freight cars.
* May transfer cans from containers onto belt or chain conveyor.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends conveyor-belt system to distribute wet char from filters to drying hoppers and dried char from driers or bins to filters. Respnsibilities include:
* Starts conveyor system under filter being emptied, and positions gate on belt over designated hopper to divert char from belt into hopper.
* Rakes char from one hopper to another to keep hoppers full.
* Starts shaker machine that distributes dried char from hopper or bins onto conveyor for transmission to filters.
* Inspects and cleans drier screens and pots.
* Sweeps and weighs char dust from dust-cooler room.
* May be designated according to condition of char as Wet-Char Conveyor Tender; or location of job as Char Conveyor Tender, Cellar.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine and equipment that deposit tempered chocolate into molds to form bars, blocks, and assorted figures. Respnsibilities include:
* Opens valves to draw chocolate from tempering kettle or automatic tempering equipment into water-jacketed depositor of molding machine.
* Observes thermometer and turns valves to admit and circulate water in jacket to maintain specified temperature of chocolate in depositor.
* Adjusts piston stroke of depositor that forces measured amounts of chocolate into conveyorized molds, using handtools.
* Turns handwheel to adjust speed of conveyor.
* Starts machine.
* Weighs filled molds to ensure that weight of chocolate casts meet specifications.
* Observes thermometer and turns thermostat and valve to control temperature in cooling tunnel.
* Observes action of machine to ensure that molds do not jam.
* May temper chocolate.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who pierces draft holes in ends of cigars.
* Holds cigar in guide of machine and presses pedal that forces revolving pin into cigar, or manually pushes pin into cigar to pierce draft holes in ends of cigars.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that wraps and cuts cigarette filter plugs (tips). Respnsibilities include:
* Installs rolls of filter material (fiber) and tissue paper on spindles of machine and threads ends between rollers.
* Starts machine and observes machine operation, product, and gauges to detect malfunction.
* Turns setscrew or handwheel to adjust feed mechanism and cutting knives.
* Repairs or replaces worn, damaged, or broken parts, such as pulley belts and cutting knives, using handtools.
* Removes and replaces empty paste cylinders.
* Supplies catcher, filter tips with empty cardboard trays and removes filled trays onto pallet.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that wraps and cuts cigarette filter plugs (tips). Respnsibilities include:
* Installs rolls of filter material (fiber) and tissue paper on spindles of machine and threads ends between rollers.
* Starts machine and observes machine operation, product, and gauges to detect malfunction.
* Turns setscrew or handwheel to adjust feed mechanism and cutting knives.
* Repairs or replaces worn, damaged, or broken parts, such as pulley belts and cutting knives, using handtools.
* Removes and replaces empty paste cylinders.
* Supplies catcher, filter tips with empty cardboard trays and removes filled trays onto pallet.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends cigarette-making machine that encases tobacco in continuous paper roll and cuts cigarettes from roll. Respnsibilities include:
* Places roll of cigarette paper on spindle.
* Sets monogram-printing device to print brand name on paper at specified position, using wrenches.
* Regulates flow of shredded tobacco to ensure that cigarette contains specified amount of tobacco.
* Fills ink and glue reservoirs.
* Threads cigarette paper between guide rolls and adjusts friction tension on holding spindles, using wrench.
* Starts machine and observes operation.
* Reports malfunction to machine adjuster.
* Cleans paper scraps and waste materials from machine, using brush.
* Places coil of tipping material on spindle and fills hopper with filters when making filter-, cork-, straw-, or ivory-tipped cigarettes.
* Replaces full catching trays.
* May be designated according to type of cigarette as Filter-Cigarette-Making-Machine Operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends equipment to subject citrus fruits to ethylene gas to destroy chlorophyll and produce fruit of natural appearance. Respnsibilities include:
* Ascertains from supervisor time, humidity, and amount of gas to be used for each lot of fruit stored in coloring room.
* Observes gauges and dials and manipulates controls to steam-heat room, to pump gas throughout room, and to keep specified humidity.
Industry:Professional careers
