- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
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A professional who tends filter-screen unit at wet end of fourdrinier machine that makes paper, sheet pulp, or insulation board from pulp stock. Respnsibilities include:
* Adjusts guides to prevent wet felt from running off machine, using wrench.
* Turns valves to regulate flow of water and pulp onto filter screens as requested by fourdrinier-machine operator.
* Scrapes residue from screens with hand rake.
* Observes pickup of pulp from cylinder screens by carrier mat and formation of continuous sheets to detect defects in paper, such as breaks, slivers, dirt, and slime spots.
* Notifies fourdrinier-machine operator of paper defects and machine malfunctions.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends rotary or shaker screens that remove slivers, sawdust, dirt, knots, and oversized chips from wood chips used for paper pulp. Respnsibilities include:
* Starts conveyors to move wood chips from storage to screens and to transfer cleaned chips to designated bins.
* Starts screens and blower to clean chips and adjusts feeding mechanism on screens to prevent overloading.
* Cleans screens with airhose and brush after each run.
* Oils machine and conveyors.
* May tend rechipping machine to reduce size of oversize chips.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends thrasher (dusting machine) that removes dust and lime from rags. Respnsibilities include:
* Starts machine and feeds rags into machine hopper.
* Removes dust receiver from machine, dumps dust, and cleans machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends thrasher (dusting machine) that removes dust and lime from rags. Respnsibilities include:
* Starts machine and feeds rags into machine hopper.
* Removes dust receiver from machine, dumps dust, and cleans machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends equipment that bleaches and washes cooked rags used in making paper. Respnsibilities include:
* Turns valve to fill vat with water.
* Dumps specified quantities of chlorine, lime, and alum into vat to prepare bleaching solution.
* Places rags in solution to bleach them for specified length of time.
* Turns valve to drain solution from vat.
* Sets controls to regulate flow of water into vat to wash bleach solution from rags.
* Starts roller to pick up and eject dirty water from vat.
* Turns valve to drain wash water from vat.
* Removes rags from vat and places them in seasoning bin.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists blow-pit operator in washing pulp to remove cooking acid. Respnsibilities include:
* Pulls lever to close blow pit drain covers.
* Dumps pulp from digester into blow pit.
* Turns handwheel to open drain valves that permit gravity drainage of cooking liquor into recovery vat or sewers.
* Flushes residual pulp from blow pit, using high-pressure water hose.
* Cleans work area, using broom, hose, and shovel.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists washer engineer in bleaching and washing cooked rags used in making paper. Respnsibilities include:
* Removes covers from boiler, using hoist and wrenches.
* Positions stock boxes under boiler openings to receive cooked rags.
* Removes rags stuck in boiler, using metal hook.
* Pushes loaded boxes to washer and dumps rags into washer, using hoist.
* Turns valves to emit rags from machine after completion of wash cycle and conveys material to designated area of plant for further processing.
* Records rag type and time of wash cycle on production sheet.
* Cleans equipment and work area.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists screen tender in removing impurities and uncooked chips from cooked woodpulp. Respnsibilities include:
* Turns valve to activate pump that fills defoamer tank.
* Washes clogged masses of fibers and impurities from screen plates, using water hose.
* Washes and scrapes sand and sludge from rifflers and flow boxes.
* Draws and spreads pulp sample in sheet mold.
* Observes sample against light, and notifies screen tender when sample fails to meet cleaning specifications.
* May remove and replace screen plates, using handtools.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists screen tender in removing impurities and uncooked chips from cooked woodpulp. Respnsibilities include:
* Turns valve to activate pump that fills defoamer tank.
* Washes clogged masses of fibers and impurities from screen plates, using water hose.
* Washes and scrapes sand and sludge from rifflers and flow boxes.
* Draws and spreads pulp sample in sheet mold.
* Observes sample against light, and notifies screen tender when sample fails to meet cleaning specifications.
* May remove and replace screen plates, using handtools.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in operating coating machines to sensitize blueprint and photographic paper. Respnsibilities include:
* Sets up machine and adjusts roller speed and drying temperature.
* Reads gauges and graphs and inspects control mechanisms to verify machine setup.
* Adds chemical ingredients, such as solvents and neutralizing agents, to solution as specified by quality control test reports.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
