| Job Title |
Artificial-plastic-eye Maker |
| Job Description |
Fabricates Artificial Plastic Eyes According To Specifications
And Fits Eyes Into Customer's Eye Sockets, Using Precision
Handtools, Measuring Instruments, Molding Devices, And Bench
Fabricating Machines: Measures Customer's Eye Socket, Using
Calipers, And Measures Natural Eye To Determine Size And
Location Of Pupil And Iris, Using Scale. Records Data On
Examination Card. Selects Stock Artificial Eye Approximating
Size And Shape Of Customer's Socket And Inserts Eye Into Socket.
Fills Eye Area And Questions Customer To Ascertain That Eye Fit
Is Comfortable. Applies Plastic As Required To Build Up And
Shape Stock Eye To Conform To Customer's Eye Socket. Examines
Customer's Natural Eye To Determine Iris Coloring, Eye White
Shading, And Number Of Eye White Veins And Records Information
On Examination Card. Selects Samples Of Iris, Pupil, And White
To Match Eye. Positions Artificial Eye Stock In Plaster Of Paris
To Prepare Mold For Casting Plastic Eye. Pours Plastic Into Mold
To Form Artificial Eye. Measures Molded Eye To Determine
Position For Pupil And Iris, Using Rule. Positions And Presses
Pupil And Iris Into Place. Immerses Eye In Boiling Water To Set
Plastic. Paints Iris And White Of Artificial Eye To Produce
Color Of Customer's Natural Eye According To Information
Recorded On Examination Card. Draws Veins On White Of Eye, Using
Colored Pencil Or Scratches Grooves Into Eye To Represent Veins
And Fills Grooves With Pigment. Immerses Eye In Clear Plastic
Solution To Produce Glassy Finish. Examines Eye For
Irregularities In Shape And Removes Irregularities, Using Dental
Grinding Machine. Polishes Eye, Using Pumice And Electric
Buffing Wheel. Fits Customer With Artificial Eye And Compares
Artificial Eye With Natural Eye To Ensure Centering Of Iris And
Pupils And Matching Of Colors. May Fit Patients With
Ready-to-wear Plastic Eyes Of Standard Sizes And Colors. May
Fabricate Implants (plastic And Mesh Devices Fitted In Eye
Socket For Retention Of Eye Muscles) And Conformers (plastic
Disks Placed In Eye Socket To Maintain Socket Shape Prior To
Fitting Of Artificial Eye), Using Standard Molds And Grinding
And Polishing Machines.
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