| Job Title |
Basket Assembler I |
| Job Description |
Tends Machines That Fabricate Components Of Veneer, Rattan,
Reed, And Willow Baskets Of Specified Size And Shape And
Assembles Components, Performing Any Combination Of Following
Tasks: Interlaces Strips Of Veneer Or Other Materials To Weave
Basket Bottom. Tends Machine To Shape Woven Bottom And Interlace
Veneer Strips With Bottom To Form Sides. Bends Extended Ends Of
Bottom Perpendicular To Matted Portion Of Bottom And Places Hoop
Around Ends To Hold Ends In Position For Weaving Ends And Sides.
Staples Rim To Basket Bottom. Tapers Or Points Ends, Using
Knife, And Weaves Ends Into Sides. Nails Rims Together To Hold
Sides In Place. Tends Machine That Shapes And Staples Veneer
Strips To Basket Rim. Tends Basket-cover Machine To Cut Cover
Mats (woven Veneer Strips) To Size. Tends Machine That Bends
Basket Cover Into Arc And Staples Rim To Cover. Stitches Or
Staples Reinforcing Splints (wood Strips) To Top Edges Of Mat.
Shapes Wire In Bail-bender To Form Bails (wire Handles). Bends
Soaked Wood Strips To Form Basket Handles. Staples Wire Handles
To Rim Of Basket. Tends Machine That Clamps Wood Handles To
Basket. Examines Baskets For Imperfections And Discards
Defective Baskets For Repair. May Be Known According To Type Or
Section Of Basket Formed Or Assembled As Bottom Maker (wood.
Container); Slat-basket-top Maker (wood. Container); Or Machine
Tended As Handle-machine Operator (wood. Container);
Hoop-coiling-machine Operator (wood. Container); Loop-machine
Operator (wood. Container); Mat-machine Tender (wood.
Container). May Be Designated: Basket-bottom Machine Operator
(wood. Container); Braider (wood. Container); Cover-machine
Operator (wood. Container); Cover-mat-machine Operator (wood.
Container); Handle Bender (wood. Container); Hamper Maker,
Machine (wood. Container); Market-basket Maker (wood. Container)
I; Stitcher Operator (wood. Container); Webb Layer (wood.
Container).
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