| Job Title |
Gauge-and-weigh-machine Operator |
| Job Description |
Tends Machine That Gauges And Weighs Cartridges And Examines
Cartridges For Defects: Scoops Handful Of Cartridges From Bin
And Arranges Them With Heads In One Direction. Rolls Cartridges
From Hand To Hand And Examines Them For Such Defects As Dents,
Scratches, And Missing Or Inverted Primers. Places Acceptable
Cartridges On Inclined Chute For Gravity Feeding Into Gauging
And Weighing Mechanisms. Starts Machine And Observes Operation
To Detect Jamming. Removes Misaligned Cartridges From Gravity
Chute, Using Special Hook Tool. Moves Lever To Eject Jammed
Cartridges. Notifies Gauge-and-weigh-machine Adjuster (ordnance)
Of Machine Malfunction. May Examine Cartridges Carried Past Work
Station In Nests Of Rotating Conveyor Table And Press Button To
Drop Out Defective Cartridges. May Tend Machine That Gauges But
Does Not Weigh Cartridges And Be Designated Gauging-machine
Operator (ordnance).
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