Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and operates fiberglass drawing machine to form fiberglass dowels: Mounts specified dies in soak tank and curing tables, using handtools.

• 2) Sets stop at end of curing table, according to specified length of dowel, and turns switches to start electrical heating units along curing tables.

• 3) Pours specified amounts of resin and catalyst into mixer, starts mixer, and pours mixture, after specified period, into soak tank.

• 4) Mounts spools of fiberglass roving on spindles, draws strands through guides into soak tank, and starts ends of resin soaked fibers through preform die.

• 5) Attaches fiberglass strands to end of previous dowel, or ties strands to wire, and draws fibers through diameter control tube.

• 6) Starts motor to draw fiberglass through soak tank, preform die, diameter control tubes, and curing oven.

• 7) Saws off cured dowels at specified length or removes dowels cut by automatic cutoff saw.

• 8) Observes color and shape of dowels for conformance to standards.

• 9) Adjusts controls to regulate temperature of oven and drawing speed to obtain conformance to standards.