Job Description:

• 1) Assembles component parts of artillery shells for shipment to loading arsenal: Lifts shells onto bench.

• 2) Screws fuse plugs into base of shells, and adapters into nose, using hand and pneumatic wrenches.

• 3) Smears petroleum jelly onto unlacquered shell surfaces.

• 4) Screws plugs into nosefuse holes.

• 5) Cleans and reams threads.

• 6) May lacquer shells and metal parts by brushing, spraying, or dipping.