Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1952 [PAGE 650]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Duplicating Machine Operator II DEFINITION: Under supervision, to perform work requiring knowledge and skill in the operation of duplicating machines and in related clerical work. D U T I E S BY EXAMPLE: T O operate duplicating machines such as the mimeograph, ditto, multilith, and multigraph, on a volume production basis; operate paper cutting and hole perforating machines; oil, clean, and perform minor repairs on machines and keep them in good working order; keep records; do filing of stencils, plates, cards, etc.; maintain stores and supplies; perform related duties as assigned. QUALIFICATIONS: High school graduation; training and proficiency in the operation of duplicating machines; at least six months' experience operating duplicating machines; mechanical ability; minimum age eighteen. Duplicating Machine Operator I DEFINITION: Under direct supervision, to perform routine clerical work, and to operate, adjust, and care for the simpler types of duplicating machines. D U T I E S BY EXAMPLE: T O operate stencil duplicating machines on a volume production basis; file stencils; cut addressograph plates; operate paper cutting and hole perforating machines; clean, oil, and care for machines; store supplies; assemble reproduced pages into single copies of manuals and leaflets; perform related work as assigned. QUALIFICATIONS: High school graduation; special training and proficiency in the operating of machines desirable but not required; mechanical aptitude; good health; minimum age sixteen. Assistant Steam Distribution Operator DEFINITION: Under direct supervision, to assist in the servicing and operation of heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and other mechanical equipment in buildings and on the campus distribution system. D U T I E S BY EXAMPLE: T O assist in the servicing and operation, to the extent mechanical aptitude and experience will permit, of building steam supply valves, air-conditioning equipment, ventilating fans, and other mechanical equipment; inspect, service, and operate tunnel piping and allied equipment such as traps, condensate meters, vacuum and condensation pumps, expansion joints, pressure regulating valves, etc.; cleaning, oiling, greasing, and packing equipment; perform related duties as assigned. QUALIFICATIONS: Grade school education, high school education desirable; high mechanical aptitude; some mechanical experience; good personal appearance; ability to perform duties in public places with a minimum of disturbance; good judgment; tact; dependability; minimum age twenty. Museum Preparator DEFINITION: Under the supervision of the head of a department a n d / o r members of the departmental staff, to be responsible for carrying out the plans and details required in the preparation and maintenance of specimens, records, and equipment for a teaching museum. D U T I E S BY EXAMPLE: Preparation and mounting of gross anatomical specimens (special dissections, fetuses, etc.) in museum jars; embedding of gross anatomical specimens (sections of adult and foetal bodies, stained brain sections, corrosion preparations, bones, etc.) in transparent plastics; preparation of cleared (Spalteholtz method) specimens; making of corrosion preparation (of circulation, bronchial tree, duct systems, etc.) of vinylite, Wood's metal, etc.; constructing three-dimensional wax models from serial sections of human embryos; repairing museum specimens, demonstrated in the laboratory; labelling and cataloging of specimens; restoring "stained" glass windows in the Anatomy Museum; assisting in preparation and demonstration of special exhibits at scientific meetings; keeping the specimens in the museum cases in their proper order, and making castings of anatomical models in plastic. QUALIFICATIONS: College degree, or two years' college training in biological sciences and two years' experience in a museum preparatory laboratory; training in medical illustration preferable; initiative; technical aptitude; good health; neat appearance; pleasing personality; minimum age twenty-one.