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Occupations | Repairs and maintains gates and other structures of irrigation canals, using handtools, power tools, and welding equipment: Disassembles gate-moving gear at dam sites to remove worn or damaged gate cable, using mechanics' handtools. Slides fitting over new cable and pours molten zinc over fitting to secure fitting to cable. Threads cable around drum of gate lifting apparatus and bolts fitting to gate. Welds broken parts of gates and other dam structures. Builds scaffolding and working platforms, using handtools. Sandblasts old paint and corrosion from gates. Paints gates, using spray gun. Lubricates gear trains, gear boxes, cables, and other fittings, using hand grease gun. Mixes concrete and repairs or constructs wells and pumps, using jackhammer, air drill, and water pump. Constructs and repairs structural and mechanical parts of checks, turnouts, and wasteways along canals. May repair and maintain inland waterway structures and equipment and be designated Lock-And-Dam Equipment Repairer (water trans.). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 41 4E 41 4C 2D 45 51 55 49 50 4D 45 4E 54 4D 45 43 48 41 4E 49 43 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01000001 01001110 01000001 01001100 00101101 01000101 01010001 01010101 01001001 01010000 01001101 01000101 01001110 01010100 00100000 01001101 01000101 01000011 01001000 01000001 01001110 01001001 01000011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C A N A L - E Q U I P M E N T   M E C H A N I C |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0041 004E 0041 004C 002D 0045 0051 0055 0049 0050 004D 0045 004E 0054 004D 0045 0043 0048 0041 004E 0049 0043 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37354835461539515543504739485424739374235484337 |
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