A professional who repairs and adjusts defective typewriters removed from production line, using handtools, power tools, and gauges. Responsibilities include:

• Operates typewriter to test functioning of parts and mechanisms to determine repairs required.
• Disassembles machines to repair or replace defective components, using handtools and holding devices.
• Bends, taps, turns parts, such as screws, nuts, and type bar, to eliminate binding, looseness, and misalignment, using special handtools.
• Verifies specified clearance between parts, using spacebars, tension scales, dial indicators, and feeler gauges.
• Measures rotation of motor drive-wheel to determine speed of wheel, using tachometer.
• May adjust interrelated typewriter parts to synchronize machine operation and be designated adjuster.