How do they match: Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders

  • Drain, transfer, or remove molten metal from furnaces, and place it into molds, using hoists, pumps, or ladles.
  • Observe operations inside furnaces, using television screens, to ensure that problems do not occur.
  • Prepare material to load into furnaces, including cleaning, crushing, or applying chemicals, by using crushing machines, shovels, rakes, or sprayers.
  • Remove impurities from the surface of molten metal, using strainers.
  • Weigh materials to be charged into furnaces, using scales.

  • Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.