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

  • Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders

  • Metal Furnace Operator
  • Metal Melter
  • Metal Off Bearer
  • Metal Reclamation Kettle Tender
  • Metal Refiner
  • Metal Roaster
  • Metal Smelter
  • Ore Charger
  • Ore Dryer
  • Ore Roaster
  • Ore Smelter
  • Ore Storage Drier
  • Charging Machine Operator
  • Coke Drawer
  • Condenser Setter
  • Hot Metal Car Operator
  • Hot Metal Charger
  • Pig Machine Operator
  • Sinter Machine Operator

  • Operate or tend furnaces, such as gas, oil, coal, electric-arc or electric induction, open-hearth, or oxygen furnaces, to melt and refine metal before casting or to produce specified types of steel.

  • Draw smelted metal samples from furnaces or kettles for analysis, and calculate types and amounts of materials needed to ensure that materials meet specifications.
  • Drain, transfer, or remove molten metal from furnaces, and place it into molds, using hoists, pumps, or ladles.
  • Observe air and temperature gauges or metal color and fluidity, and turn fuel valves or adjust controls to maintain required temperatures.
  • Operate controls to move or discharge metal workpieces from furnaces.
  • 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.
  • Scrape accumulations of metal oxides from floors, molds, and crucibles, and sift and store them for reclamation.
  • Sprinkle chemicals over molten metal to bring impurities to the surface.

  • Skim impurities from molten metal.