How do they match: Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

  • Burner Machine Operator
  • Coating Line Worker
  • Flame Annealing Machine Setter
  • Flame Hardening Machine Operator
  • Flame Hardening Machine Setter
  • Hot Mill Worker
  • Induction Machine Operator
  • Induction Machine Setter
  • Quenching Machine Operator
  • Spike Machine Heater

  • Set up, operate, or tend heating equipment, such as heat-treating furnaces, flame-hardening machines, induction machines, soaking pits, or vacuum equipment to temper, harden, anneal, or heat treat metal or plastic objects.

  • Instruct new workers in machine operation.
  • Mount fixtures and industrial coils on machines, using hand tools.
  • Mount workpieces in fixtures, on arbors, or between centers of machines.
  • Read production schedules and work orders to determine processing sequences, furnace temperatures, and heat cycle requirements for objects to be heat-treated.
  • Reduce heat when processing is complete to allow parts to cool in furnaces or machinery.
  • Set up and operate die-quenching machines to prevent parts from warping.
  • Set up and operate or tend machines, such as furnaces, baths, flame-hardening machines, and electronic induction machines, that harden, anneal, and heat-treat metal.

  • Instruct workers to use equipment or perform technical procedures.
  • Signal others to coordinate work activities.