How do they match: Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

  • Gettering Filament Machine Operator

  • Clean and maintain equipment, using water hoses and scrapers.
  • Clean workpieces, using wire brushes.
  • Cut metal or other materials, using shears or band saws.
  • Examine completed objects to determine thicknesses of metal deposits, or measure thicknesses by using instruments such as micrometers.
  • Immerse objects to be coated or plated into cleaning solutions, or spray objects with conductive solutions to prepare them for plating.
  • Measure and set stops, rolls, brushes, and guides on automatic feeders and conveying equipment or coating machines, using micrometers, rules, and hand tools.
  • Measure or weigh materials, using rulers, calculators, and scales.
  • Monitor and measure thicknesses of electroplating on component parts to verify conformance to specifications, using micrometers.
  • Place plated or coated materials on racks and transfer them to ovens to dry for specified periods of time.
  • Plate small objects, such as nuts or bolts, using motor-driven barrels.
  • Position and feed materials into processing machines, by hand or by using automated equipment.
  • Position containers to receive parts, and load or unload materials in containers, using dollies or handtrucks.
  • Position objects to be plated in frames, or suspend them from positive or negative terminals of power supplies.
  • Remove excess materials or impurities from objects, using air hoses or grinding machines.
  • Replace worn parts and adjust equipment components, using hand tools.
  • Rinse coated objects in cleansing liquids and dry them with cloths, centrifugal driers, or by tumbling in sawdust-filled barrels.

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