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

  • Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

  • Metal and Plastic Heater
  • Metal and Plastic Heating Equipment Setter
  • Scarf and Anneal Operator

  • Adjust controls to maintain temperatures and heating times, using thermal instruments and charts, dials and gauges of furnaces, and color of stock in furnaces to make setting determinations.
  • Clean oxides and scales from parts or fittings, using steam sprays or chemical and water baths.
  • Determine types and temperatures of baths and quenching media needed to attain specified part hardness, toughness, and ductility, using heat-treating charts and knowledge of methods, equipment, and metals.
  • Examine parts to ensure metal shades and colors conform to specifications, using knowledge of metal heat-treating.
  • Heat billets, bars, plates, rods, and other stock to specified temperatures preparatory to forging, rolling, or processing, using oil, gas, or electrical furnaces.
  • Mount fixtures and industrial coils on machines, using hand tools.
  • Place completed workpieces on conveyors, using cold rods, tongs, or chain hoists, or signal crane operators to transport them to subsequent stations.
  • Position stock in furnaces, using tongs, chain hoists, or pry bars.
  • Repair, replace, and maintain furnace equipment as needed, using hand tools.
  • Stamp heat-treatment identification marks on parts, using hammers and punches.
  • Test parts for hardness, using hardness testing equipment, or by examining and feeling samples.

  • Instruct workers to use equipment or perform technical procedures.
  • Lift materials or workpieces using cranes or other lifting equipment.