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

  • 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.
  • Attach nozzles, position guns, connect hoses, and thread wire to set up metal-spraying machines.
  • Immerse workpieces in coating solutions or liquid metal or plastic for specified times.
  • 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.
  • Remove objects from solutions at periodic intervals and observe objects to verify conformance to specifications.
  • Spray coating in specified patterns according to instructions.
  • Suspend sticks or pieces of plating metal from anodes, or positive terminals, and immerse metal in plating solutions.

  • Position containers to receive materials or workpieces.
  • Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.