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

SOC 51-4191.00

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.

Zone 2 Production

Skills

Knowledge

Job Zone

Green

Top Skills 8

Operation Monitoring

3.8

Operation and Control

3.8

Active Listening

3.1

Speaking

3.1

Monitoring

3.1

Quality Control Analysis

3.1

Critical Thinking

3.0

Equipment Maintenance

3.0

Knowledge Areas 8

Production and Processing

3.9

Mathematics

3.2

Education and Training

2.9

Administration and Management

2.8

Chemistry

2.7

Mechanical

2.6

Customer and Personal Service

2.6

Engineering and Technology

2.6

Key Tasks

1Read production schedules and work orders to determine processing sequences, furnace temperatures, and heat cycle requirements for objects to be heat-treated.

2Record times that parts are removed from furnaces to document that objects have attained specified temperatures for specified times.

3Adjust 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.

4Start conveyors and open furnace doors to load stock, or signal crane operators to uncover soaking pits and lower ingots into them.

5Set up and operate or tend machines, such as furnaces, baths, flame-hardening machines, and electronic induction machines, that harden, anneal, and heat-treat metal.

Also Known As

Annealer Annealing Furnace Operator Annealing Furnace Tender Annealing Oven Operator Annealing Torch Operator Bagger Base-Draw Operator Batch Heat Treat Operator Billet Heater Billet Heater Operator