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Career Details :: Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Description
Operate or tend heating equipment other than basic metal, plastic, or food-processing equipment. Includes activities such as annealing glass, drying lumber, curing rubber, removing moisture from materials, or boiling soap.
Experience
No previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, a person can become a general office clerk even if he/she has never worked in an office before.
Education
These occupations may require a high school diploma or GED certificate. Some may require a formal training course to obtain a license.
Training
Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few days to a few months of training. Usually, an experienced worker could show you how to do the job.
Tasks
- Transports materials and products to and from work area, manually or using cart, hand truck, or hoist.
- Presses and adjusts controls to activate, set, and regulate equipment operation according to specifications.
- Records gauge readings, test results, and shift production in log book.
- Cleans, lubricates, and adjusts equipment, using items such as scrapers, solvents, air hose, oil, and hand tools.
- Reads and interprets work orders and instructions to determine work assignment, process specifications, and production schedule.
- Confers with supervisor or other equipment operators to report equipment malfunction or resolve problems resulting from process changes.
- Weighs or measures specified amount of material or substance to be processed, using devices such as scales and calipers.
- Examines or tests sample of processed substance, or collects sample for laboratory testing, to ensure conformance to specifications.
- Monitors equipment operation, gauges, and panel lights to detect deviation from standards.
- Replaces worn or defective equipment parts, using hand tools.
- Removes product from equipment, manually or using hoist, and prepares for storage, shipment, or additional processing.
- Loads equipment receptacle or conveyor with material to be processed, manually or using hoist.
- Stops equipment and clears blockages or jams, using fingers, wire, or hand tools.
Related Careers
- Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
- Heaters, Metal and Plastic
- Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Nonelectrolytic Plating and Coating Machine Operators and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Precision Mold and Pattern Casters, except Nonferrous Metals
- Semiconductor Processors
Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Controlling Machines and Processes
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Monitor Processes, Material, Surroundings
- Performing General Physical Activities
- Repairing & Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
Important Skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Operation Monitoring
- Operation and Control
- Product Inspection
- Equipment Maintenance
Frequent Work Context
- Consequence of Error
- Indoors
- Degree of Automation
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
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