Profession metal furnace operator

Metal production process operators set up, operate or tend machines to extrude or draw metal materials, e.g. into tubes, rods, hoses, wire, bars or structural shapes.

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Personality Type

• Realistic / Investigative

Tasks metal furnace operator

• Plan and set up the sequence of operations according to blueprints, layouts or other instructions.
• Determine setup procedures and select machine dies and parts according to specifications.
• Load (, unload and reload) the machines with the items to be treated.
• Operate machines, e.g. set controls to regulate vacuum, air pressure, sizing rings and temperature.
• Monitor machine operation, e.g. to detect defects or machine malfunctions.
• Adjust machines as necessary (e.g. speed or feed), for example in case of defects, malfunctioning, or to alter products.
• Examine completed work by comparing with specified tolerance limits using micrometers, gauges and other precision measuring instruments.
• Reel extruded products into rolls of specified lengths and weights.
• Maintain and make minor repairs to the machines.
• Prepare the machines for repair.

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Skills

• Measure furnace temperature

  Monitor the product temperature using the available tools and measuring instruments and adjust furnace temperature if needed.

• Work in metal manufacture teams

  Ability to work confidently within a metal manufacturing group with each doing a part but all subordinating personal prominence to the efficiency of the whole.

• Record furnace operations

  Log furnace time and production data.

• Ensure public safety and security

  Implement the relevant procedures, strategies and use the proper equipment to promote local or national security activities for the protection of data, people, institutions, and property.

• Troubleshoot

  Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.

• Manage emergency procedures

  React quickly in case of emergency and set planned emergency procedures in motion.

• Operate furnace

  Operate or tend furnaces, such as gas, oil, coal, electric-arc or electric induction, open-hearth, or oxygen furnaces, to melt and refine metal before casting, to produce specified types of steel, or to finish other materials such as cokes. Set furnace controls to regulate temperatures and heating time.

• Admit basic metals to furnace

  Prepare and select the materials ready to furnace.

• Prevent damage in a furnace

  Provide damage and risk prevention in a furnace or a smelter.

• Maintain furnace temperature

  Monitor and govern the pyrometer to control the furnace temperature.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB