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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
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 or to produce specified types of steel. | Draw smelted metal samples from furnaces or kettles for analysis, and calculate types and amounts of materials needed to ensure that materials meet specifications. | |||
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Drain, transfer, or remove molten metal from furnaces, and place it into molds, using hoists, pumps, or ladles. | ||||
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Record production data, and maintain production logs. | ||||
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Operate controls to move or discharge metal workpieces from furnaces. | ||||
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Weigh materials to be charged into furnaces, using scales. | ||||
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Regulate supplies of fuel and air, or control flow of electric current and water coolant to heat furnaces and adjust temperatures. | ||||
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Inspect furnaces and equipment to locate defects and wear. | ||||
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Observe air and temperature gauges or metal color and fluidity, and turn fuel valves or adjust controls to maintain required temperatures. | ||||
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Observe operations inside furnaces, using television screens, to ensure that problems do not occur. | ||||
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Remove impurities from the surface of molten metal, using strainers. | ||||
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Kindle fires, and shovel fuel and other materials into furnaces or onto conveyors by hand, with hoists, or by directing crane operators. | ||||
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Sprinkle chemicals over molten metal to bring impurities to the surface. | ||||
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Direct work crews in the cleaning and repair of furnace walls and flooring. | ||||
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Prepare material to load into furnaces, including cleaning, crushing, or applying chemicals, by using crushing-machines, shovels, rakes, or sprayers. | ||||
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Scrape accumulations of metal oxides from floors, molds, and crucibles, and sift and store them for reclamation. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Chemistry | Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods. | |||
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Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. | |||
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Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. | |||
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Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. | |||
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Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. | |||
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Rate Control | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. | |||
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Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. | |||
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Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. | |||
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Glare Sensitivity | The ability to see objects in the presence of glare or bright lighting. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |||
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Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. | |||
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Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. | |||
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Hearing Sensitivity | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Response Orientation | The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. | |||
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Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Speed of Limb Movement | The ability to quickly move the arms and legs. | |||
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Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. | |||
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Gross Body Coordination | The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion. | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Dynamic Strength | The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue. | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) | |||
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Related Work Experience | None | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | Up to and including 1 month | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Arc / Argon Oxygen Decarborization Melter (ARC / AOD Melter) | |||
Arc Furnace Operator | |||
Argon Oxygen Decarborization Refining Vessel Operator (AOD Refining Vessel Operator) | |||
Automatic Furnace Operator | |||
Backbreaker | |||
Bessemer Converter Blower | |||
Bessemer Converter Operator | |||
Bessemer Regulator | |||
Blade Bender Furnace Tender | |||
Blast Furnace Blower | |||
Blast Furnace Keeper | |||
Blast Furnace Operator | |||
Blast Furnace Tender | |||
Blower Operator | |||
Burner | |||
Burner Tender | |||
Cadmium Burner | |||
Central Melt Specialist | |||
Charge Operator | |||
Charger Operator | |||
Charging Machine Operator | |||
Coke Burner | |||
Coke Drawer | |||
Condenser Setter | |||
Control Room Operator | |||
Converter | |||
Converter Operator | |||
Converter Skimmer | |||
Cooler Operator | |||
Copper Tapper | |||
Cover Operator | |||
Crucible Furnace Tender | |||
Cupola Melter | |||
Cupola Operator | |||
Cupola Tender | |||
Desilverizer | |||
Direct Casting Operator | |||
Electric Arc Furnace Operator | |||
Electric Furnace Operator | |||
Electric Melt Operator | |||
Feeder | |||
Fettler | |||
Fire Regulator | |||
Floater | |||
Flux Plant Operator | |||
Flux Tube Attendant | |||
Foundry Worker Apprentice | |||
Furnace Charger | |||
Furnace Checker | |||
Furnace Door Tender | |||
Furnace Filler | |||
Furnace Firer | |||
Furnace Hand | |||
Furnace Keeper | |||
Furnace Loader | |||
Furnace Operator | |||
Furnace Puncher | |||
Furnace Roaster | |||
Furnace Tapper | |||
Furnace Tender | |||
Gas Reverser | |||
Gas Tender | |||
Head Charger | |||
Hearth Feeder | |||
Hot Baller | |||
Hot Blast Worker | |||
Hot Car Charger | |||
Hot Iron Worker | |||
Hot Metal Car Operator | |||
Hot Metal Charger | |||
Induction Furnace Operator | |||
Ingot Passer | |||
Iron Caster | |||
Iron Founder | |||
Iron Melter | |||
Kettle Skimmer | |||
Kettle Worker | |||
Kiln Burner | |||
Kiln Firer | |||
Kiln Operator | |||
Kiln Packer | |||
Kiln Tender | |||
Lead Furnace Operator | |||
Lead Refiner | |||
Lead Shop Operator | |||
Leveler | |||
Manganese Heater | |||
Melt Down Furnace Operator | |||
Melt Room Operator | |||
Melt Supervisor | |||
Melter | |||
Melting Furnace Skimmer | |||
Melting Operator | |||
Metal Furnace Operator | |||
Metal Melter | |||
Metal Off Bearer | |||
Metal Reclamation Kettle Tender | |||
Metal Refiner | |||
Metal Roaster | |||
Metal Smelter | |||
Muffle Worker | |||
Muffler Hand | |||
Muffler Tender | |||
Observer | |||
Oil Burner | |||
Oil Burner Journeyman | |||
Open Hearth Furnace Operator | |||
Open Hearth Melter | |||
Open Hearth Worker | |||
Ore Charger | |||
Ore Dryer | |||
Ore Roaster | |||
Ore Smelter | |||
Ore Storage Drier | |||
Oven Heater | |||
Oven Operator | |||
Oven Tender | |||
Oven Worker | |||
Oxygen Furnace Operator | |||
Pig Caster | |||
Pig Casting Machine Operator | |||
Pig Furnace Operator | |||
Pig Machine Operator | |||
Pipe Out Worker | |||
Plunger | |||
Poler | |||
Pot Feeder | |||
Pot Filler | |||
Pot Operator | |||
Pot Puller | |||
Pot Puncher | |||
Pot Room Tapper | |||
Pot Tender | |||
Puddler | |||
Pull Up Hand | |||
Puller Out | |||
Puncher | |||
Pusher Runner | |||
Pyrometer Operator | |||
Rabbler | |||
Reclamation Furnace Operator | |||
Reduction Furnace Operator | |||
Refiner | |||
Reheat Furnace Operator | |||
Remelt Worker | |||
Remelter | |||
Residue Furnace Operator | |||
Retort Cooler | |||
Retort Fireman | |||
Retort Furnace Operator | |||
Retort Loader | |||
Retort Pre-Cooker | |||
Reverberatory Furnace Operator | |||
Roaster | |||
Rodman | |||
Ross Furnace Operator | |||
Rotary Furnace Operator | |||
Rotary Kiln Operator | |||
Scrap Charger | |||
Scrap Kettle Tender | |||
Scruff Worker | |||
Shove Up | |||
Sinter Machine Operator | |||
Skimmer | |||
Slag Skimmer | |||
Slagger | |||
Smelter | |||
Smelter Charger | |||
Smelter Operator | |||
Steel Melter | |||
Stirrer | |||
Stove Tender | |||
Tin Recovery Worker | |||
Topper | |||
Utility Person | |||
Vessel Operator | |||
Zinc Furnace Charger | |||
Zinc Skimmer | |||
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