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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
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. | Weigh or measure specified amounts of ingredients or materials for processing, using devices such as scales and calipers. | |||
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Press and adjust controls in order to activate, set, and regulate equipment according to specifications. | ||||
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Monitor equipment operation, gauges, and panel lights in order to detect deviations from standards. | ||||
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Read and interpret work orders and instructions in order to determine work assignments, process specifications, and production schedules. | ||||
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Record gauge readings, test results, and shift production in log books. | ||||
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Confer with supervisors or other equipment operators in order to report equipment malfunctions or to resolve production problems. | ||||
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Examine or test samples of processed substances, or collect samples for laboratory testing, in order to ensure conformance to specifications. | ||||
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Clean, lubricate, and adjust equipment, using scrapers, solvents, air hoses, oil, and hand tools. | ||||
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Transport materials and products to and from work areas, manually or using carts, handtrucks, or hoists. | ||||
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Stop equipment and clear blockages or jams, using fingers, wire, or hand tools. | ||||
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Remove products from equipment, manually or using hoists, and prepare them for storage, shipment, or additional processing. | ||||
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Calculate amounts of materials to be loaded into furnaces, adjusting amounts as necessary for specific conditions. | ||||
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Feed fuel, such as coal and coke, into fireboxes or onto conveyors, and remove ashes from furnaces, using shovels and buckets. | ||||
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Melt or refine metal before casting, calculating required temperatures; and observe metal color and adjust controls as necessary in order to maintain required temperatures. | ||||
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Replace worn or defective equipment parts, using hand tools. | ||||
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Load equipment receptacles or conveyors with material to be processed, by hand or using hoists. | ||||
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Sprinkle chemicals on the surface of molten metal in order to bring impurities to surface and remove impurities, using strainers. | ||||
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Direct crane operators and crew members to load vessels with materials to be processed. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Furnace, Kiln, Oven Drier and Kettle 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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Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. | |||
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Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. | |||
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Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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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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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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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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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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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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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
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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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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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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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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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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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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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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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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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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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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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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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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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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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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Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry 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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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Gross Body Equilibrium | The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position. | |||
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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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On-the-Job Training | Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year | |||
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Related Work Experience | Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Acid Maker | |||
Ager Operator | |||
Annealer | |||
Autoclave Operator | |||
Automated Process Operator | |||
Back Tender | |||
Backing-in Machine Tender | |||
Baker | |||
Ballman | |||
Base Draw Operator | |||
Batch and Furnace Operator | |||
Beehive Kiln Charcoal Burner | |||
Black Ash Burner Operator | |||
Black Mill Operator | |||
Boiler | |||
Boiler Control Room Operator | |||
Boiler Operator | |||
Bone Char Kiln Tender | |||
Bone Drier Operator | |||
Brick Baker | |||
Brick Burner | |||
Briquetting Machine Operator | |||
Burner | |||
Burner Tender | |||
Burning Plant Operator | |||
Calcine Furnace Tender | |||
Calciner Operator | |||
Carbon Furnace Operator | |||
Centrifugal Drier Operator | |||
Channel Process Plant Operator | |||
Charcoal Burner | |||
Charcoal Kiln Burner | |||
Chemical Operator | |||
Clay Burner | |||
Clay Roaster | |||
Cloth Drier | |||
Clothespin Drier Operator | |||
Coal Drier Operator | |||
Coke Burner | |||
Coke Production Heater | |||
Conditioner Tumbler Operator | |||
Continuous Linter-Drier Operator | |||
Control Operator | |||
Cook | |||
Cooker Tender | |||
Core Oven Tender | |||
Cupola Man | |||
Cupola Operator, Insulation | |||
Cupola Worker | |||
Curing Oven Attendant | |||
Curing Oven Tender | |||
Debubblizer | |||
Drier | |||
Drier Feeder | |||
Drier Operator | |||
Drier Tender | |||
Drum Drier Operator | |||
Dry Box Operator | |||
Dry Kiln Operator | |||
Dry Mill Operator | |||
Dry-Cans Operator | |||
Dry-House Attendant | |||
Drying Machine Tender | |||
Drying Room Attendant | |||
Drying Tumbler Operator | |||
Drying Tunnel Operator | |||
Drying Unit Felting Machine Operator | |||
Enamel Burner | |||
Evaporator Operator | |||
Fireman | |||
Firepot Operator and Tender | |||
Firer | |||
Firer Helper | |||
Flame Degreaser | |||
Flash Drier Operator | |||
Flat Drier | |||
Flow Worker | |||
Foam Rubber Curer | |||
Furnace Operator | |||
Furnace Operator and Tender | |||
Glass Furnace Tender | |||
Glazing Machine Operator | |||
Glost Kiln Operator | |||
Glue Cook | |||
Hair Boiler Operator | |||
Heater | |||
Heater Tender | |||
Impregnator and Drier | |||
Incinerator Operator I | |||
Induction Furnace Operator | |||
Insulation Board Back Tender | |||
Kettle Operator | |||
Kettle Tender | |||
Kettle Worker | |||
Kiln Burner | |||
Kiln Charger | |||
Kiln Fireman | |||
Kiln Firer | |||
Kiln Operator | |||
Kiln Stoker | |||
Kiln Tender | |||
Label Drier | |||
Lead Nitrate Processor | |||
Lehr Attendant | |||
Lehr Loader | |||
Lehr Operator | |||
Lehr Tender | |||
Lens Hardener | |||
Lime Burner | |||
Lime Kiln Operator | |||
Lime Kiln Tender | |||
Lime Kiln and Recausticizing Operator | |||
Lime Sludge Kiln Operator | |||
Limehouse Worker | |||
Log Cooker | |||
Lumber Kiln Operator | |||
Matrix Drier Tender | |||
Mold Burner | |||
Mud Temperer | |||
Multiple Hearth Operator | |||
Nodulizer | |||
Oil Boiler | |||
Oven Baker | |||
Oven Operator | |||
Oven Press Tender | |||
Oven Tender | |||
Oxide Furnace Tender | |||
Oxygen Furnace Operator | |||
Package Yarns Drying Machine Operator | |||
Pad Extractor Tender | |||
Pelletizer | |||
Petroleum Refining Firer | |||
Pigment Furnace Tender | |||
Plastics Seasoner Operator | |||
Polymerization Oven Operator | |||
Pot Fireman | |||
Pot Firer | |||
Pot Tender | |||
Pressure Tank Operator | |||
Primer Expeditor and Drier | |||
Pulp Cooker | |||
Pulp Drier Firer | |||
Rabble Furnace Tender | |||
Raw Stock Drier Tender | |||
Red-Lead Burner | |||
Reduction Furnace Operator | |||
Reel Blade Bender Furnace Tender | |||
Regenerator Operator | |||
Rivet Heater | |||
Rotary Drier Operator | |||
Rotary Furnace Tender | |||
Rotary Kiln Operator | |||
Rubber Curer | |||
Rubber Tire Curer | |||
Rubber Vulcanizing Machine Operator | |||
Rug Dry Room Attendant | |||
Rug Drying Machine Operator | |||
Salt Boiler | |||
Sand Drier | |||
Shrink Pit Operator | |||
Skein Yarn Drier | |||
Soap Boiler | |||
Soap Drier Operator | |||
Soap Drier Tender | |||
Soap Maker | |||
Spray Drier Operator | |||
Standpipe Tender | |||
Starch Cooker | |||
Steam Box Operator | |||
Steam Tank Operator | |||
Sterilizer | |||
Sterilizer Machine Operator | |||
Still Operator | |||
Stoker | |||
Stone Carriage Operator | |||
Teaser | |||
Temperer | |||
Tenter Frame Operator | |||
Thaw Shed Heater Tender | |||
Tile Burner | |||
Tower Operator | |||
Tray Drier | |||
Tray Drier Operator | |||
Treating Engineer | |||
Treating Plant Operator | |||
Tube Lancer | |||
Tumbler Operator | |||
Tumbler Tender | |||
Tunnel Kiln Firer | |||
Tunnel Kiln Operator | |||
Unit Operator | |||
Utility Operator | |||
Vacuum Drier Operator | |||
Vacuum Drier Tender | |||
Varnish Maker | |||
Varnish Melter | |||
Veneer Drier | |||
Veneer Redrier | |||
Vulcanizer | |||
Vulcanizing Machine Operator | |||
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