Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Tasks Include:
- Read production schedules and work orders to determine processing sequences, furnace temperatures, and heat cycle requirements for objects to be heat-treated.
- Record times that parts are removed from furnaces to document that objects have attained specified temperatures for specified times.
- Set up and operate or tend machines, such as furnaces, baths, flame-hardening machines, and electronic induction machines, that harden, anneal, and heat-treat metal.
- Remove parts from furnaces after specified times, and air dry or cool parts in water, oil brine, or other baths.
- Instruct new workers in machine operation.
- Adjust 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.
- Move controls to light gas burners and to adjust gas and water flow and flame temperature.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet27)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: No Data
National: -9.4%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$38,450.00
State
$47,730.00
Regional
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Description
Career Cluster: | Manufacturing
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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.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet27)
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 69.85%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 20.06%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 9.81%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 0.28%
Related Work Experience
- None = 47.88%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 30.53%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 21.38%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 0.21%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 35.55%
- Up to and including 1 month = 25.55%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 20.06%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 10%
- None = 8.51%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 0.32%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 36.50%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 24.26%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 19.93%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 18.98%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 0.32%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet27)
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Read production schedules and work orders to determine processing sequences, furnace temperatures, and heat cycle requirements for objects to be heat-treated.
- Record times that parts are removed from furnaces to document that objects have attained specified temperatures for specified times.
- Set up and operate or tend machines, such as furnaces, baths, flame-hardening machines, and electronic induction machines, that harden, anneal, and heat-treat metal.
- Remove parts from furnaces after specified times, and air dry or cool parts in water, oil brine, or other baths.
- Instruct new workers in machine operation.
- Adjust 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.
- Move controls to light gas burners and to adjust gas and water flow and flame temperature.
- Start conveyors and open furnace doors to load stock, or signal crane operators to uncover soaking pits and lower ingots into them.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Determine types and temperatures of baths and quenching media needed to attain specified part hardness, toughness, and ductility, using heat-treating charts and knowledge of methods, equipment, and metals.
- Position stock in furnaces, using tongs, chain hoists, or pry bars.
- Determine flame temperatures, current frequencies, heating cycles, and induction heating coils needed, based on degree of hardness required and properties of stock to be treated.
- Load parts into containers and place containers on conveyors to be inserted into furnaces, or insert parts into furnaces.
- Mount workpieces in fixtures, on arbors, or between centers of machines.
- Set up and operate die-quenching machines to prevent parts from warping.
- Reduce heat when processing is complete to allow parts to cool in furnaces or machinery.
- Signal forklift operators to deposit or extract containers of parts into and from furnaces and quenching rinse tanks.
- Test parts for hardness, using hardness testing equipment, or by examining and feeling samples.
- Examine parts to ensure metal shades and colors conform to specifications, using knowledge of metal heat-treating.
- Repair, replace, and maintain furnace equipment as needed, using hand tools.
- Heat billets, bars, plates, rods, and other stock to specified temperatures preparatory to forging, rolling, or processing, using oil, gas, or electrical furnaces.
- Clean oxides and scales from parts or fittings, using steam sprays or chemical and water baths.
- Place completed workpieces on conveyors, using cold rods, tongs, or chain hoists, or signal crane operators to transport them to subsequent stations.
- Stamp heat-treatment identification marks on parts, using hammers and punches.
- Set and adjust speeds of reels and conveyors for prescribed time cycles to pass parts through continuous furnaces.
- Mount fixtures and industrial coils on machines, using hand tools.
- Position parts in plastic bags, and seal bags with irons.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet27)
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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73.25 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
56.25 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet27)
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
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68.75 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
68.75 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
53.00 | 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. |
53.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
53.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
53.00 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
50.00 | Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
50.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
50.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet27)
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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68.75 | 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. |
65.50 | Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
65.50 | 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. |
62.50 | 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 that there is a problem. |
62.50 | 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. |
62.50 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
59.50 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
59.50 | 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. |
59.50 | Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
56.25 | 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. |
56.25 | 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). |
56.25 | Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. |
56.25 | 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. |
56.25 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
53.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
53.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
53.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
53.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
53.00 | 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. |
53.00 | 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. |
53.00 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
50.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
50.00 | Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
50.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
50.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
50.00 | 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. |
50.00 | 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. |
50.00 | Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
50.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet27)
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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81.25 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
80.00 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
79.00 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
76.50 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
71.25 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
68.50 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
66.75 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
65.00 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
61.50 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
61.00 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
59.75 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
59.00 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
58.50 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
57.75 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
57.75 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
57.50 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
55.00 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
53.50 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet27)
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
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78.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
76.25 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
73.75 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
73.00 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
73.00 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
72.75 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
66.50 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
66.25 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
66.25 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
65.25 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
65.25 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
62.75 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
62.00 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
61.25 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
55.50 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
54.50 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet27)
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
72.17 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet27)
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
95.80 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
92.00 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
90.80 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
89.40 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
88.80 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
85.20 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
83.00 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
82.80 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
82.20 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
81.40 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
81.20 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
80.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
80.20 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
80.20 | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) |
79.20 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
78.00 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
75.60 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
73.60 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
71.60 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
71.00 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
70.40 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
69.80 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
68.40 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
66.20 | Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions? |
65.80 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
65.00 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
64.80 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
63.40 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
60.40 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
59.20 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
58.60 | In an Open Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in an open vehicle or equipment (e.g., tractor)? |
58.40 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
58.20 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
57.00 | Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions? |
55.80 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
55.40 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
53.80 | Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting | How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions? |
53.80 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet27)
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet27)
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
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United States | $29,110.00 | $38,450.00 | $47,940.00 |
Virginia | $30,080.00 | $47,730.00 | $75,770.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia and Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | $35,564.47 | $44,416.55 | $46,981.37 |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet27)
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 14,900 | 13,500 | -9.4% |
Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | 35 | 27 | -22.9% |
Greater Peninsula | 20 | 19 | -5.0% |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia and Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet27)
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
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Titles
- Annealer
- Annealing Furnace Operator
- Annealing Furnace Tender
- Annealing Oven Operator
- Annealing Torch Operator
- Bagger
- Base-Draw Operator
- Batch Heat Treat Operator
- Batch Operator
- Billet Heater
- Billet Heater Operator
- Box Annealer
- Burner
- Burner Machine Operator
- Carbonizer
- Carburizing Furnace Operator
- Case Hardener
- Charger
- Charger Operator
- Coating Line Worker
- Crack Off Person
- Cyanide Case Hardener
- Cyanide Furnace Operator
- Cyanide Pot Hardener
- Cyanide Pot Tender
- Dental Amalgam Processor
- Die Hardener
- Draw Fire Operator
- Face Hardener
- Fagot Heater
- Flame Annealing Machine Setter
- Flame Hardener
- Flame Hardening Machine Operator
- Flame Hardening Machine Setter
- Forge Heater
- Furnace Feeder
- Furnace Operator
- Hardener
- Heat Regulator
- Heat Treat Furnace Operator
- Heat Treat Operator
- Heat Treat Technician
- Heat Treater
- Heat Treater Apprentice
- Heat Treating Bluer
- Heat Treating Furnace Tender
- Heat Treating Operator
- Hot Mill Worker
- Induction Heat Treater
- Induction Machine Operator
- Induction Machine Setter
- Lead Burner Apprentice
- Machine Operator
- Manufacturing Assistant
- Manufacturing Associate
- Manufacturing Operator
- Metal and Plastic Heater
- Metal and Plastic Heating Equipment Setter
- Metal Annealer
- Metal Hardener
- Metal Temperer
- Metal Treater
- Muffle Operator
- Normalizer
- Oven Operator
- Peelman
- Pit Furnace Operator
- Plate Furnace Operator
- Production Hardener
- Pulpit Operator
- Pusher
- Quenching Machine Operator
- Reheater
- Rivet Heater
- Scarf and Anneal Operator
- Sheet Heater
- Sinter Feeder
- Slab Depiler Operator
- Soaking Pit Operator
- Spike Machine Heater
- Steel Heater
- Stove Tender
- Temperer
- Tempering Oven Operator
- Tool Hardener
- Tube Heater
- Wire Annealer
- Wire Temperer
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