Occupational Employment Statistics
51-4191 Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
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.
| Manufacturing | 130 | $24.06/hr |
| Trade, Transportation and Utilities | N/A | N/A |
| Professional and Business Services | N/A | N/A |
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Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
| 100 | $20.14/hr | -0.9% |
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Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 3,010 | $20.08/hr | -3.1% |
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Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
| 190 | $36.30/hr | N/A |
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Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 1,350 | $25.19/hr | -1.6% |
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Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 1,810 | $24.23/hr | -1.0% |
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Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 1,490 | $22.12/hr | -3.8% |
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Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
| 120 | $25.13/hr | N/A |
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Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 4,950 | $22.80/hr | -2.3% |
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Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 640 | $28.06/hr | 0.6% |
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Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 280 | $24.38/hr | -5.6% |
- 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.
- Load parts into containers and place containers on conveyors to be inserted into furnaces, or insert parts into furnaces.
- Set and adjust speeds of reels and conveyors for prescribed time cycles to pass parts through continuous furnaces.
- Read production schedules and work orders to determine processing sequences, furnace temperatures, and heat cycle requirements for objects to be heat-treated.
- Clean oxides and scales from parts or fittings, using steam sprays or chemical and water baths.
- 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.
- 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.
- Heat billets, bars, plates, rods, and other stock to specified temperatures preparatory to forging, rolling, or processing, using oil, gas, or electrical furnaces.
- Reduce heat when processing is complete to allow parts to cool in furnaces or machinery.
- Mount workpieces in fixtures, on arbors, or between centers of machines.