Job address
US
Company size
11-50 employees
Job sector
Manufacturing
occupation category
Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Job type
Contract
Work environment
In person
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- Prepares and mixes metalizing solutions according to formulas or specifications
- Adjusts controls to set temperatures of coating substances and speeds of machines and equipment
- Mixes and tests solutions, and turns valves to fill tanks with solutions
- Maintains chemistry in the wash system
- Places plated or coated materials on racks and transfers them to ovens to dry for specified periods of time
- Sets up, operates, or tends plating or coating machines to coat metal or plastic products with chromium, zinc, copper, cadmium, nickel, or other metal to protect or decorate surfaces
- Prepares, uses, and disposes of chemical cleaning and promotion baths
- Determines sizes and compositions of objects to be plated, and amounts of electrical current and time required
- Observes gauges to ensure that machines are operating properly, making adjustments or stopping machines when problems occur
- Cleans and rinses article or pre-shaped form to be coated
- Suspends sticks or pieces of plating metal from anodes, or positive terminals, and immerse metal in plating solutions
- Loads machines, monitors process equipment during run, and verifies coating thickness using various measurement devices and tools
- Fills small dents or scratches with body fillers and smooth surfaces to prepare product for painting
- Installs gears and holding devices on conveyor equipment
- Operates lifting or moving devices to move equipment or materials to access areas to be painted
- Removes article from solution and centrifuges, if necessary, to remove excess molten metal before cooling
- Determines setups of equipment and machines by reading production schedules
- Operates and monitors machines which automatically coat wire with non-ferrous metal
- Reads customer or engineering drawings or specifications as related to the processing of customer parts
- Operates and monitors equipment used to impart a rust-resistant finish to metal articles by treating them with chemicals and heating them
- Sprays prepared surfaces with specified amounts of primers and decorative or finish coatings
- Applies rust-resistant undercoats and caulk and seal seams
- Cut metal or other materials using shears or band saws
- Maintains records, checklists and logbooks on equipment, including the documentation of witness strips, QC testing and maintenance
- Applies primer over any repairs made to surfaces
- Immerses objects to be coated or plated into cleaning solutions, or spray objects with conductive solutions to prepare them for plating
- Assures parts are properly prepared for powder coating (remove water, plug, mask)
- Monitors painting operations to identify flaws, such as blisters or streaks, and corrects their causes
- Allows the sprayed product to dry and touches up any missed spots
- Adjusts controls on infrared ovens, heat lamps, portable ventilators, or exhaust units to speed the drying of product between coats
- Positions and feeds materials into processing machines, by hand or by using automated equipment
- Performs equipment maintenance, such as cleaning tanks and lubricating moving parts of conveyors
- Cleans and maintains equipment, using water hoses and scrapers
- Operates and monitors equipment which cleans metal articles in preparation for electroplating, galvanizing, enameling or similar processes
- Sands and applies sealer to properly dried finish
- Pours paint into spray guns and adjust nozzles and paint mixes for proper paint flow and coating thickness
- Packages parts after painted per process sheet
- Rinses coated objects in cleansing liquids and dries them with cloths, centrifugal driers, or by tumbling in sawdust-filled barrels
- Measures or weighs materials, using rulers, calculators, and scales
- Examines completed objects to determine thicknesses of metal deposits, or measures thicknesses by using instruments such as micrometers
- Masks area not to be covered with wax, resistant adhesive tape or other material
- Measures and sets stops, rolls, brushes, and guides on automatic feeders and conveying equipment or coating machines, using micrometers, rules, and hand tools
- Mixes paints to match color specifications or products' original colors, stirring or thinning paints, using spatulas or power mixing equipment
- Operates and monitors electroplating equipment
- Plates small objects, such as nuts or bolts, using motor-driven barrels
- Sets machine, plant, or equipment controls to regulate electric current and temperature of molten zinc, tin, chromium, copper or other non-ferrous metal
- Monitors and measures thicknesses of electroplating on component parts to verify conformance to specifications, using micrometers
- Inspects coated or plated areas for defects, such as air bubbles or uneven coverage
- Sets up spraying machines by attaching nozzles, positioning guns, connecting hoses, and threading wire
- Suspends objects, such as parts or molds from cathode rods, or negative terminals, and immerse objects in plating solutions
- Tests machinery to ensure that it is operating properly
- Positions objects to be plated in frames, or suspends them from positive or negative terminals of power supplies
- Preps parts for painting by pre racking, plugging, sanding, masking
- Measures, marks, and masks areas to be excluded from plating
- Adjusts dials to regulate flow of current and voltage supplied to terminals to control plating processes
- Fits appropriate nozzle on spray gun, loads spray gun with appropriate coating material and prepares electrolytic solutions
- Hand-paint areas in need of retouching using a brush or unreachable with a spray gun
- Operates and monitors equipment used to spray molten metal or other substances on metal products to provide a protective or decorative coating or to build up worn or damaged surfaces
- Operates hoists to place workpieces onto machine feed carriages or spindles
- Performs routine maintenance, such as changing pump oil, cleaning valves and cold traps, as well as performing system refurbishing at a defined interval
- Sands vehicle surfaces between coats of paint or primer to remove flaws and enhance adhesion for subsequent coats
- Positions containers to receive parts, and load or unload materials in containers, using dollies or hand trucks
- Operates sandblasting equipment to roughen and clean surfaces of workpieces
- Operates and monitors hot-dip equipment used to coat iron and steel products
- Disposes of hazardous waste in an appropriate manner
- Replaces worn parts and adjusts equipment components, using hand tools
- Immerses articles in plating solutions or sprays article until required thickness of coating has been deposited
- Removes objects from solutions at periodic intervals and observe objects to verify conformance to specifications
- Remove excess materials or impurities from objects using air hoses or grinding machines
