| Job Title |
Furnace Worker |
| Job Description |
Loads Green Electrodes In Gas Or Electric Furnaces, Packs Them
With Insulating Materials For Firing, And Cools And Unloads Them
After Processing, Working As Member Of Furnace Crew: Dumps,
Levels, And Tamps Mixture Of Coke, Sand, And Sawdust On Furnace
Bed. Attaches Sling To Individual Electrodes, And Signals
Overhead Crane Operator (any Industry) 921.663-010 In
Positioning Electrodes In Furnace. Spreads Coke Over Each Layer
Of Electrodes And Tamps Coke Between Electrodes To Insulate Them
Until Specified Number And Layers Of Electrodes Are Loaded.
Spreads Insulating Mixture Uniformly Over Top Of Charge.
Positions Brick Side Blocks On Side Of Furnace With Aid Of Crane
Operator. Signals Crane Operator In Hoisting Bus Bars Into Place
On Electric Furnace, And Bolts Bars To Feeders And To Furnace
Terminals. Removes Bus Bars And Side Blocks After Processing
(graphitizing Or Baking) And Pokes Hole In Insulating Mix To
Observe Color Of Electrodes. Refills And Tamps Insulating Mix In
Hole To Prevent Oxidation If Charge Is Cooking Too Rapidly; Or
Rakes, Hoes, Or Shovels Insulating Mix From Charge And Quenches
Charge With Water To Speed Cooling. Shovels Mixture Into Pile
For Reprocessing. Attaches Sling To Processed Electrodes And
Signals Crane Operator To Remove Them From Furnace. Cleans
Residue From Electrodes, Using Airhose. May Be Designated
According To Duty Performed As Furnace Cooler (elec. Equip.);
Furnace Loader (elec. Equip.); Furnace Packer (elec. Equip.);
Furnace Unloader (elec. Equip.).
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