| Job Title |
Plater, Hot Dip |
| Job Description |
Tends Equipment To Coat Iron And Steel Products With
Corrosion-resistant Molten Nonferrous Metal: Suspends Metal
Objects, Such As Pails, Shelving, Nuts And Bolts, And Structural
Steel From Conveyor Hooks Or Places Them In Wire Baskets.
Immerses Objects In Chemical Solution To Clean Surface Of Scale
And Foreign Matter. Lowers Objects Into Tank Of Ammonium
Chloride Or Other Flux To Protect Surface From Oxidation And
Facilitate Coating. Dips Objects Into Tank Of Molten Metal To
Coat Objects, Using Hoist Or Conveyor. Removes Objects From
Tanks After Specified Time. Places Objects, Such As Nuts And
Bolts, In Centrifuge And Starts Machine To Cool Objects And
Remove Excessive Coating. Places Objects, Such As Shelving And
Structural Steel, Into Water Tank Or Transfers Them To Storage
Area To Cool. Smooths Coating, Using Wire Brush And File.
Inspects Objects For Even And Complete Coating And Returns
Defective Objects For Reprocessing. Scoops Dross From Tank,
Using Long-handled Scoop, Pours Dross Into Molds, And Weighs
Molded Dross. Turns Valves To Regulate Temperature In Dipping
Tank. Adds Coating Metal And Chemicals To Maintain Specified
Levels And Mixtures In Cleaning, Dipping, And Fluxing Tanks. May
Be Designated According To Type Of Coating Applied As
Galvanizer, Zinc (galvanizing); Tin Dipper (galvanizing).
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