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Job Description

Set up, operate, or tend plating or coating machines to coat metal or plastic products with chromium, zinc, copper, cadmium, nickel, or other metal to protect or decorate surfaces. Includes electrolytic processes.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-4193.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 33,690.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 16.00
Currently, there are 35,570 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic”.

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Tasks for “Bullet Lubricating Machine Operator”

Operate sandblasting equipment to roughen and clean surfaces of workpieces.
Observe gauges to ensure that machines are operating properly, making adjustments or stopping machines when problems occur.
Measure and set stops, rolls, brushes, and guides on automatic feeders and conveying equipment or coating machines, using micrometers, rules, and hand tools.
Position and feed materials into processing machines, by hand or by using automated equipment.
Remove excess materials or impurities from objects, using air hoses or grinding machines.
Perform equipment maintenance such as cleaning tanks and lubricating moving parts of conveyors.
Adjust dials to regulate flow of current and voltage supplied to terminals to control plating processes.
Preheat workpieces in ovens.
Determine sizes and compositions of objects to be plated, and amounts of electrical current and time required.
Measure or weigh materials, using rulers, calculators, and scales.
Test machinery to ensure that it is operating properly.
Inspect coated or plated areas for defects such as air bubbles or uneven coverage.
Position containers to receive parts, and load or unload materials in containers, using dollies or handtrucks.
Clean and maintain equipment, using water hoses and scrapers.
Monitor and measure thicknesses of electroplating on component parts to verify conformance to specifications, using micrometers.
Mix and test solutions, and turn valves to fill tanks with solutions.
Remove objects from solutions at periodic intervals and observe objects to verify conformance to specifications.
Maintain production records.
Measure, mark, and mask areas to be excluded from plating.
Position objects to be plated in frames, or suspend them from positive or negative terminals of power supplies.
Replace worn parts and adjust equipment components, using hand tools.
Read production schedules to determine setups of equipment and machines.
Immerse objects to be coated or plated into cleaning solutions, or spray objects with conductive solutions to prepare them for plating.
Rinse coated objects in cleansing liquids and dry them with cloths, centrifugal driers, or by tumbling in sawdust-filled barrels.
Immerse workpieces in coating solutions or liquid metal or plastic for specified times.
Operate hoists to place workpieces onto machine feed carriages or spindles.
Set up, operate, or tend plating or coating machines to coat metal or plastic products with chromium, zinc, copper, cadmium, nickel, or other metal to protect or decorate surfaces.
Cut metal or other materials, using shears or band saws.
Plate small objects such as nuts or bolts, using motor-driven barrels.
Install gears and holding devices on conveyor equipment.
Attach nozzles, position guns, connect hoses, and thread wire to set up metal-spraying machines.
Adjust controls to set temperatures of coating substances and speeds of machines and equipment.
Suspend objects such as parts or molds from cathode rods, or negative terminals, and immerse objects in plating solutions.
Place plated or coated materials on racks and transfer them to ovens to dry for specified periods of time.
Spray coating in specified patterns according to instructions.
Examine completed objects to determine thicknesses of metal deposits, or measure thicknesses by using instruments such as micrometers.
Clean workpieces, using wire brushes.
Suspend sticks or pieces of plating metal from anodes, or positive terminals, and immerse metal in plating solutions.

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