Job Description:

• 1) Tends equipment that automatically applies and bakes enamel or other coating onto fabricated steel products: Fills machine reservoir with coating solution, such as lacquer, enamel, or varnish.

• 2) Starts conveyor or feed rolls that carry products to be coated and baked, through equipment.

• 3) Sets heating unit at specified temperature and starts pumps and exhaust fans.

• 4) Feeds products onto conveyor or between feed rolls that apply coating.

• 5) Examines products emerging from baking unit for conformance to coating thickness and appearance specifications.

• 6) May mix coating to prescribed viscosity, using viscometer.

• 7) May gauge thickness of coating to determine adherence to quality control specifications, using dial indicator.

• 8) May be designated according to equipment or process employed as Flash-Oven Operator; Operator, Coating Furnace; or according to product coated as Coating-Machine Operator, Metal Tags And Signs.