Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and operates continuous multistrand electrogalvanizing and heat-treating machine to coat steel strip or wire with zinc, according to written specifications: Mixes chemical solutions, using formulas.

• 2) Fills cleaning, pickling, galvanizing, and waxing tanks.

• 3) Charges furnace with gas or coal to prepare for galvanizing process.

• 4) Inserts wire reels and feeds wire into machine.

• 5) Moves controls on rheostats and generators to regulate movement of wire strand between reels, plating tanks, and coils, to obtain specified thickness of coating.

• 6) Adjusts controls to regulate temperature of leadpot, cleaners, picklers, and plating tanks.

• 7) Performs chemical solution tests, such as titration tests, wire hardness tests, dip coating tests, and welding tests, to determine conformance to specifications.

• 8) Readjusts controls based on findings.

• 9) Records test results.

• 10) Examines coating, washing, and alignment of wire strands visually and using micrometers to compare finished strands with specifications.

• 11) Resets and changes combs when changing width and number of strands.

• 12) Replaces anodes and recharges leadpot at specified intervals.