Job Description:

• 1) Coats small steel valve parts, crystal slices used in making semiconductors, or related materials with nickel plate, using nonelectric dipping process: Fills dip tank with nickel salt solution and sets controls to maintain specified temperature.

• 2) Fills basket with parts to be plated or mounts slides bearing crystal slices on holding fixture, and lowers materials into plating tank.

• 3) Determines time parts remain in bath, using knowledge of process and thickness of plating desired.

• 4) Removes parts when process is completed.

• 5) Gauges parts frequently with micrometers to see that specified tolerances are maintained.

• 6) Adds plating solution or refills tanks, as necessary, to complete plating process.

• 7) May immerse materials in leaching or cleaning solution preparatory to plating.