Job Description:

• 1) Controls one or more furnaces to heat treat metal objects according to specifications: Places parts in racks, trays, or baskets, and places objects on conveyor or loads objects directly into furnace.

• 2) Adjusts furnace temperature and observes pyrometer to heat metal to prescribed temperature.

• 3) Sets speed of conveyor for prescribed time cycle, or records removal time of parts to ensure objects attain specified temperature for a specified time.

• 4) Removes parts after prescribed time and quenches parts in water, oil, or other bath, or allows parts to cool in air.

• 5) May test hardness of parts.

• 6) May feed die-quenching machine to prevent parts from warping.

• 7) May degrease or remove scale from parts.

• 8) May draw wire or sheet metal through furnace and attach metal to winding mechanism that pulls metal through furnace.