Job Description:

• 1) Tends equipment to coat iron and steel products with corrosion-resistant molten nonferrous metal: Suspends metal objects, such as pails, shelving, nuts and bolts, and structural steel from conveyor hooks or places them in wire baskets.

• 2) Immerses objects in chemical solution to clean surface of scale and foreign matter.

• 3) Lowers objects into tank of ammonium chloride or other flux to protect surface from oxidation and facilitate coating.

• 4) Dips objects into tank of molten metal to coat objects, using hoist or conveyor.

• 5) Removes objects from tanks after specified time.

• 6) Places objects, such as nuts and bolts, in centrifuge and starts machine to cool objects and remove excessive coating.

• 7) Places objects, such as shelving and structural steel, into water tank or transfers them to storage area to cool.

• 8) Smooths coating, using wire brush and file.

• 9) Inspects objects for even and complete coating and returns defective objects for reprocessing.

• 10) Scoops dross from tank, using long-handled scoop, pours dross into molds, and weighs molded dross.

• 11) Turns valves to regulate temperature in dipping tank.

• 12) Adds coating metal and chemicals to maintain specified levels and mixtures in cleaning, dipping, and fluxing tanks.

• 13) May be designated according to type of coating applied as Galvanizer, Zinc; Tin Dipper.