Job Description:

• 1) Performs any combination of following duties involved in operation of open-hearth furnaces: Moves controls to open and close furnace doors.

• 2) Removes molten metal in low spots or pockets of furnace floor, using air lance.

• 3) Shovels refractory materials onto furnace bottom.

• 4) Transports additives from bins to furnace.

• 5) Shovels additives into furnace and ladle.

• 6) Cleans and reams furnace taphole and pries solidified metal from pouring spout, using reaming rod and bar.

• 7) Sprays slag with water, using hose.

• 8) Maintains tools and equipment required for furnace operations.

• 9) Cleans charging floor and furnace areas.