Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Tasks Include:

• Inspect coated or plated areas for defects, such as air bubbles or uneven coverage.
• Immerse workpieces in coating solutions or liquid metal or plastic for specified times.
• Set up, operate, or tend plating or coating machines to coat metal or plastic products with chromium, zinc, copper, cadmium, nickel, or other metal to protect or decorate surfaces.
• Maintain production records.
• Remove objects from solutions at periodic intervals and observe objects to verify conformance to specifications.
• Observe gauges to ensure that machines are operating properly, making adjustments or stopping machines when problems occur.
• Adjust dials to regulate flow of current and voltage supplied to terminals to control plating processes.
• Rinse coated objects in cleansing liquids and dry them with cloths, centrifugal driers, or by tumbling in sawdust-filled barrels.
• Examine completed objects to determine thicknesses of metal deposits, or measure thicknesses by using instruments such as micrometers.

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