Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Career

Job Description: Set up, operate, or tend heating equipment, such as heat-treating furnaces, flame-hardening machines, induction machines, soaking pits, or vacuum equipment to temper, harden, anneal, or heat treat metal or plastic objects.


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Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Career

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