How do they match: 51-4051.00 - Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders

Operate or tend furnaces, such as gas, oil, coal, electric-arc or electric induction, open-hearth, or oxygen furnaces, to melt and refine metal before casting or to produce specified types of steel.

Operate controls to move or discharge metal workpieces from furnaces.
Drain, transfer, or remove molten metal from furnaces, and place it into molds, using hoists, pumps, or ladles.
Draw smelted metal samples from furnaces or kettles for analysis, and calculate types and amounts of materials needed to ensure that materials meet specifications.
Kindle fires, and shovel fuel and other materials into furnaces or onto conveyors by hand, with hoists, or by directing crane operators.
Observe operations inside furnaces, using television screens, to ensure that problems do not occur.
Observe air and temperature gauges or metal color and fluidity, and turn fuel valves or adjust controls to maintain required temperatures.
Prepare material to load into furnaces, including cleaning, crushing, or applying chemicals, by using crushing machines, shovels, rakes, or sprayers.
Remove impurities from the surface of molten metal, using strainers.
Scrape accumulations of metal oxides from floors, molds, and crucibles, and sift and store them for reclamation.
Sprinkle chemicals over molten metal to bring impurities to the surface.

How do they match: Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders