How do they match: Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

  • Production Plater

  • Set up, operate, or tend plating machines to coat metal or plastic products with chromium, zinc, copper, cadmium, nickel, or other metal to protect or decorate surfaces. Typically, the product being coated is immersed in molten metal or an electrolytic solution.

  • Maintain production records.
  • Read production schedules to determine setups of equipment and machines.
  • 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.

  • Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of production materials or products.
  • Adjust flow of electricity to tools or production equipment.
  • Apply protective or decorative finishes to workpieces or products.
  • Clean production equipment.
  • Clean workpieces or finished products.
  • Conduct test runs of production equipment.
  • Determine metal or plastic production methods.
  • Feed materials or products into or through equipment.
  • Heat material or workpieces to prepare for or complete production.
  • Inspect finishes of workpieces or finished products.
  • Load materials into production equipment.
  • Lubricate production equipment.
  • Maintain production or processing equipment.
  • Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
  • Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.
  • Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment.
  • Record operational or production data.
  • Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.