Melt or refine metal before casting, calculating required temperatures, and observe metal color, adjusting controls as necessary to maintain required temperatures.
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- Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
- Crematory Operators
- Dental Laboratory Technicians
- Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
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- Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
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- Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
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- Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
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- Pourers and Casters, Metal
- Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
- Semiconductor Processing Technicians
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Source: O*NET database (task_statements)
