Employment Percentage
-34.24295775
SOC ID
51-4193
SOC Title
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
ONET ID
51-4193.00
ONET Concat ID
51419300
Median Salary
32387.73
EMSI Interest Area Term
Ed Level High School
95.949997
Ed Level Certificate
0
Ed Level Some College
0.62
Ed Level Associates
0
Ed Level Bachelors
3.43
Ed Level Masters
0
Ed Level Doctors
0
Typical Ed Level
a high school diploma or less
Career Description
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.
Core Tasks
- Immerse workpieces in coating solutions or liquid metal or plastic for specified times.
- Adjust dials to regulate flow of current and voltage supplied to terminals to control plating processes.
- Inspect coated or plated areas for defects, such as air bubbles or uneven coverage.
- 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.
- Remove excess materials or impurities from objects, using air hoses or grinding machines.
- Examine completed objects to determine thicknesses of metal deposits, or measure thicknesses by using instruments such as micrometers.
- Rinse coated objects in cleansing liquids and dry them with cloths, centrifugal driers, or by tumbling in sawdust-filled barrels.
Start Annual Earnings
27860.92
Top Annual Earnings
51339.22
EMSI Career Title Slug
plating-and-coating-machine-setter-operator-and-tender-metal-and-plastic