Plating & Coating Machine Operators & Tenders, Metal & Plastic

Description

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. Include electrolytic processes.

Category

Metalworking & Plasticworking

SOC Code

51-4193

Job Tasks

High risk job tasks associated with this job:

• Degrease metal
• Electroplating (rhodium and palladium)
• Galvanize metal
• Generate plastic dusts or powders (Plexiglas or polyvinyl chloride)
• Handle agents that cause allergic contact dermatitis or contact urticaria
• Heat plastics--polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene, or polypropylene
• Heat, machine, or spray lead products
• Make cadmium-containing products
• Plate metal with cadmium
• Plate metal with chromium
• Plate metal with nickel
• Use dioctyl phthalate to make polyvinyl chloride (PVC)