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.
Arc and Argon Oxygen Decarburization Melter (ARC and AOD Melter), Automatic Furnace Operator, Central Melt Specialist, Control Room Operator, Cupola Tender, Electric Melt Operator, Furnace Operator, Induction Furnace Operator, Melt Room Operator, Melter, Operating Technician (Operating Tech), Skimmer, Vacuum Melter, Vessel Operator
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