Steel - Occupations Duties

Acid Extractor Occupation

Job Duties:

• Control equipment, like washers, rectifiers, acid pots, and mixing tanks arranged in series to recover tar acids from coal-tar oils
• Start pumps to circulate oil through equipment and opens valves at various stages to treat oil with chemicals, carbon dioxide and steam, according to specified instrument readings
• Perform routine tests at different processing stages for defining effectiveness of treatment
• Sample products for laboratory analysis, and interprets results of analyses to make adjustments in processing operations and to control quality quantity of production
• Inspect equipment for operating efficiency, lubricates equipment, and makes minor repairs adjustments.

Ammonia still Operator Occupation

Job Duties:

• Operate stills, pumps, and related equipment to extract refine ammonia from ammonia liquor
• Adjust feed valves to regulate flow of liquor and steam to stills & water to condensers dephlegmator
• Read thermometers & gauges, adjusts valves and regulates pumps to maintain specified temperatures and pressures to boil off waste vapors foul vent ammonia
• Pump ammonia to saturator for mixing with water to produce liquid ammonia, and pumps ammonia to storage tanks
• Pump waste liquor to sewer
• Determine amount of ammonia in waste liquor and water, using titrattion test, and adjusts temperatures pressures to reduce loss of ammonia
• Keep record of pressures, temperatures, test results, and amount of liquor steam fed to stills
• May produce concentrated ammonia liquor by condensing vapors in water-cooled condensers
• Clean work area, using broom, brushes, and lime.

Bed Operator Occupation

Job Duties:

• Tend equipment that transfers rolled steel shapes, like blooms, billets, rails, and pipe from processing lines to cooling beds
• Press controls to raise roll stop, start conveyor and position material opposite specified cooling bed
• Pull levers to start pusher straightedge dog-chain series of projections that shoves material off conveyor line onto cooling bed
• Move controls of dog-chain to pull cooled material from bed onto cradle or transfer car
• Record number type of object cooled
• May assist other workers in making roll and hot saw blade changes in repairing, replacing, or adjusting mill equipment.

Belling Machine Operator Occupation

Job Duties:

• Tend machine that expands pipe ends to specified diameter by one of following methods
• 1 Starts machine that rotates pipe against die to expand end of pipe
• 2 Places pipe in expanding machine starts machine that forces mandrels into end to expand pipe to specified diameter
• 3 Starts machine that inserts expands cylindrical element within pipe to enlarge pipe to specified diameter
• Push pipe along conveyor rolls to expander block
• Verify dimensions of pipe end with ring or plug gauge
• Important variables may be indicated by trade names of machine used.

Bin Tripper Operator Occupation

Job Duties:

• Tend discharge end of conveyor system that moves raw materials in blast furnace to storage bins
• Inspect bins and notifies Conveyor-System Operator any industry 921.662-018 of required material, like iron manganese ore, limestone, clay, or sinter
• Move control to position tipper over bin
• Open valve to turn on water spray to settle dust
• Notify Conveyor-System Operator any industry when bin is full
• Press switch to stop conveyor for malfunctions
• Scrape and cleans bins bin areas, using bar, scraper, shovel, and broom.

Blast furnace auxiliaries Supervisor Occupation

Job Duties:

• Supervise coordinates activities of workers engaged in unloading, crushing, screening, blending, and sintering iron ore
• Direct workers in stockpiling materials, like sinter cake, manganese and limestone for blast furnace operations
• Train workers in operation of equipment
• Perform duties as described under Supervisor any industry Master Title.

Blast furnace Keeper Occupation

Job Duties:

• Taps blast furnace to fill ladles with molten metal
• Drill taphole preparatory to tapping, using power hand drill
• Position splasher plate in front of taphole to prevent splashing of metal when furnace is tapped
• Guide point of oxygen lance into drilled taphole to tap furnace
• Open gates and shutters to direct flow of molten iron onto runners into ladles
• Plug taphole after ladles are filled, using mud gun
• Assist other workers in breaking up removing slag from runners, relining runners with sand, clay, and refractory mixture, and drying relined runners
• Repair or replaces defective tuyeres, blowpipes, and boshplates in furnace, using handtools.

Blast furnace keeper Helper Occupation

Job Duties:

• Assist Blast-Furnace Keeper steel rel. in tapping blast furnace
• Break slag from casting equipment, like slag runners, iron troughs, gates and dams, using bars, hammers and shovels
• Reline runners, troughs, gates and dams with refractory materials, like fireclay, sand and coal dust
• Clean loads clay gun for plugging taphole
• Remove obstructions in runners during casting operations, using tong bar
• Obtain sample of molten iron during cast, with spoon pours sample into test mold
• Assist in changing tuyeres, coolers, cinder notches, and blowpipes on blast furnace, using handtools
• Clean dust, debris, and solidified metal from blast furnace casting area
• Perform other duties as described under Helper any industry Master Title.

Blooming Mill Supervisor Occupation

Job Duties:

• Supervise coordinates activities of workers engaged in rolling heated ingots into steel shapes, like blooms, billets, and slabs, and in shearing shapes to specified lengths
• Train workers in setting up mill
• Perform duties as described under Supervisor any industry Master Title.

Blower Blast Furnace Occupation

Job Duties:

• Supervise coordinates activities of workers engaged in operation of blast furnace to produce molten pig iron
• Direct workers in charging furnace with specified amounts of raw materials, like iron ore, coke and limestone
• Observe color of molten metal through tuyeres, or reads pyrometer & orders changes in furnace temperature pressure
• Estimate amounts of ferrosilicon, manganese, and phosphorous to add to molten metal to obtain specified type of pig iron
• Direct workers in flushing and tapping furnace in positioning ladles to receive molten metal
• Observe color of molten metal flowing in runners during casting operations to define quality of iron
• Perform other duties as described under Supervisor any industry Master Title.