List of Career Duties Under Steel Business Sector

» List of Career Duties Under Steel Business Sector

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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