heat treatment furnace operator

Job Zone

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. 5

Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed

Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.

Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.

Occupational interest profile

RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order

• R Realistic6.88
• C Conventional3.97
• I Investigative2.75
• A Artistic1.05
• S Social1.01
• E Enterprising1.00

RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.

Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders (51-4051.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.

Typically associated skills

Essential (13)

ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.

• ensure compliance with safety legislation
• ensure health and safety in manufacturing
• extract materials from furnace
• load materials into furnace
• maintain system logs
• monitor manufacturing quality standards
• operate heat treatment furnace
• prepare scientific reports
• record furnace operations
• report the results of treatment
• report well results
• supervise worker safety
• troubleshoot