Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Manufacturing
Set up, operate, or tend heating equipment, such as heat-treating furnaces, flame-hardening machines, induction machines, soaking pits, or vacuum equipment to temper, harden, anneal, or heat treat metal or plastic objects.

What a heat treating equipment setter, operator, and tender, metal and plastic does

Become a heat treating equipment setter, operator, and tender, metal and plastic

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good heat treating equipment setter, operator, and tender, metal and plastic

  • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Average hourly rate is $27 per hour with an average salary of $56,800 per year.
  • Half of workers earn between $20 and $35 per hour.
  • Half of workers earn an annual salary between $41,900 and $72,200 per year.

Heat Treating Equipment Setter, Operator, And Tender, Metal And Plastic job outlook

  • There are 73 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 19 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

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Education needed

These occupations usually require a high school diploma.

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