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Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
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
- Typical hourly rate is $31 per hour with a typical salary of $69,600 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $27 and $49 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $18,100 and $62,600 per year.
- 37% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- 29.9% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past 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.
Multiple Jobs
- 13% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.