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Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
Operate or tend furnaces, such as gas, oil, coal, electric-arc or electric induction, open-hearth, or oxygen furnaces, to melt and refine metal before casting or to produce specified types of steel.
What a metal-refining furnace operators and tender does
Become a metal-refining furnace operators and tender
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good metal-refining furnace operators and tender
- 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 $29 per hour with an average salary of $60,700 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $28 and $30 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $57,700 and $63,300 per year.
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators And Tender job outlook
- There are 321 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 29 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.