Jobs / Physical work / 51-9051.00
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Operate or tend heating equipment other than basic metal, plastic, or food processing equipment. Includes activities such as annealing glass, drying lumber, curing rubber, removing moisture from materials, or boiling soap.
- US jobs
- 14,280
- Median wage
- $48,040 a year
- Job family
- Physical work
Can agents do the work of furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders?
We read the evidence at the level of the job family, Physical work:
- Task levelUnexploredNo benchmark in our collection covers this work yet.
- Project levelUnexploredNo benchmark in our collection covers this work yet.
Unexplored territory
No benchmark in this atlas covers this work yet.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Monitor equipment operation, gauges, and panel lights to detect deviations from standards.
- Confer with supervisors or other equipment operators to report equipment malfunctions or to resolve production problems.
- Press and adjust controls to activate, set, and regulate equipment according to specifications.
- Record gauge readings, test results, and shift production in log books.
- Read and interpret work orders and instructions to determine work assignments, process specifications, and production schedules.
- Examine or test samples of processed substances, or collect samples for laboratory testing, to ensure conformance to specifications.
- Transport materials and products to and from work areas, manually or using carts, handtrucks, or hoists.
- Stop equipment and clear blockages or jams, using fingers, wire, or hand tools.
- Load equipment receptacles or conveyors with material to be processed, by hand or using hoists.
- Remove products from equipment, manually or using hoists, and prepare them for storage, shipment, or additional processing.
- Calculate amounts of materials to be loaded into furnaces, adjusting amounts as necessary for specific conditions.
- Melt or refine metal before casting, calculating required temperatures, and observe metal color, adjusting controls as necessary to maintain required temperatures.
Other job titles for this occupation (80)
Annealing Operator · Dry Kiln Operator · Dryer Feeder · Evaporator Operator · Furnace Operator · Kiln Fireman · Kiln Operator · Lime Kiln and Recausticizing Operator · Oven Operator · Ager Operator · Annealer · Autoclave Operator · Automated Process Operator · Back Tender · Backing-in Machine Tender · Ballman · Base Draw Operator · Batch and Furnace Operator · Beehive Kiln Charcoal Burner · Black Ash Burner Operator · Black Mill Operator · Boiler · Boiler Attendant · Boiler Control Room Operator · Bone Char Kiln Tender · Bone Drier Operator · Bread Oven Operator · Brick Baker · Brick Burner · Briquetting Machine Operator · Burner · Burner Tender · Burning Plant Operator · Calcine Furnace Tender · Calciner Operator · Carbon Furnace Operator · Centrifugal Drier Operator · Channel Process Plant Operator · Charcoal Burner · Charcoal Kiln Burner · Clay Burner · Clay Roaster · Cloth Drier · Clothespin Drier Operator · Coal Drier Operator · Coke Burner · Coke Production Heater · Conditioner Tumbler Operator · Continuous Linter-Drier Operator · Cooker Tender · Core Oven Tender · Cupola Man · Cupola Worker · Curing Oven Attendant · Curing Oven Tender · Debubblizer · Drier · Drier Feeder · Drier Operator · Drier Tender · Drum Drier Operator · Dry Box Operator · Dry Mill Operator · Dry Room Operator · Dry-Cans Operator · Dry-House Attendant · Drying Machine Tender · Drying Room Attendant · Drying Tumbler Operator · Drying Tunnel Operator · Drying Unit Felting Machine Operator · Enamel Burner · Firepot Operator and Tender · Firer · Flame Degreaser · Flash Drier Operator · Flat Drier · Flow Worker · Foam Rubber Curer · Furnace Operator and Tender