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Career Guidance Knowledge engineering, manufacturing and construction K071 - engineering and engineering trades K0715 - mechanics and metal trades Metal coating technologies
Description
The various processes and technologies used for to coating and painting fabricated metal workpieces.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 2 occupations
- Optional in 11 occupations
- Total: 13 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)
Essential for
- EnamellerEnamellers embellish metals such as gold, silver, copper, steel, cast iron or platinum by painting it. The enamel they apply, consists of coloured powdered glass. Working condition…
- Surface treatment operatorSurface treatment operators apply chemicals and paint to the material surface in order to protect against corrosion. They calculate the materials needed for surface protection. Oth…
Optional for
- Coating machine operatorCoating machine operators set up and tend coating machines that coat metal products with a thin layer of covering of materials such as lacquer, enamel, copper, nickel, zinc, cadmiu…
- Industrial arts vocational teacherIndustrial arts vocational teachers instruct students in their specialised field of study, industrial arts, which is predominantly practical in nature. They provide theoretical ins…
- Lacquer spray gun operatorLacquer spray gun operators operate lacquer spray guns designed to provide otherwise finished metal, wooden or plastic workpieces with a hard, durable finishing coat, through lacqu…
- Fitter and turnerFitters and turners use machine tools to create and modify metal parts according to set specifications in order to fit components for machinery. They ensure the finished components…
- Metal products assemblerMetal products assemblers fit and fasten metal materials according to strictly laid down procedures in order to produce various parts or final products using power tools, hand tool…
- RustprooferRustproofers use the proper equipment and machinery to provide metal workpieces with a hard, durable finishing coat, composed of specific chemical formulas, that prevents or delays…
- Electroplating machine operatorElectroplating machine operators set up and tend electroplating machines designed to finish and coat the metal workpieces' (such as future pennies and jewelry) surface by using ele…
- Metal product quality control inspectorMetal product quality control inspectors perform preventive and operational quality control on the metal products. They examine the materials at various stages to make sure it conf…
- Ornamental metal workerOrnamental metal workers use finishing equipment and machinery to shape and finish fabricated ornamental metal workpieces, often used for the installation process in construction, …
- Dip tank operatorDip tank operators set up and tend dip tanks, which are coating machines, designed to provide otherwise finished work pieces with durable coating by dipping them in a tank…
- Anodising machine operatorAnodising machine operators set up and tend anodising machines designed to provide otherwise finished metal workpieces, usually aluminum-based, with a durable, anodic oxide, corros…
Related skills
- Types of metal
- Inspect quality of products
- Ensure equipment availability
- Types of metal manufacturing processes
- Perform test run
- Quality standards
- Ferrous metal processing
- Keep records of work progress
- Wear appropriate protective gear
- Remove inadequate workpieces
- Spot metal imperfections
- Non-ferrous metal processing
