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Career Guidance Skills working with machinery and specialised equipment S8.4 - operating machinery for the extraction and processing of raw materials S8.4.7 - operating kilns, furnaces and drying equipment Operate furnace
Description
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, to produce specified types of steel, or to finish other materials such as cokes. Set furnace controls to regulate temperatures and heating time.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 4 occupations
- Optional in 5 occupations
- Total: 9 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 7 (Craft and related trades workers)
Essential for
- Metal furnace operatorMetal furnace operators monitor the process of making metal before it is cast into forms. They control metal making furnaces and direct all activities of furnace operation, includi…
- Clay kiln burnerClay kiln burners bake clay products such as brick, sewer pipe or tiles using periodic or tunnel kilns. They regulate valves, observe thermometers, watch for fluctuations, and main…
- Coking furnace operatorCoking furnace operators monitor the operation of a usually automatic industrial oven that takes in crushed, washed, and blended bituminous coal and heats it to temperatures betwee…
- BlacksmithBlacksmiths heat metal, usually steel, in a forge and shape it with a hammer, chisel, and an anvil. Contemporarily, they predominantly create artisanal metal products, including or…
Optional for
- Hand brick moulderHand brick moulders create unique bricks, pipes, and other heat-resistant products using hand moulding tools. They create moulds according to specifications, clean and oil them, in…
- CoppersmithCoppersmiths craft and repair items made of non-ferrous metals such as copper, brass and similar materials. They shape and form the raw materials into objects of practical or artis…
- Precast moulderPrecast moulders handcast decorative and structural concrete building products such as fireplace units, blocks or coloured tiles. They use a portable concrete-mixing machine. Dutie…
- Drop forging hammer workerDrop forging hammer workers utilise forging machinery and equipment, specifically machined hammers, in order to form ferrous and non-ferrous metal workpieces to their desired shape…
- Fibre machine tenderFibre machine tenders operate and maintain extrusion machines that form sliver from filaments. They work with synthetic materials such as fiberglass or liquid polymer or non-s…
Related skills
- Maintain furnace temperature
- Load materials into furnace
- Monitor gauge
- Keep records of work progress
- Types of metal manufacturing processes
- Troubleshoot
- Extract materials from furnace
- Use personal protection equipment
- Hot forging
- Cold forging
- Measure furnace temperature
- Maintain equipment
Last updated on February 18, 2026
