Tasks and responsibilities:
· selecting metal stock for
job requirements
· heating metal in forges and
furnaces and hammering, punching and cutting metal using hand tools and machine
presses
· tempering and hardening
finished articles by quenching in oil or water baths or by cooling gradually in
air
· preparing electrolytic and
silver solutions for electroforming, and applying solution to the objects to be
coated
· setting and adjusting
controls to regulate electric current and depositing of coating on objects
· preparing horses' hooves
for shoeing, nailing horseshoes to hooves, and trimming hooves
· cutting, trimming, shaping
and smoothing stock to form mould patterns
· filling boxes with sand and
setting patterns in place, and pouring molten metal into moulds
· applying refractory paint
and positioning cores in moulds
· finishing metal and
articles by polishing and buffing and applying shellac, lacquer, paint and
other finishes
· Minimum experience as a Boilermaker
for 3-5 years.