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DOT Code: 512.684-010

Industry: steel & rel.
Alternate Titles: open-hearth-furnace-operator helper

Assists First Helper (steel & rel.) to melt and cast iron and steel in open-hearth furnaces: Cleans furnace tapholes, using scraper and oxygen lance. Closes furnace tapholes with pipe, chrome ore, dolomite, or magnesite to prevent loss of molten metal, and relines steel runners. Weighs additives, such as fluorspar, lime, and manganese, and trucks them to furnace areas. Shovels refractory materials into furnace. Assists crew in slagging or flushing furnace. Starts furnace by igniting gas, using torch. Performs other duties as described under Helper (any industry) Master Title.

GOE: 06.04.10 STRENGTH: H GED: R2 M1 L1 SVP: 3 DLU: 77