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DOT Code: 619.682-038

Industry: smelt. & refin.

Operates machines to form cut of copper ingot into wire samples for metallurgical testing: Smooths lateral sides of sample with emery wheel. Heats sample in furnace to light-red glow. Rolls sample into rod by passing rod through rolling machine. Coils rod and immerses rod in acid bath to remove scale. Tapers end of rod, using hammer. Inserts tapered end through selected steel-wire die, and fastens it to powered clamp. Depresses pedal to draw rod to specified size through series of dies of decreasing diameters. Coils wire to prepare it for metallurgical analysis.

GOE: 06.02.02 STRENGTH: M GED: R4 M2 L3 SVP: 5 DLU: 77