Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic resume example

Also advertised as

The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

• Anodizer
• Chrome Plater
• Electro Plater
• Plater
• Anodizing Line Operator
• Coater Associate
• Coater Operator
• Galvanizer
• Line Operator
• Machine Operator
• Alodize Machine Operator
• Anode Machine Operator
• Anodic Operator
• Anodic Treater
• Anodize Machine Operator
• Anodizing Operator
• Anodizing Technician
• Automatic Metal Spraying Machine Operator
• Barrel Plater
• Black Oxide Coating Equipment Tender
• Bronze Plater
• Browning Processor
• Bullet Lubricating Machine Operator
• Carbon Paper Coating Machine Setter

O*NET records 40 titles for this occupation in total.

What this work actually involves

Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.

• Immerse workpieces in coating solutions or liquid metal or plastic for specified times.
• Adjust dials to regulate flow of current and voltage supplied to terminals to control plating processes.
• Inspect coated or plated areas for defects, such as air bubbles or uneven coverage.
• Set up, operate, or tend plating or coating machines to coat metal or plastic products with chromium, zinc, copper, cadmium, nickel, or other metal to protect or decorate surfaces.
• Observe gauges to ensure that machines are operating properly, making adjustments or stopping machines when problems occur.
• Remove objects from solutions at periodic intervals and observe objects to verify conformance to specifications.
• Maintain production records.
• Remove excess materials or impurities from objects, using air hoses or grinding machines.
• Examine completed objects to determine thicknesses of metal deposits, or measure thicknesses by using instruments such as micrometers.
• Rinse coated objects in cleansing liquids and dry them with cloths, centrifugal driers, or by tumbling in sawdust-filled barrels.
• Determine sizes and compositions of objects to be plated, and amounts of electrical current and time required.
• Test machinery to ensure that it is operating properly.
• Measure or weigh materials, using rulers, calculators, and scales.
• Measure, mark, and mask areas to be excluded from plating.

33 tasks are recorded in total; these are the most central.

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• Immerse workpieces in coating solutions or liquid metal or plastic for specified times, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
• Adjust dials to regulate flow of current and voltage supplied to terminals to control plating processes, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
• Inspect coated or plated areas for defects, such as air bubbles or uneven coverage, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
• Set up, operate, or tend plating or coating machines to coat metal or plastic products with chromium, zinc, copper, cadmium, nickel, or other metal to protect or decorate surfaces, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Some Preparation Needed”. These occupations usually require a high school diploma.

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