Staff role
Refractory Materials Repairer (except Brickmasons)
Build or repair equipment such as furnaces, kilns, cupolas, boilers, converters, ladles, soaking pits, and ovens, using refractory materials.
O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Cell Reliner; Cupola Repairer; Furnace Repairer; Hot Repairman; Ladle Liner; Ladle Repairman; Refractory Bricklayer; Refractory Technician; Refractory Worker
Tasks
- Reline or repair ladles and pouring spouts with refractory clay, using trowels.
- Chip slag from linings of ladles or remove linings when beyond repair, using hammers and chisels.
- Mix specified amounts of sand, clay, mortar powder, and water to form refractory clay or mortar, using shovels or mixing machines.
Knowledge
- Mechanical
Skills
- Active Listening
Abilities
- Arm-Hand Steadiness
- Extent Flexibility
- Near Vision
- Oral Comprehension
- Manual Dexterity
- Control Precision
- Multilimb Coordination
- Trunk Strength
- Gross Body Equilibrium
- Oral Expression
- Problem Sensitivity
- Selective Attention
- Deductive Reasoning
- Inductive Reasoning
- Finger Dexterity
- Speech Recognition
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