Operate or tend heating equipment such as soaking pits, reheating furnaces, heating and vacuum equipment to heat metal sheets, blooms, billets, bars, plate, and rods to specified temperature for rolling processing or heat and cure preformed plastic parts.
Employers prefer workers who have gone through an apprenticeship program.
There were approximately 260 heating setters and set-up operators employed in Alabama in 1996. An annual average of 10 job openings occur each year. Able to work in extreme heat. Must be able to coordinate hand and finger movements accurately and swiftly in response to what is seen and move hands skillfully and easily in placing and turning motions. Union membership is available.