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Detailed occupation · 51-4193

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

Official English titlePlating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

01 / Official English duty definition

Official English duty definition

Set up, operate, or tend plating machines to coat metal or plastic products with chromium, zinc, copper, cadmium, nickel, or other metal to protect or decorate surfaces. Typically, the product being coated is immersed in molten metal or an electrolytic solution. Excludes “Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders” (51-9124).

02 / Classification parents

Classification parents

Minor group
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers51-4000
Broad occupation
Miscellaneous Metal Workers and Plastic Workers51-4190
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