The Collar360

Heat treatment furnace operator

Other names

billet heating technician, heat treat furnace operative, heat treat furnace operator, heat treating bluer, heat treating technician, heat treat operative, heat treat apprentice, heat treating bluer apprentice, mining oven technician, batch heat operative, casting furnace technician, heat regulator operative

Metalwork and welding

They run hot furnaces that heat metal parts, watch the temperature, load and remove the parts, and cool them.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Read production schedules and work orders to determine processing sequences, furnace temperatures, and heat cycle requirements for objects to be heat-treated.

  2. 2

    Record times that parts are removed from furnaces to document that objects have attained specified temperatures for specified times.

  3. 3

    Adjust controls to maintain temperatures and heating times, using thermal instruments and charts, dials and gauges of furnaces, and colour of stock in furnaces to make setting determinations.

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Sources

Built from 4 sources

Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

Free to use with attribution

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

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In other languages

français
opérateur de four de traitement thermique/opératrice de four de traitement thermique
español
operador de horno de tratamiento térmico/operadora de horno de tratamiento térmico
العربية
مشغل فرن المعالجة الحرارية / مشغلة فرن المعالجة الحرارية
português
Operador de fornalha/Operadora de fornalha
Deutsch
Maschinenbediener im Bereich Wärmebehandlung/Maschinenbedienerin im Bereich Wärmebehandlung
italiano
operatore di forni per il trattamento termico/operatrice di forni per il trattamento termico

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