Operate or tend heating equipment other than basic metal, plastic, or food processing equipment. Includes activities, such as annealing glass, drying lumber, curing rubber, removing moisture from materials, or boiling soap.

Other names for Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders: Burner, Carbon Furnace Operator, Chemical Operator, Coal Drier Operator, Lime Kiln and Recausticizing Operator, Lime Kiln Operator, Lime Kiln Tender, Lime Sludge Kiln Operator, Limehouse Worker, Log Cooker, Lumber Kiln Operator, Matrix Drier Tender, Mold Burner, Mud Temperer, Multiple Hearth Operator, Nodulizer, Oil Boiler, Oven Baker, Oven Operator, Oven Press Tender, Oven Tender, Oxide Furnace Tender, Oxygen Furnace Operator, Package Yarns Drying Machine Operator, Pad Extractor Tender, Pelletizer, Petroleum Refining Firer, Cupola Man, Cupola Operator, Insulation, Cupola Worker, Curing Oven Attendant, Curing Oven Tender, Debubblizer, Drier, Drier Feeder, Drier Operator, Drier Tender, Drum Drier Operator, Dry Box Operator, Dry Kiln Operator, Dry Mill Operator, Dry-Cans Operator, Dry-House Attendant, Acid Maker, Ager Operator, Annealer, Autoclave Operator, Automated Process Operator, Back Tender, Backing-in Machine Tender, Baker, Ballman, Base Draw Operator, Batch and Furnace Operator, Beehive Kiln Charcoal Burner, Black Ash Burner Operator, Black Mill Operator, Boiler, Boiler Control Room Operator, Boiler Operator, Bone Char Kiln Tender, Bone Drier Operator, Brick Baker, Brick Burner, Briquetting Machine Operator, Drying Machine Tender, Drying Room Attendant, Drying Tumbler Operator, Drying Tunnel Operator, Drying Unit Felting Machine Operator, Enamel Burner, Evaporator Operator, Fireman, Firepot Operator and Tender, Firer, Firer Helper, Flame Degreaser, Flash Drier Operator, Flat Drier, Flow Worker, Foam Rubber Curer, Furnace Operator, Furnace Operator and Tender, Glass Furnace Tender, Glazing Machine Operator, Glost Kiln Operator, Glue Cook, Hair Boiler Operator, Heater Ii, Heater Tender, Impregnator and Drier, Incinerator Operator I, Insulation Board Back Tender, Kettle Operator, Kettle Tender, Kettle Worker, Kiln Burner, Kiln Charger, Kiln Fireman, Kiln Firer, Kiln Operator, Kiln Stoker, Kiln Tender, Label Drier, Lead Nitrate Processor, Lehr Attendant, Lehr Loader, Lehr Operator, Lehr Tender, Lens Hardener, Lime Burner, Coke Burner, Coke Production Heater, Conditioner Tumbler Operator, Continuous Linter-Drier Operator, Control Operator, Cook, Cooker Tender, Core Oven Tender, Centrifugal Drier Operator, Channel Process Plant Operator, Charcoal Burner, Charcoal Kiln Burner, Burner Tender, Burning Plant Operator, Calcine Furnace Tender, Calciner Operator, Clay Burner, Clay Roaster, Cloth Drier, Clothespin Drier Operator, Pigment Furnace Tender, Plastics Seasoner Operator, Polymerization Oven Operator, Pot Fireman, Pot Firer, Pot Tender, Pressure Tank Operator, Primer Expeditor and Drier, Pulp Cooker, Pulp Drier Firer, Rabble Furnace Tender, Raw Stock Drier Tender, Red-Lead Burner, Reduction Furnace Operator, Reel Blade Bender Furnace Tender, Regenerator Operator, Rivet Heater, Rotary Drier Operator, Rotary Furnace Tender, Rotary Kiln Operator, Rubber Curer, Rubber Tire Curer, Rubber Vulcanizing Machine Operator, Rug Dry Room Attendant, Rug Drying Machine Operator, Salt Boiler, Sand Drier, Shrink Pit Operator, Skein Yarn Drier, Soap Boiler, Soap Drier Operator, Soap Drier Tender, Soap Maker, Spray Drier Operator, Standpipe Tender, Starch Cooker, Steam Box Operator, Steam Tank Operator, Sterilizer, Sterilizer Machine Operator, Still Operator, Stoker, Stone Carriage Operator, Teaser, Temperer, Tenter Frame Operator, Thaw Shed Heater Tender, Tile Burner, Tower Operator, Tray Drier, Tray Drier Operator, Treating Engineer, Treating Plant Operator, Tube Lancer, Tumbler Operator, Tumbler Tender, Tunnel Kiln Firer, Tunnel Kiln Operator, Unit Operator, Utility Operator, Vacuum Drier Operator, Vacuum Drier Tender, Varnish Maker, Varnish Melter, Veneer Drier, Veneer Redrier, Vulcanizer, Vulcanizing Machine Operator,

• Record gauge readings, test results, and shift production in log books.
• Confer with supervisors or other equipment operators in order to report equipment malfunctions or to resolve production problems.
• Examine or test samples of processed substances, or collect samples for laboratory testing, in order to ensure conformance to specifications.
• Clean, lubricate, and adjust equipment, using scrapers, solvents, air hoses, oil, and hand tools.
• Transport materials and products to and from work areas, manually or using carts, handtrucks, or hoists.
• Stop equipment and clear blockages or jams, using fingers, wire, or hand tools.
• Remove products from equipment, manually or using hoists, and prepare them for storage, shipment, or additional processing.
• Calculate amounts of materials to be loaded into furnaces, adjusting amounts as necessary for specific conditions.
• Feed fuel, such as coal and coke, into fireboxes or onto conveyors, and remove ashes from furnaces, using shovels and buckets.
• Melt or refine metal before casting, calculating required temperatures; and observe metal color and adjust controls as necessary in order to maintain required temperatures.
• Replace worn or defective equipment parts, using hand tools.
• Load equipment receptacles or conveyors with material to be processed, by hand or using hoists.
• Weigh or measure specified amounts of ingredients or materials for processing, using devices such as scales and calipers.
• Press and adjust controls in order to activate, set, and regulate equipment according to specifications.
• Monitor equipment operation, gauges, and panel lights in order to detect deviations from standards.
• Read and interpret work orders and instructions in order to determine work assignments, process specifications, and production schedules.
• Sprinkle chemicals on the surface of molten metal in order to bring impurities to surface and remove impurities, using strainers.
• Direct crane operators and crew members to load vessels with materials to be processed.