Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons
Build or repair equipment such as furnaces, kilns, cupolas, boilers, converters, ladles, soaking pits, and ovens, using refractory materials.
- Tasks
- 10 tasks3 core, 7 supplemental
- Family
- Installation, Maintenance & RepairOne of its 52 occupations
- Code
- 49-9045.00SOC 2018: 49-9045
What the work is made of
3 core tasks and 7 supplemental, each quoted as published, with the survey it came from.
Core: central to the jobSupplemental: done by some, not all
- Task 1. Reline or repair ladles and pouring spouts with refractory clay, using trowels.Core taskTask 13819Rated by 90 people who do the job, June 2007
- Task 2. Chip slag from linings of ladles or remove linings when beyond repair, using hammers and chisels.Core taskTask 13820Rated by 91 people who do the job, June 2007
- Task 3. Mix specified amounts of sand, clay, mortar powder, and water to form refractory clay or mortar, using shovels or mixing machines.Core taskTask 13821Rated by 91 people who do the job, June 2007
- Task 4. Measure furnace walls to determine dimensions and cut required number of sheets from plastic block, using saws.Supplemental taskTask 13822Rated by 90 people who do the job, June 2007
- Task 5. Dry and bake new linings by placing inverted linings over burners, building fires in ladles, or by using blowtorches.Supplemental taskTask 13824Rated by 89 people who do the job, June 2007
- Task 6. Remove worn or damaged plastic block refractory linings of furnaces, using hand tools.Supplemental taskTask 13825Rated by 91 people who do the job, June 2007
- Task 7. Climb scaffolding, carrying hoses, and spray surfaces of cupolas with refractory mixtures, using spray equipment.Supplemental taskTask 13827Rated by 91 people who do the job, June 2007
- Task 8. Spread mortar on stopper heads and rods, using trowels, and slide brick sleeves over rods to form refractory jackets.Supplemental taskTask 13829Rated by 88 people who do the job, June 2007
- Task 9. Dump and tamp clay in molds, using tamping tools.Supplemental taskTask 13830Rated by 88 people who do the job, June 2007
- Task 10. Transfer clay structures to curing ovens, melting tanks, and drawing kilns, using forklifts.Supplemental taskTask 13832Rated by 87 people who do the job, June 2007
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- ClassificationStandard Occupational Classification 2018, 49-9045
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