Surface Treatment Operator Building & Related Trades Workers
SaveWhat Does a Surface Treatment Operator Do?
Surface treatment operators apply chemicals and paint to the material surface in order to protect against corrosion. They calculate the materials needed for surface protection.
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Where Do I Start?
Corrosion Types
The various types of oxidation reactions with the environment, such as rusting, copper pitting, stress cracking, and others.
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Skills You Need to Become a Surface Treatment Operator
Essential Skills
Essential Skills
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EssentialCorrosion Types knowledge
The various types of oxidation reactions with the environment, such as rusting, copper pitting, stress cracking, and others.
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EssentialMaterial Mechanics knowledge
The behaviour of solid objects when subjected to stresses and strains, and the methods to calculate these stresses and strains.
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EssentialQuality Standards knowledge
The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.
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EssentialApply Health And Safety Standards skill
Adhere to standards of hygiene and safety established by respective authorities.
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EssentialRead Engineering Drawings skill
Read the technical drawings of a product made by the engineer in order to suggest improvements, make models of the product or operate it.
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EssentialRead Standard Blueprints skill
Read and comprehend standard blueprints, machine, and process drawings.
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EssentialWear Appropriate Protective Gear skill
Wear relevant and necessary protective gear, such as protective goggles or other eye protection, hard hats, safety gloves.
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EssentialWork With Chemicals skill
Handle chemicals and select specific ones for certain processes. Be aware of the reactions which arise from combining them.
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Optional Skills (5 of 11 displayed)
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OptionalElectroplating knowledge
The process of plating together different types of metals through hydrolysis, silver plating, chromium plating, or copper plating. Electroplating allows for the combination of different metals with different properties in …
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OptionalAnodising Process knowledge
The various steps necessary in the process of forming an electrical circuit's anode electrode in order to increase the density of the natural oxide layer on the surface of a …
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OptionalDip-coating Process knowledge
The various steps in the process of dipping a workpiece in a coating material solution, including immersion, start-up, deposition, drainage, and, possibly, evaporation.
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OptionalIndustrial Paint knowledge
The various kinds of paint used as coating in manufacturing finishing processes, such as primers, intermediate coats, finish coats, stripe coats, and others.
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OptionalMaintain Equipment skill
Regularly inspect and perform all required activities to maintain the equipment in functional order prior or after its use.
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OptionalMix Chemicals skill
Mix chemical substances safely according to recipe, using the proper dosages.
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OptionalMonitor Painting Operations skill
Monitor the painting in progress to prevent flaws.
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OptionalTend Anodising Machine skill
Tend the different stations of a metalworking machine designed to form anode electrodes as part of the anodising process. This includes tending the coil feed operation station, the pre-treatment and …
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OptionalTend Dip Tank skill
Tend a manufacturing machine designed to coat workpiece surfaces by applying dip-coating machine processes, monitor and operate it according to regulations.
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OptionalTend Electroplating Machine skill
Tend a metalworking machine designed to coat metal surfaces by using electric current to form metal coatings on an electrode and on the workpiece, monitor and operate it according to …
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OptionalTend Surface Grinding Machine skill
Tend a metalworking machine designed to smoothen a metal surface by applying grinding, abrasive machine processes, monitor and operate it according to regulations.
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