Electroplater

Description

This unit group covers Fabrication Engineering Trades Workers not elsewhere classified. It includes Blacksmiths, Electroplaters, Farriers, Metal Casting Trades Workers, Metal Polishers and Sheetmetal Workers.

Tasks include

• Sets up and operates electroplating equipment
• Prepares electrolytic and silver solutions for electroforming, and applies solution to the objects to be coated
• Cleans, prepares, descales and removes all oxides from the surface of metal materials with cleaning solutions such as acids, alkalis and preflux solutions
• Masks areas not to be electroplated with silicon or oil-based paints
• Places articles in zinc solution for surface coating to reach government or manufacturing specifications
• Tests and adjusts plating solutions to maintain desired specifications
• Inspects plated articles and parts for defects and quality