Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons

Course Advisor; United States; On-site; USD 32,670 - 72,370; Full time

Job summary

Course Advisor outlines the role of a Refractory Materials Repairer, detailing tasks such as operating machinery, troubleshooting, and maintenance activities. It emphasizes skills like operation monitoring and repairing, essential tools including Microsoft applications, and the interesting salary range of $32,670 to $72,370 per year. This role requires attention to detail and hands-on abilities to manage refractory materials effectively.

Qualifications

• Skills in operation monitoring to ensure machines are functioning correctly.
• Ability to repair machines or systems using various tools.
• Task of controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Proficiency in active listening and understanding others.
• Routine maintenance on equipment and determining maintenance needs.
• Troubleshooting to identify and rectify operational errors.

Responsibilities

• Transfer clay structures to curing ovens using forklifts.
• Tighten and assemble refractory stoppers for steel ladles.
• Remove worn refractory linings using hand tools.
• Drill, bolt, and hammer furnace walls for installations.
• Dump and tamp clay in molds for forming shapes.

Skills

Operation Monitoring

Repairing

Operation and Control

Active Listening

Equipment Maintenance

Troubleshooting

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Access

Maintenance management software

Time tracking software

Job description

What Does it Take to Be a Refractory Materials Repairer?

Example of Refractory Materials Repairer Job Build or repair equipment such as furnaces, kilns, cupolas, boilers, converters, ladles, soaking pits and ovens, using refractory materials.

Life As a Refractory Materials Repairer: What Do They Do?

• Transfer clay structures to curing ovens, melting tanks, and drawing kilns, using forklifts.
• Tighten locknuts holding refractory stopper assemblies together, spread mortar on jackets to seal sleeve joints, and dry mortar in ovens.
• Remove worn or damaged plastic block refractory linings of furnaces, using hand tools.
• Fasten stopper heads to rods with metal pins to assemble refractory stoppers used to plug pouring nozzles of steel ladles.
• Drill holes in furnace walls, bolt overlapping layers of plastic to walls, and hammer surfaces to compress layers into solid sheets.
• Dump and tamp clay in molds, using tamping tools.

These are the skills Refractory Materials Repairers say are the most useful in their careers:

Operation Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

Repairing: Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.

Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Equipment Maintenance: Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.

Troubleshooting: Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

Types of Refractory Materials Repairer Jobs

• Refractory Worker
• Bondactor Machine Operator
• Cell Liner

Salary for a Refractory Materials Repairer

The salary for Refractory Materials Repairers ranges between about $32,670 and $72,370 a year.

What Tools & Technology do Refractory Materials Repairers Use?

Although they’re not necessarily needed for all jobs, the following technologies are used by many Refractory Materials Repairers:

• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Access
• Maintenance management software
• Time tracking software