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O*NET detailed work activityMelt metal, plastic, or other materials to prepare for production
Stays humanHands-on work
4 jobs5 tasks
This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.
Part of Prepare industrial materials for processing or use, under the O*NET work activity group Handling and Moving Objects. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 5 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Melt and apply solder to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products, using soldering equipment.
- Weigh, mix, and melt metal alloys or materials needed for jewelry models.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Melt metals or mix plaster, porcelain, or acrylic pastes and pour materials into molds or over frameworks to form dental prostheses or apparatuses.
- Melt and apply solder along adjoining edges of workpieces to solder joints, using soldering irons, gas torches, or electric-ultrasonic equipment.
- Melt or refine metal before casting, calculating required temperatures, and observe metal color, adjusting controls as necessary to maintain required temperatures.