COLLEGE COMPASS -- Occupational Overview

Furnace operators and tenders

Operate or tend furnaces, such as gas, oil, coal, electric-arc or electric induction, open-hearth, or oxygen furnaces, to melt and refine metal prior to casting or to produce specified types of steel.

1992 employment: 20,000 Projected 1992-2005 employment change: Expected to decline


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