A professional who operates oxygen furnace and auxiliary equipment from pulpit to produce specified types of steel. Respnsibilities include:

• Moves controls to position furnace for charging operation.
• Observes temperature gauges and recorders, and moves controls to position oxygen lance and regulate flow of oxygen through lance onto charge.
• Sets weight indicator gauge according to specified amount of additives to be added to charge.
• Starts automatic weighing machine that releases additives, such as fluorspar, lime, and alloys, from bins onto conveyor leading to chute over furnace.
• Moves lever to release additives from chute into furnace.
• Moves controls to adjust position of oxygen lance in furnace, regulate oxygen flow, or adjust hood draft when sparking or slopping of charge occurs or furnace overheats.
• Moves controls to position transfer car, carrying ladle and slag pots, under taphole and to tilt furnace for tapping operation.
• Records operation data.