A professional who sorts and weighs nonferrous scrap metal and ingots for furnace charges. Respnsibilities include:

• Separates grades and types of alloys by color or shape of casting and shovels metal into handtrucks.
• Selects scrap and ingots for furnace charge, according to specifications.
• Takes sample of furnace melts for laboratory analysis, observes metal in diecasting holding pots and finished castings, or reads label to verify use of specified alloys.
• May unload box cars of alloy materials.
• May operate lift truck to transport materials.
• May charge furnaces with alloy materials.