A professional who operates barrel plating equipment to coat metal objects electrolytically with metal to build up, protect, or decorate surfaces. Respnsibilities include:

• Places metal objects in mesh container and immerses objects in cleaning solutions.
• Places objects in perforated or mesh barrel of plating equipment and clamps door in barrel opening.
• Turns handle to lower barrel into plating solution and to close electrical contacts.
• Starts rotation of barrel.
• Starts flow of electric current through plating solution that decomposes plating metal at anode and deposits metal coating on objects in barrel.
• Stops flow of current after specified time and removes objects.
• Places objects in mesh container and immerses objects in rinsing solutions.
• Dries plated objects, using centrifugal drier or tumbler filled with sawdust.
• Tests solutions, using hydrometer, and adds chemicals to maintain specified concentrations.