A professional who tends one or more machines, equipped with series of tanks, that coat wire with corrosion-resistant material, such as tin, zinc, or lead. Respnsibilities include:

• Lifts and mounts coils of wire on feed reels.
• Threads end of wire through series of guides, rollers, wipers, and tanks and secures it to rewind reel.
• Moves levers to heat coating material to molten consistency and set specified temperature of fluxing, cooling, and cleaning baths.
• Moves controls to start machine, set tension on wire, and adjust speed that wire feeds through tanks.
• Observes levels of materials in tanks and replenishes material when levels drop below specified point.
• Measures finished wire to ensure uniformity of coverage, using micrometer.
• Adjusts machine settings to regulate thickness of coating, according to specifications.
• Welds coils of wire together, using butt-welder, to maintain continuous wire coating operation.
• May be designated according to type of coating material applied as Lead Coater (galvanizing); Wire Tinner (galvanizing).