A professional who tends automatic or semiautomatic metal spraying machine that bonds protective or decorative coatings to metal objects, such as clutch plates and valves, on production basis. Respnsibilities include:

• Loads objects on conveyor or places them in fixture.
• Sets controls on panel to regulate such functions as conveyor speed, rate of wire or powder feed, flow of compressed air and fuel gas, and starting and stopping of spray.
• Starts machine and observes operation to detect malfunctioning of equipment.