A professional who performs any combination of following duties involved in operation of open-hearth furnaces. Respnsibilities include:

• Moves controls to open and close furnace doors.
• Removes molten metal in low spots or pockets of furnace floor, using air lance. Shovels refractory materials onto furnace bottom.
• Transports additives from bins to furnace.
• Shovels additives into furnace and ladle.
• Cleans and reams furnace taphole and pries solidified metal from pouring spout, using reaming rod and bar.
• Sprays slag with water, using hose.
• Maintains tools and equipment required for furnace operations.
• Cleans charging floor and furnace areas.