Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, & Kettle Operators & Tenders

Operate or tend heating equipment other than basic metal, plastic, or food processing equipment. Includes activities such as annealing glass, drying lumber, curing rubber, removing moisture from materials, or boiling soap.

On the job, you would:

Monitor equipment operation, gauges, and panel lights to detect deviations from standards.
Confer with supervisors or other equipment operators to report equipment malfunctions or to resolve production problems.
Press and adjust controls to activate, set, and regulate equipment according to specifications.

Personality

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Characteristics of this Career
		77%	Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
		72%	Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
		70%	Self-Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
		67%	Initiative - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
		67%	Stress Tolerance - Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
		65%	Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
		64%	Independence - Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
		62%	Achievement/Effort - Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
		62%	Concern for Others - Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
		61%	Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
		60%	Persistence - Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
		59%	Leadership - Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
		57%	Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical.
		56%	Innovation - Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Strengths
		100%	Realistic - Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Values of the Work Environment
		89%	Support - Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.

Aptitude

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Abilities \| Cognitive, Physical, Personality
		66%	Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
		63%	Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
		60%	Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
		60%	Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
		56%	Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
		56%	Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
		56%	Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
		53%	Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
		53%	Reaction Time - The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
		53%	Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
		53%	Selective Attention - The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
		53%	Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

Job Details

Responsibilities

Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.

Adjust temperature controls of ovens or other heating equipment.

Monitor equipment operation to ensure proper functioning.

Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.

Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.

Record operational or production data.

Confer with others to resolve production problems or equipment malfunctions.

Test chemical or physical characteristics of materials or products.

Clean production equipment.

Maintain production or processing equipment.

Lubricate production equipment.

Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.

Clear equipment jams.

Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.

Calculate specific material, equipment, or labor requirements for production.

Load materials into production equipment.

Adjust temperature controls of ovens or other heating equipment.

Melt metal, plastic, or other materials to prepare for production.

Replace worn equipment components.

Load materials into production equipment.

Skim impurities from molten metal.

Direct operational or production activities.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent
		100%	Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets - How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets?
		90%	Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable - How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable?
		90%	Very Hot or Cold Temperatures - How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures?
		87%	Exposed to Contaminants - How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
		86%	Responsible for Others' Health and Safety - How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?
		86%	Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled - How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)?
		85%	Face-to-Face Discussions - How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
		82%	Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls - How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
		78%	Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings - How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings?
		76%	Consequence of Error - How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable?
		75%	Responsibility for Outcomes and Results - How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers?
		75%	Importance of Being Exact or Accurate - How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
		72%	Spend Time Standing - How much does this job require standing?
		72%	Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results - What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
		70%	Work With Work Group or Team - How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
		67%	Structured versus Unstructured Work - To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
		66%	Contact With Others - How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
		66%	Exposed to Hazardous Equipment - How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment?
		64%	Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment - How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.)
		64%	Freedom to Make Decisions - How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
		63%	Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions - How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
		62%	Frequency of Decision Making - How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
		61%	Physical Proximity - To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
		59%	Importance of Repeating Same Tasks - How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job?
		55%	Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body - How much does this job require bending or twisting your body?
		67%	Duration of Typical Work Week - Number of hours typically worked in one week.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Tasks & Values
		84%	Controlling Machines and Processes - Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
		82%	Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials - Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
		82%	Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events - Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
		80%	Handling and Moving Objects - Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
		79%	Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings - Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
		78%	Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
		77%	Making Decisions and Solving Problems - Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
		76%	Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
		73%	Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People - Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
		72%	Performing General Physical Activities - Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
		70%	Processing Information - Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
		68%	Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment - Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.
		66%	Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge - Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
		61%	Analyzing Data or Information - Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
		61%	Documenting/Recording Information - Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
		57%	Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work - Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
		55%	Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards - Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
		53%	Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others - Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
		52%	Training and Teaching Others - Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.

Getting Started

Education:

56%

High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)

21%

Less than a High School Diploma

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, & Kettle Operators & Tenders

What they do:

On the job, you would:

Personality

Characteristics of this Career

Strengths

Values of the Work Environment

Aptitude

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

Job Details

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

Tasks & Values

Getting Started