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Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Set up, operate, or tend heating equipment, such as heat-treating furnaces, flame-hardening machines, induction machines, soaking pits, or vacuum equipment to temper, harden, anneal, or heat treat metal or plastic objects.

$49,470median, a year
$53,640mean (average), a year
250people employed in this job here

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