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Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders in Oklahoma

Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders

Operate or tend furnaces, such as gas, oil, coal, electric-arc or electric induction, open-hearth, or oxygen furnaces, to melt and refine metal before casting or to produce specified types of steel. Excludes “Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic” (51-4191).

$48,890median, a year
$49,120mean (average), a year
110people employed in this job here

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