ELECTROPLATING OPERATOR

Momaizah Metal Fabrication Factory

Job Description:

• Set up, operate, or tend plating or coating machines to coat metal or plastic products with chromium, zinc, copper, cadmium, nickel, or other metal to protect or decorate surfaces.
• Positions objects to be plated in frame or suspends them from positive terminals of power supply.
• Removes object from plating solution after specified time or when desired thickness of metal is deposited on them.
• Measures or estimates amounts of electric current needed and time required to coat objects and adjust dials to regulate flow of current and voltage supplied to terminals to control plating processes.
• Immerses objects to be coated or plated into cleaning solutions or sprays with conductive solution to prepare object for plating.
• Immerse workpieces in coating solutions or liquid metal or plastic for specified times.
• Plate small objects such as nuts or bolts, using motor-driven barrels.
• Monitors and measures thickness of electroplating on component part to verify conformance to specifications, using micrometer.
• Rinses coated object in cleansing liquids and dries with cloth, centrifugal driers, or by tumbling in sawdust filled barrels.
• Remove objects from solutions at periodic intervals and observe objects to verify conformance to specifications.
• Observe gauges to ensure that machines are operating properly, making adjustments or stopping machines when problems occur.
• Place plated or coated materials on racks and transfer them to ovens to dry for specified periods of time.
• Mix and test solutions, and turn valves to fill tanks with solutions as per data sheets of plating chemicals.
• Periodic testing of plating baths and controlling the required chemical levels, pH levels by using makeup solutions.
• Inspect coated or plated areas for defects such as air bubbles or uneven coverage.
• Perform equipment maintenance such as cleaning tanks and lubricating moving parts of conveyors.
• Proper cleaning and maintenance of equipment.
• Show an attitude and keenness towards learning something new always.
• Willingness to learn and work to the best of his/her abilities as well as dependable work ethic.

Key Skills required;

• Know the basics of different types of plating such as zinc, nickel, chromium, copper, brass and their limitations of coating on different types of metallic and non-metallic surfaces.
• Determine the appropriate plating system to be adopted based on the types of coating and surface to be plated.
• Effectively communicate and understand job instructions both verbally and written in the English language.
• Basic knowledge of electrical current, voltages, polarity is a must.
• Perform regular light duty corrective and preventive maintenance on equipment.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• To be able to work independently with minimum supervision.

Qualifications:

• High School
• Technical Training Certificate
• Strong background in industrial electro plating.

Age: 25 to 35 Max.