Jobs / Construction, installation, and repair / 49-9045.00
Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons
Build or repair equipment such as furnaces, kilns, cupolas, boilers, converters, ladles, soaking pits, and ovens, using refractory materials.
- US jobs
- 1,080
- Median wage
- $61,290 a year
- Job family
- Construction, installation, and repair
Can agents do the work of refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Construction, installation, and repair: Unmeasured (no change in 12 months)
No direct benchmark gives a success rate.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 17%Repair tools or equipmentNot measured
- 15%Prepare mixtures or solutionsNot measured
- 14%Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areasNot measured
- 12%Fabricate devices or componentsNot measured
- 10%Maintain facilities or equipmentNot measured
- 8%Climb equipment or structuresNot measured
- 5%Load products, materials, or equipment for transportation or further processingNot measured
- 5%Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipmentNot measured
Unmeasured territory
No benchmark in this atlas covers this work yet.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Reline or repair ladles and pouring spouts with refractory clay, using trowels.
- Chip slag from linings of ladles or remove linings when beyond repair, using hammers and chisels.
- Mix specified amounts of sand, clay, mortar powder, and water to form refractory clay or mortar, using shovels or mixing machines.
- Measure furnace walls to determine dimensions and cut required number of sheets from plastic block, using saws.
- Dry and bake new linings by placing inverted linings over burners, building fires in ladles, or by using blowtorches.
- Remove worn or damaged plastic block refractory linings of furnaces, using hand tools.
- Climb scaffolding, carrying hoses, and spray surfaces of cupolas with refractory mixtures, using spray equipment.
- Spread mortar on stopper heads and rods, using trowels, and slide brick sleeves over rods to form refractory jackets.
- Dump and tamp clay in molds, using tamping tools.
- Transfer clay structures to curing ovens, melting tanks, and drawing kilns, using forklifts.
Other job titles for this occupation (23)
Cell Reliner · Cupola Repairer · Furnace Repairer · Hot Repairman · Ladle Liner · Ladle Repairman · Refractory Bricklayer · Refractory Technician · Refractory Worker · Bondactor Machine Operator · Clay Structure Builder · Clay Structure Servicer · Concrete Caulking Technician · Kiln Door Builder · Kiln Door Repairer · Ladle Repairer · Oven Equipment Repairer · Plastic Block Boiler Reliner · Refractory Furnace Designer · Refractory Materials Repairer · Refractory Repairer · Stopper · Stopper Maker