TRADES/SERVICES

Electroplater (First Class)

Controls plating processes and maintains solutions used to coat
metal articles or other parts with non-ferrous metals.

Skill Level:

The entry requirement for this occupation is an AQF Certificate
III or higher qualification.

Tasks Include:

• prepares and maintains plating solutions
• cleans, prepares and descales surfaces of parts or articles with
  cleaning solutions such as acids or alkalis or by using blasting
  cabinets
• masks areas not to be plated with waxes, lacquers or resistant
  adhesive tapes
• places parts in fixtures, jigs or racks and immerses them in
  plating solutions or uses procedures such as selective brush
  plating
• sets and adjusts controls to pass electric current between
  anodes and cathodes
• examines articles or parts to check progress of plating and
  monitor quality of finish
• checks instruments and adjusts current flow
• adds water or other materials to maintain mixture and level of
  cleaning, rinsing and plating solutions
• removes parts or articles at completion of plating and rinses
  and dries them
• removes masking substances from articles
• may work to military or manufacturing specifications and work
  on such items as telecommunications components, printed
  circuitry, aircraft engine components and gravure printing
  cylinders
• may undertake high level electroforming and anodising
  operations

Specialisations:

Anodiser
Electroformer

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