Position: Fire Assay Hot Area Technician
Reporting To: Laboratory Supervisor
Product Group Metals & Minerals Division
Location: Witham, Essex
Purpose of Role:
Working as part of a team within our furnace area, candidates will learn several techniques to produce a sample ready for analysis in the laboratory.
Tasks:
All duties to be carried out in accordance with, Bureau Veritas commodities policies, Health and Safety and Environmental policies and the Company’s accreditation and quality systems.
* Initial weighing of samples into cups
* Mixing samples with litharge using an extracted cupboard
* Accurate weighing of metals
* Ensuring the Furnace area is kept clean whilst maintaining safety standards
* Using hand-held pump truck to move material
* Placing samples into crucibles and melting within a furnace
* Pouring small amounts of molten material into molds
Required Skills and Experience:
* Excellent attention to detail
* Good communication skills as it will be a team based role
* Good level of flexibility in both time and work
* Maths or any science subject GCSE grade C or higher
* No previous furnace experience required as full training will be supplied
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