Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operator and Tender resume
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Also called batch and furnace operator, calcine furnace tender, carbon furnace operator and furnace kiln oven drier and kettle operators and tenders.
$48,040
Median pay a year
14,280
People do this work
6
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Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operator and Tender
Summary
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operator monitoring equipment, adjusting controls, and recording data while transporting materials and maintaining equipment in a production setting
Experience
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operator and Tender
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Monitored equipment operation, gauges, and panel lights to find problems
Conferred with supervisors or other operators to report equipment issues
Pressed and adjusted controls to set and regulate equipment as needed
Recorded gauge readings, test results, and shift production in log books
Read and understood work orders and instructions for tasks and schedules
Transported materials and products to and from work areas using carts or handtrucks
Cleaned, lubricated, and adjusted equipment using scrapers, solvents, and hand tools
Skills
Hands-On Work
Loading materials into production equipment, Cleaning production equipment
Core Skills
Adjusting oven temperature controls, Reviewing blueprints and instructions, Reading work orders or instructions, Monitoring equipment operation, Testing chemical characteristics, Measuring substances, Calculating labor requirements, Moving equipment between areas, Driver's license
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Monitored equipment and gaugesTalked with supervisors about problemsPressed controls to set equipmentWrote down readings and resultsRead work orders for tasksTransported materials to work areas
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Monitored equipment operation and gauges to ensure compliance with safety and quality standards
Pressed controls to set and regulate equipment, adjusting settings as needed for optimal performance
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Show what improved once the equipment was monitored closely
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Monitored equipment operation and gauges, reducing malfunctions during shifts to maintain safety and quality standards
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Reduced equipment malfunctions during shiftsImproved product quality and consistency
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Add how often you adjusted the settings during a shift
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Pressed controls to set and regulate equipment, adjusting settings as needed for optimal performance
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Several times each shiftOften throughout the dayRegularly based on production needs
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Loading materials into production equipment
Adjusting oven temperature controls
Reviewing blueprints and instructions
Reading work orders or instructions
Monitoring equipment operation
Testing chemical characteristics
Measuring substances
Calculating labor requirements
Cleaning production equipment
Moving equipment between areas
Removing products
Melting metal
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What a Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operator and Tender does
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Operate or tend heating equipment other than basic metal, plastic, or food processing equipment. Includes activities such as annealing glass, drying lumber, curing rubber, removing moisture from materials, or boiling soap.
What it pays
How much does a Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operator and Tender make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$41,130
Median
$48,040
75th percentile
$59,830
About 14,280 people do this work in the United States.
This page is about the occupation Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.