Heat Treat Operator Resume Template
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Eric Wilson
Heat Treat Operator · Commercial Heat Treating
Contact
Minneapolis, MN
(612) 555-9681
eric.wilson@email.com
linkedin.com/in/ericwilson
Minneapolis, MN · (612) 555-9681 · eric.wilson@email.com · linkedin.com/in/ericwilson
Training
OSHA 10-Hour General Industry
OSHA Outreach Training Program
Forklift Operator Certification
Employer (OSHA 29 CFR 1910.178)
Overhead Crane Operator Qualification
Employer (OSHA 1910.179 compliant)
Process Skills
Hardening & tempering
Vacuum & atmosphere furnaces
Induction hardening
Rockwell hardness testing
AMS 2750 & CQI-9 records
Quench control
Load racking & fixturing
Equipment
Integral quench furnaceVacuum furnaceInduction hardening machineRockwell hardness testerSAP
Education
High School Diploma
2014
Edison High School
Profile
Heat treat operator with 9 years running atmosphere, vacuum and induction equipment in commercial heat treat shops. Process 30,000+ lb of steel parts a week to AMS 2750 and CQI-9 requirements and cut hardness rejects 50%.
Heat Treat Experience
Heat Treat Lead
2020 – Present
Twin Cities Heat Treating, Minneapolis, MN
- Run integral quench and vacuum furnaces for hardening, carburizing and tempering of alloy steel parts.
- Process 30,000+ lb a week, loading baskets and setting recipes from work orders and customer specs.
- Check hardness with Rockwell and microhardness testers and case depth on cut sections.
- Cut hardness rejects 50% by tightening load patterns and quench oil temperature checks.
- Keep furnace charts, thermocouple records and TUS data ready for AMS 2750 and CQI-9 audits.
Heat Treating Equipment Operator
2017 – 2020
North Star Induction Hardening, Blaine, MN
- Set up and ran induction hardening machines on shafts and gears, adjusting power and scan speed.
- Quenched parts in polymer and water and straightened shafts to 0.002 in. runout on a press.
- Recorded time, temperature and hardness readings for each lot to document process compliance.
- Performed daily checks on quench tanks, coils and cooling water and reported faults to maintenance.
Heat Treat Trainee
2015 – 2017
Mississippi Metal Treating, St. Paul, MN
- Racked and loaded parts into furnace baskets and tempered and shot blasted finished loads.
- Ran Rockwell hardness checks and logged furnace times on job travelers.
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Skills to list
- Furnace operation
- Quenching processes
- Hardness testing
- Metallurgical charts
- SCADA monitoring
- Preventive maintenance
- Safety procedures
- Quality inspection
Software and tools
- Microsoft Word
- SAP software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Office software
Duties to describe on a heat treat operator resume
- Read production schedules and work orders to determine processing sequences, furnace temperatures, and heat cycle requirements for objects to be heat-treated.
- Recorded times that parts are removed from furnaces to document that objects have attained specified temperatures for specified times.
- Started conveyors and opened furnace doors to load stock, or signal crane operators to uncover soaking pits and lower ingots into them.
- Set up and operated or tended machines, such as furnaces, baths, flame-hardening machines, and electronic induction machines, that harden, anneal, and heat-treat metal.
- Removed parts from furnaces after specified times, and air dried or cooled parts in water, oil brine, or other baths.
- Moved controls to light gas burners and to adjust gas and water flow and flame temperature.
Titles along the way
- Heat Treat Trainee
- Heat Treating Equipment Operator
- Heat Treat Lead
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