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9415 – Inspectors and Testers, Mineral and Metal Processing
Inspectors and testers in this unit group inspect, grade, sample or test raw materials and products from mineral ore and metal processing operations. They are employed in mineral ore and metal processing plants such as copper, lead and zinc refineries, uranium processing plants, steel mills, aluminum plants, precious metal refineries, cement processing plants, clay, glass and stone processing plants and foundries.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Abrasive and clay products grader
- Abrasive wheel tester
- Anode adjuster - primary metal processing
- Asbestos classifier
- Asbestos fibre inspector and tester
- Asbestos grader
- Asbestos shingle inspector
- Brick and tile inspector
- Brick and tile tester
- Brick grader
- Casting inspector
- Castings inspector - foundry
- Castings tester - primary metal and mineral products processing
- Cell tester - primary metal processing
- Cement plant inspector
- Clay products grader
- Clay tile grader - mineral products processing
- Coke inspector - primary metal processing
- Coke sampler and tester - primary metal processing
- Combustion tester, furnace - primary metal processing
- Concrete products inspector
- Concrete products tester
- Container tester, glass
- Core inspector - foundry
- Core tester - foundry
- Electrolytic cell tester - primary metal processing
- Evaluator, uranium ore
- Fibreglass tester
- Finishing inspector - primary metal and mineral products processing
- Foundry sand tester
- Glass container tester
- Glass inspector
- Glass quality control inspector
- Glass tester
- Grader, abrasive and clay products
- Grader, asbestos
- Grader, bricks
- Grader, clay products
- Grader, clay tiles - mineral products processing
- Grader, stonework
- Gravel grader - mineral products processing
- Hardness tester - primary metal processing
- Heat treating inspector
- Heat treating inspector - metal processing
- Ingots inspector - primary metal processing
- Inspector - metal processing
- Inspector - primary metal and mineral products processing
- Inspector and grader, tin plates
- Inspector, asbestos shingles
- Inspector, bricks and tiles
- Inspector, castings - foundry
- Inspector, glass
- Inspector, heat treating - metal processing
- Inspector, ingots - primary metal processing
- Inspector, metal processing
- Inspector, pottery and porcelain ware
- Inspector, sheet steel - primary metal processing
- Inspector, steel - primary metal processing
- Inspector, steel sheets - primary metal processing
- Inspector, stones - mineral products processing
- Inspectors, wire products
- Iron pellet hardness tester - metal processing
- Laminated asbestos products inspector
- Metal processing inspector
- Metal strength tester - primary metal processing
- Metal tensile strength tester - primary metal processing
- Mineral sampler
- Mineral sampler - mineral products processing
- Molten metal sampler
- Molten metal sampler - primary metal processing
- Monument inspector - mineral products processing
- Ore sample tester - mineral products processing
- Ore sampler - mineral products processing
- Physical tester - steel mill
- Plasterboard inspector - mineral products processing
- Pottery and porcelain ware inspector
- Quality assurance inspector - steel mill
- Quality control inspector, glass
- Salvage glass inspector
- Sample tester - primary metal and mineral products processing
- Sampler - primary metal and mineral products processing
- Sampler and tester, coke - primary metal processing
- Sampler, minerals - mineral products processing
- Sampler, molten metal - primary metal processing
- Sand tester, foundry
- Sheet and plate inspector - steel mill
- Sheet steel inspector
- Sheet steel inspector - primary metal processing
- Steel inspector - primary metal processing
- Steel sheet inspector
- Steel sheet inspector - primary metal processing
- Steel tester
- Steel tester - primary metal processing
- Stone inspector - mineral products processing
- Tensile strength tester, metal - primary metal processing
- Tester and inspector - primary metal and mineral products processing
- Tester and inspector, wires - primary metal processing
- Tester, bricks and tiles
- Tester, castings - primary metal and mineral products processing
- Tester, cells - primary metal processing
- Tester, cores - foundry
- Tester, glass
- Tester, glass containers
- Tester, metal strength - primary metal processing
- Tester, metal tensile strength - primary metal processing
- Tester, steel - primary metal processing
- Tile grader, clay - mineral products processing
- Tin plate inspector and grader
- Uranium ore evaluator
- Wire products inspector
- Wire tester and inspector - primary metal processing
- Asbestos grader
- Brick and tile inspector
- Casting inspector
- Clay products grader
- Fibreglass tester
- Glass inspector
- Heat treating inspector
- Metal processing inspector
- Mineral sampler
- Molten metal sampler
- Sheet steel inspector
- Steel sheet inspector
- Steel tester
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Inspectors and testers perform some or all of the following duties:
- Inspect mineral ore, metal, cement, glass, clay or concrete products at various stages of processing to ensure adherence to specifications
- Grade and label raw materials or finished products according to size, thickness, composition or other classification standards
- Take samples of products during or after processing operation for routine analysis or for subsequent laboratory analysis
- Test product for strength, density, durability and conformity to specification
- Advise supervisor or process and machine operators of problems and product deficiencies
- Complete inspection and test reports.
Employment requirements
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- Experience as a machine or process operator in mineral and metal processing is usually required.
Additional information
Exclusions
- Machine Operators, Mineral and Metal Processing (9411)
- Non-Destructive Testers and Inspectors (2261)
- Supervisors, Mineral and Metal Processing (9211)
- Quality control technologists and technicians (in 2211 Chemical Technologists and Technicians)
- Quality control technologists and technicians (in 2212 Geological and Mineral Technologists and Technicians)
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 9 – Occupations Unique to Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities
- Skill level
- C – Occupations usually require secondary school and/or occupation-specific training.
- Major group
- 94 – Processing and Manufacturing Machine Operators and Assemblers
- Minor group
- 941 – Machine Operators and Related Workers in Metal and Mineral Products Processing
- Version
- NOC 2006 Version 1.0