Becoming an Electroplater in Queensland

About this role

Electroplaters control plating processes and maintain solutions used to coat metal articles and other parts with non-ferrous metals.

What you might do day-to-day in this job

Typical tasks for an Electroplater include:

• selects metal stock for job requirements
• heats metal in forges and furnaces and hammers, punches and cuts metal using hand tools and machine presses
• tempers and hardens finished articles by quenching in oil or water baths or by cooling gradually in air
• prepares electrolytic and silver solutions for electroforming and planting solution to the objects to be coated
• sets and adjusts controls to regulate electric current and depositing of coating on objects.