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Immerse objects or workpieces in cleaning or coating solutions

This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.

Part of Prepare industrial materials for processing or use, under the O*NET work activity group Handling and Moving Objects. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 13 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Immerse workpieces in coating solutions or liquid metal or plastic for specified times.Stays human Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Soak specified textile products for designated times.Stays human Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
• Immerse objects to be coated or plated into cleaning solutions, or spray objects with conductive solutions to prepare them for plating.Stays human Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Suspend sticks or pieces of plating metal from anodes, or positive terminals, and immerse metal in plating solutions.Stays human Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Suspend objects, such as parts or molds from cathode rods, or negative terminals, and immerse objects in plating solutions.Stays human Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Immerse film, negatives, paper, or prints in developing solutions, fixing solutions, and water to complete photographic development processes.Stays human Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
• Immerse eyeglass frames in solutions to harden, soften, or dye frames.Stays human Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
• Remove wax or tape from etched glassware by using a stylus or knife, or by immersing ware in hot water.Stays human Etchers and Engravers
• Immerse articles in bleaching baths to strip colors.Stays human Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
• Immerse completed workpieces into water or acid baths to cool and clean components.Stays human Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Place workpieces in electroplating solutions or apply pigments to surfaces of workpieces to highlight ridges and grooves.Stays human Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
• Apply solvents and cleaning agents to clean surfaces of paintings, and to remove accretions, discolorations, and deteriorated varnish.Stays human Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
• Dye articles to change or restore their colors, using knowledge of textile compositions and the properties and effects of bleaches and dyes.Stays human Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers