Skilled Industrial: Industrial Lab Tech

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

• Maintaining and operating standard laboratory equipment, for example centrifuges and ph meter
• Responsible to perform laboratory tests using the manufacturers procedures in order to produce reliable and precise data
• Chrome analysis will be performed twice a week
  • Sulfamate Nickel analysis will be performed weekly
  • Phosphate Analysis will be performed weekly
• Responsible to use provided charts to cross reference test results
  • Chrome, Sulfamate Nickel, & Phosphate Plating Parameters
  • Chromic Acid Addition Chart & Sulfuric Acid Addition Chart
  • Phosphate Addition Chart
• Ensuring the laboratory is well stocked and to monitor shelf life of products used in lab
• Responsible for performing mathematical calculations to make recordings on the plating tanks analysis form
• Responsible for recording and interpreting results to present to chrome shop supervisor
• Responsible to ensure designated chrome shop helper follows through once test results are recorded by making additions to tanks as required and signing off on the plating tanks analysis form
• Responsible to follow and ensure safety guidelines given in the manufacturers procedures
• 
  

Laboratory Testing to be done:

• Determination of sulfate in a chromium plating solution using the hand centrifuge – Kocour Procedure #142
• Determination of chromic acid in a chromium plating solution – Kocour Procedure #143
• Determination of boric acid in a nickel or zinc plating solution – Kocour Procedure #185
• Determination of metallic nickel in plating solutions – Kocour Procedure #240
• Keykote 36 Heavy Zinc Phosphate #114664 – Mac Dermid Procedure
• Aerocote 4 Manganese Phosphate applied by immersion – Chemetall Procedure

Steps to be taken:

1. Get test specimen from tank
2. Perform test according to manufacturer’s procedure
3. Make calculations of test results
4. Record test results on plating tanks analysis form
5. Have designated chrome shop helper make required additions and sign off on the plating tanks analysis form
6. Keep chrome shop supervisor aware of test results

Qualifications:

• Have a high school diploma or GED equivalent
• At least 3 years experience in industrial chrome plating industry performing lab tests