Index
Intro
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.
Main 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 conformance to specifications
- Advise supervisor or central control operator and process 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.
All 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
- castings inspector – foundrycasting inspector
- 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 – metal processingheat treating inspector
- 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 processingsheet steel inspector
- inspector, steel – primary metal processing
- inspector, steel sheets – primary metal processingsteel sheet inspector
- 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 products processingmineral sampler
- molten metal sampler – primary metal processingmolten metal sampler
- 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 – primary metal processing
- steel inspector – primary metal processing
- steel sheet inspector – primary metal processing
- steel tester – primary metal processingsteel tester
- 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
Exclusions
- Central control and process operators, mineral and metal processing (9231)
- Machine operators, mineral and metal processing (9411)
- Metallurgical control analysts and mineralogical assayers (See 2212 Geological and mineral technologists and technicians)
- Non-destructive testers and inspection technicians (2261)
- Quality control technologists and technicians (See 2211 Chemical technologists and technicians)
- Supervisors, mineral and metal processing (9211)