Position:                                Fire Assay Hot Area Technician

Reporting To:                        Laboratory Supervisor

Product Group                      Metals & Minerals Division

Location:                                Witham, Essex                     

Purpose of Role:

Working as part of a team within our furnace area, candidates will learn several techniques to produce a sample ready for analysis in the laboratory.

Tasks:

All duties to be carried out in accordance with, Bureau Veritas commodities policies, Health and Safety and Environmental policies and the Company’s accreditation and quality systems.

• Initial weighing of samples into cups
• Mixing samples with litharge using an extracted cupboard
• Accurate weighing of metals
• Ensuring the Furnace area is kept clean whilst maintaining safety standards  
• Using hand-held pump truck to move material
• Placing samples into crucibles and melting within a furnace
• Pouring small amounts of molten material into molds

Required Skills and Experience:

• Excellent attention to detail
• Good communication skills as it will be a team based role
• Good level of flexibility in both time and work
• Maths or any science subject GCSE grade C or higher
• No previous furnace experience required as full training will be supplied