Glossary
Plating Operator Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential plating operator terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key plating operator vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in plating operator training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Adhesion
- How well coating sticks.
- Anodizing
- Oxide coating on aluminum.
- Barrel plating
- Plating in rotating barrels.
- Bath
- Plating solution.
- Coating thickness
- Plating depth.
- Electroplating
- Coating with electric current.
- Lockout/tagout
- Energy isolation before servicing.
- Passivation
- Corrosion protection.
- PPE
- Personal protective equipment.
- Rack
- Holds parts.
- Rectifier
- Supplies DC current.
- Rinse tank
- Removes chemicals.
- SOP
- Standard operating procedure.
- Titration
- Chemistry test.
- Wastewater treatment
- Cleaning discharge.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Plating Operator practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Plating Operator training.
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