Carbon setter vs paint room operator

The differences between carbon setters and paint room operators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a carbon setter and a paint room operator. Additionally, a paint room operator has an average salary of $46,170, which is higher than the $32,138 average annual salary of a carbon setter.

Carbon setter vs paint room operator overview

	Carbon Setter	Paint Room Operator
Yearly salary	$32,138	$46,170
Hourly rate	$15.45	$22.20
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	1,842	51,485
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 63%	High School Diploma, 46%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	4	4

Carbon setter vs paint room operator salary

Carbon setters and paint room operators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Carbon Setter	Paint Room Operator
Average salary	$32,138	$46,170
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $48,000	Between $25,000 And $83,000
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Differences between carbon setter and paint room operator education

There are a few differences between a carbon setter and a paint room operator in terms of educational background:

	Carbon Setter	Paint Room Operator
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 63%	High School Diploma, 46%
Most common major	Business	Graphic Design
Most common college	-	-

Carbon setter vs paint room operator demographics

Here are the differences between carbon setters' and paint room operators' demographics:

	Carbon Setter	Paint Room Operator
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 96.6% Female, 3.4%	Male, 61.5% Female, 38.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.7% Unknown, 3.6% Hispanic or Latino, 13.8% Asian, 2.6% White, 71.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 11.6% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 15.6% Asian, 3.2% White, 65.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between carbon setter and paint room operator duties and responsibilities

Carbon setter example responsibilities.

Use of hand tongs to pull out large pieces of carbon that fall inside the hole.
Remove and reset carbon into the smelting pots.
Replace carbon in pots, clean bath chunks off line, roll bridges and do bath taps.
Pull old anode carbon blocks and set new ones in pots, operate heavy equipment, keep room clean.
Install lava rock to create walls around residence, run a cement mixer and pick lava rock from the lava fields.
Major duties include the set-up and operation of numerically control Uvatronics and horizontal CNC lathes.

Paint room operator example responsibilities.

Take pieces of shelves off the line connect them together to box up and put on pallets to ship out.
Golf relate services- mowing greens, tees, fairways, rough, DRA's, rotary.

Carbon setter vs paint room operator skills

Common carbon setter skills

Pot Room, 67%
Anode, 27%
Bobcat, 7%

Common paint room operator skills

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Updated January 8, 2025

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