$30,840($14.83/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
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Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders set up, operate, or tend machines that wind or twist textiles. They can also draw out and combine sliver, such as wool, hemp, or synthetic fibers. This category includes slubber machine and drawing frame operators.
$39,990 ($19.23/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Metal and Plastic Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders set up, operate, or tend more than one type of cutting or forming machine tool or robot.
$41,700 ($20.05/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders set up, operate, or tend paper goods machines that perform a variety of functions, such as converting, sawing, corrugating, banding, wrapping, boxing, stitching, forming, or sealing paper or paperboard sheets into products.
$38,440 ($18.48/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Set Up, Operate, or Tend Machines that cut or slice materials, such as glass, stone, cork, rubber, tobacco, food, paper, or insulating material.
$39,210 ($18.85/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders set up, operate, or tend machines, such as glass-forming machines, plodder machines, and tuber machines, to shape and form products such as glassware, food, rubber, soap, brick, tile, clay, wax, tobacco, or cosmetics.
$43,720 ($21.02/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Synthetic and Glass Fiber Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders set up, operate, or tend machines that extrude and form continuous filaments from synthetic materials, such as liquid polymer, rayon, and fiberglass.
$40,110 ($19.29/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Metal and Plastic Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders set up, operate, or tend grinding and related tools that remove excess material or burrs from surfaces, sharpen edges or corners, or buff, hone, or polish metal or plastic work pieces.
$41,470 ($19.94/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Metal and Plastic Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders set up, operate, or tend lathe and turning machines to turn, bore, thread, form, or face metal or plastic materials, such as wire, rod, or bar stock.
$41,130 ($19.77/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Metal and Plastic Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders set up, operate, or tend machines to roll steel or plastic. This process forms bends, beads, knurls, rolls, or plate or flattens, tempers, or reduces gauge of material.
$51,940 ($24.97/hr)
High school diploma or equivalent
None
Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers wind wire coils used in electrical components, such as resistors and transformers, and in electrical equipment and instruments like field cores, bobbins, electrical motors, generators, and control equipment.