Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders set up, operate, or tend machines to shape and form products like glassware, food, rubber, soap, brick, tile, clay, wax, tobacco, or cosmetics.
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- Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
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What do they typically do
- Turn controls to adjust machine functions, such as regulating air pressure, creating vacuums, and adjusting coolant flow
- Adjust machine components to regulate speeds, pressures, and temperatures, and amounts, dimensions, and flow of materials or ingredients
- Record and maintain production data such as meter readings, and quantities, types, and dimensions of produced materials
- Press control buttons to start machinery and equipment
- Select and install machine components using hand tools and measuring devices
- Monitor machine operations and watch lights and gauges to detect malfunctions
- Review work orders, specifications, or instructions to identify whats needed to extrude, form, press or compact materials
- Use measuring devices like templates, micrometers, or scales to examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to make sure they meet standards
Number of Jobs
Average Annual
Job Growth -0.5%
Job Opening 446
Education & Training
- Education These occupations usually require a high school diploma.Associated Programs or MajorsLicense
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