Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Tasks Include:
- Measure and examine extruded products to locate defects and to check for conformance to specifications, adjusting controls as necessary to alter products.
- Determine setup procedures and select machine dies and parts, according to specifications.
- Install dies, machine screws, and sizing rings on machines that extrude thermoplastic or metal materials.
- Change dies on extruding machines, according to production line changes.
- Start machines and set controls to regulate vacuum, air pressure, sizing rings, and temperature, and to synchronize speed of extrusion.
- Reel extruded products into rolls of specified lengths and weights.
- Troubleshoot, maintain, and make minor repairs to equipment.
- Clean work areas.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet27)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: -15.5%
National: +0.7%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$37,750.00
State
$37,550.00
Regional
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Description
Career Cluster: | Manufacturing
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Set up, operate, or tend machines to extrude or draw thermoplastic or metal materials into tubes, rods, hoses, wire, bars, or structural shapes.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet27)
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 84.69%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 11.22%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 3.64%
- Doctoral Degree = 0.45%
Related Work Experience
- None = 60.27%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 15.64%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 14.15%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 6.36%
- Up to and including 1 month = 2.67%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 0.45%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 0.45%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 33.67%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 31.21%
- None = 16.54%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 15.21%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 1.54%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 1.38%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 0.45%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 59.83%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 31.01%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 4.66%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 4.04%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 0.45%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet27)
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Measure and examine extruded products to locate defects and to check for conformance to specifications, adjusting controls as necessary to alter products.
- Determine setup procedures and select machine dies and parts, according to specifications.
- Install dies, machine screws, and sizing rings on machines that extrude thermoplastic or metal materials.
- Change dies on extruding machines, according to production line changes.
- Start machines and set controls to regulate vacuum, air pressure, sizing rings, and temperature, and to synchronize speed of extrusion.
- Reel extruded products into rolls of specified lengths and weights.
- Troubleshoot, maintain, and make minor repairs to equipment.
- Clean work areas.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Replace worn dies when products vary from specifications.
- Adjust controls to draw or press metal into specified shapes and diameters.
- Operate shearing mechanisms to cut rods to specified lengths.
- Select nozzles, spacers, and wire guides, according to diameters and lengths of rods.
- Weigh and mix pelletized, granular, or powdered thermoplastic materials and coloring pigments.
- Load machine hoppers with mixed materials, using augers, or stuff rolls of plastic dough into machine cylinders.
- Test physical properties of products with testing devices such as acid-bath testers, burst testers, and impact testers.
- Maintain an inventory of materials.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet27)
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
76.00 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
62.50 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
61.75 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet27)
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
62.50 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
59.50 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
53.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
53.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
53.00 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
53.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
50.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
50.00 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
50.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
50.00 | Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet27)
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
68.75 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
65.50 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
65.50 | Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
65.50 | Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
59.50 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
59.50 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
59.50 | Rate Control | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. |
56.25 | Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing. |
53.00 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
53.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
53.00 | Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
53.00 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
50.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
50.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
50.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
50.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
50.00 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
50.00 | Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. |
50.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
50.00 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
50.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
50.00 | Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
50.00 | Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
50.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet27)
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
91.50 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
81.25 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
75.00 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
75.00 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
73.75 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
73.25 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
72.50 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
72.00 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
70.50 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
67.75 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
65.25 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
60.25 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
59.75 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
58.75 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
58.00 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
56.25 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
55.75 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
55.25 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
54.25 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
53.75 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
53.25 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
51.50 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
51.25 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
50.25 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet27)
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
82.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
81.75 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
73.50 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
72.25 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
70.50 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
69.50 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
66.00 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
65.50 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
65.00 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
62.00 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
62.00 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
60.50 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
54.50 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
54.00 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
50.75 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet27)
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
66.67 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
55.50 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet27)
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
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100.00 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
95.20 | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) |
93.00 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
91.60 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
88.80 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
88.20 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
87.40 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
85.80 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
83.40 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
80.40 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
79.80 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
79.60 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
77.00 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
76.40 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
76.20 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
74.20 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
72.00 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
70.20 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
69.40 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
69.20 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
69.20 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
69.00 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
67.40 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
66.60 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
61.00 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
59.80 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
58.20 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
56.40 | Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions? |
55.40 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
54.60 | Degree of Automation | How automated is the job? |
50.00 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
50.00 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
49.60 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet27)
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet27)
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $29,190.00 | $37,750.00 | $47,330.00 |
Virginia | $29,900.00 | $37,550.00 | $45,430.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $29,513.45 | $37,683.50 | $45,715.91 |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $29,383.00 | $35,897.27 | $40,986.86 |
Northern Virginia and Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | $30,333.13 | $39,132.83 | $44,189.55 |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | $35,610.69 | $43,027.83 | $45,629.63 |
Western Virginia | $31,786.56 | $39,140.02 | $43,640.02 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet27)
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 60,600 | 61,000 | +0.7% |
Virginia | 1,566 | 1,323 | -15.5% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | 115 | 95 | -17.4% |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | 471 | 380 | -19.3% |
Northern Virginia and Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | 294 | 244 | -17.0% |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | 216 | 177 | -18.1% |
Western Virginia | 101 | 93 | -7.9% |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet27)
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
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- Sewing Machine Operators
- Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
- Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders
- Slaughterers and Meat Packers
- Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing
- Team Assemblers
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- Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
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- Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
- Upholsterers
- Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Woodworkers, All Other
- Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
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Titles
- Coiler
- Core Extruder
- Core Shaper
- Draw Machine Operator
- Drawbench Operator
- Extruder Operator
- Extruding Press Adjuster
- Extruding Press Operator
- Extrusion Mechanic
- Extrusion Press Adjuster
- Extrusion Press Operator
- Floor Molder
- Forming Machine Operator
- Grid Caster
- Grid Maker
- Grid Molder
- Hot Mill Observer
- Injection Machine Operator
- Injection Molder
- Insulation Operator
- Jacket Line Operator
- Job Molder
- Laminating Operator
- Lead Former
- Lead Press Operator
- Machine Operator
- Manufacturing Assistant
- Manufacturing Associate
- Manufacturing Operator
- Metal Drawer
- Metal Inspector
- Mold Injector
- Needle Bar Molder
- Nozzle Operator
- Operator
- Press Operator
- Production Mechanic
- Retort Press Operator
- Rod Drawer
- Rod Pointer
- Seamless Tube Drawer
- Setup Operator
- Spinning Bath Patroller
- Stretch Machine Operator
- Tube Drawer
- Wire Drawer
- Wire Drawing Machine Operator
- Wire Drawing Machine Tender
- Wire Drawing Setter
- Wire Mill Operator
- Wire Mill Rover
- Wire Puller
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