Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Tasks Include:
- Adjust and correct machine set-ups to reduce thicknesses, reshape products, and eliminate product defects.
- Monitor machine cycles and mill operation to detect jamming and to ensure that products conform to specifications.
- Examine, inspect, and measure raw materials and finished products to verify conformance to specifications.
- Read rolling orders, blueprints, and mill schedules to determine setup specifications, work sequences, product dimensions, and installation procedures.
- Manipulate controls and observe dial indicators to monitor, adjust, and regulate speeds of machine mechanisms.
- Start operation of rolling and milling machines to flatten, temper, form, and reduce sheet metal sections and to produce steel strips.
- Set distance points between rolls, guides, meters, and stops, according to specifications.
- Position, align, and secure arbors, spindles, coils, mandrels, dies, and slitting knives.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: -1.5%
National: -10.6%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$46,310.00
State
$37,810.00
Regional
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Description
Career Cluster: | Manufacturing |
Set up, operate, or tend machines to roll steel or plastic forming bends, beads, knurls, rolls, or plate, or to flatten, temper, or reduce gauge of material.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 74.21%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 12.57%
- Some College Courses = 9.86%
- 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) = 3.36%
Related Work Experience
- None = 30.42%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 21.17%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 14.56%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 13.23%
- Up to and including 1 month = 12.76%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 6.26%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 1.60%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 45.67%
- None = 20.46%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 16.02%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 10.15%
- Up to and including 1 month = 5.30%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 1.03%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 0.68%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 0.68%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 39.78%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 21.85%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 15.46%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 11.57%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 8.87%
- None or short demonstration = 1.78%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 0.68%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Adjust and correct machine set-ups to reduce thicknesses, reshape products, and eliminate product defects.
- Monitor machine cycles and mill operation to detect jamming and to ensure that products conform to specifications.
- Examine, inspect, and measure raw materials and finished products to verify conformance to specifications.
- Read rolling orders, blueprints, and mill schedules to determine setup specifications, work sequences, product dimensions, and installation procedures.
- Manipulate controls and observe dial indicators to monitor, adjust, and regulate speeds of machine mechanisms.
- Start operation of rolling and milling machines to flatten, temper, form, and reduce sheet metal sections and to produce steel strips.
- Set distance points between rolls, guides, meters, and stops, according to specifications.
- Position, align, and secure arbors, spindles, coils, mandrels, dies, and slitting knives.
- Direct and train other workers to change rolls, operate mill equipment, remove coils and cobbles, and band and load material.
- Fill oil cups, adjust valves, and observe gauges to control flow of metal coolants and lubricants onto workpieces.
- Record mill production on schedule sheets.
- Install equipment such as guides, guards, gears, cooling equipment, and rolls, using hand tools.
- Signal and assist other workers to remove and position equipment, fill hoppers, and feed materials into machines.
- Calculate draft space and roll speed for each mill stand to plan rolling sequences and specified dimensions and tempers.
- Activate shears and grinders to trim workpieces.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Thread or feed sheets or rods through rolling mechanisms, or start and control mechanisms that automatically feed steel into rollers.
- Select rolls, dies, roll stands, and chucks from data charts to form specified contours and to fabricate products.
- Remove scratches and polish roll surfaces, using polishing stones and electric buffers.
- Disassemble sizing mills removed from rolling lines, and sort and store parts.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Additional Resources
For general information about machine setters, operators, and tenders-metal and plastic, contact:
National Tooling and Metalworking Association
9300 Livingston Rd.
Fort Washington, MD 20744
http://www.ntma.org
Precision Machining Association Educational Foundation
6363 Oak Tree Blvd.
Independence, OH 44131
http://www.pmaef.org
Precision Machine Products Association
6700 West Snowville Rd.
Brecksville, OH 44141-3292
http://www.pmpa.org
Society of Plastics Industry
1801 K St. NW.
Suite 600K
Washington, DC 20006-1301
http://www.socplas.org
http://www.certifyme.net/
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Career VIEW Research. (Using onet28)
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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71.75 | Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
62.50 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
60.00 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
52.75 | Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
75.00 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
65.50 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
62.50 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
56.25 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
53.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
53.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
50.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
50.00 | Repairing | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
50.00 | Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
50.00 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
50.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
50.00 | Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
50.00 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
50.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
50.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | 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. |
72.00 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
72.00 | Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
72.00 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
68.75 | 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. |
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. |
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. |
62.50 | 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. |
56.25 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
56.25 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
56.25 | 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). |
56.25 | Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
56.25 | 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. |
56.25 | Response Orientation | The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. |
56.25 | 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. |
53.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
53.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
53.00 | Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
53.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
53.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
53.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
53.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
53.00 | 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 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
50.00 | 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 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
50.00 | Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. |
50.00 | Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
87.50 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
87.25 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
85.50 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
84.25 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
81.00 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
76.25 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
74.25 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
73.75 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
72.25 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
71.25 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
67.00 | Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment | Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles. |
65.75 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
65.25 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
64.75 | 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. |
63.00 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
61.00 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
59.50 | 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. |
58.75 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
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 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
53.75 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
53.50 | Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment | Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles. |
52.25 | Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment | Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used. |
51.00 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
50.50 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
50.00 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
50.00 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
49.50 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
92.00 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
89.50 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
76.50 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
74.75 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
74.75 | 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. |
73.75 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
70.50 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
70.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
67.00 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
66.50 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
66.00 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
65.50 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
61.00 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
60.00 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
57.00 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
51.50 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Rolling 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 onet28)
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
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? |
94.00 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
91.00 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
87.80 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
87.40 | 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? |
87.20 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
86.20 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
84.80 | 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? |
83.00 | 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? |
82.40 | 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.) |
82.20 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
80.80 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
80.60 | 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? |
80.20 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
79.20 | 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? |
77.00 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
75.60 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
75.20 | 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? |
75.00 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
74.00 | 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? |
73.40 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
72.60 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
72.00 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
71.00 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
68.40 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
66.80 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
64.80 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
63.60 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
63.00 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
59.20 | 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? |
57.80 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
56.80 | Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions? |
55.00 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
53.60 | Degree of Automation | How automated is the job? |
50.60 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Rolling 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 onet28)
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $32,910.00 | $46,310.00 | $55,780.00 |
Virginia | $33,500.00 | $37,810.00 | $48,420.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
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 | $27,171.34 | $35,185.29 | $38,335.64 |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* 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 onet28)
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 32,100 | 28,700 | -10.6% |
Virginia | 343 | 338 | -1.5% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
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 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
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- Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
- Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
- Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
- Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
- Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Dental Laboratory Technicians
- Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
- Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
- Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
- Etchers and Engravers
- Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
- Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
- Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
- Food Batchmakers
- Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
- Food Processing Workers, All Other
- Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Foundry Mold and Coremakers
- Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
- Furniture Finishers
- Gas Plant Operators
- Gem and Diamond Workers
- Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers
- Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
- Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Helpers--Production Workers
- Hydroelectric Plant Technicians
- Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
- Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic
- Machine Feeders and Offbearers
- Machinists
- Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
- Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
- Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Model Makers, Metal and Plastic
- Model Makers, Wood
- Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
- Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Nuclear Power Reactor Operators
- Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
- Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
- Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
- Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
- Patternmakers, Wood
- Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
- Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
- Plant and System Operators, All Other
- Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Potters, Manufacturing
- Pourers and Casters, Metal
- Power Distributors and Dispatchers
- Power Plant Operators
- Production Workers, All Other
- Recycling and Reclamation Workers
- Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
- Semiconductor Processing Technicians
- Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Sewers, Hand
- 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
- Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
- Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
- Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters
- Tire Builders
- Tool and Die Makers
- 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
- Bar Roller
- Barrel Roller Operator
- Bed Operator
- Brass Roller
- Breakdown Mill Operator
- Bulldogger
- Calender Operator
- Caster Operator
- Coiler Operator
- Cold Mill Operator
- Cold Reduction Roller
- Cold Roll Catcher
- Cold Roll Operator
- Cold Roller
- Cold Strip Feeder
- Cold Strip Roller
- Cold-Mill Operator
- Cold-Rolling Machine Setter
- Controller
- Delivery Table Operator
- Drawing Machine Operator
- Drum Straightener
- Embossing Tool Setter
- Entry Table Operator
- Finish Mill Operator
- Finish Rolls Operator
- Finisher
- First Leveler
- Flange Machine Operator
- Flanger
- Forming Roll Operator
- Guide Setter
- High Frequency Mill Operator
- Hot Mill Operator
- Hot Mill Roller
- Hot Mill Tin Roller
- Hot Roller
- Hot Strip Finisher
- Hotbed Lever Operator
- Hotbed Operator
- Leveler
- Machine Operator
- Mangle Roll Operator
- Mangle Roller
- Mangler
- Manipulator
- Manipulator Operator
- Manufacturing Assistant
- Manufacturing Associate
- Manufacturing Operator
- Medart Operator
- Metal Sheet Roller Operator
- Mill Control Operator
- Mill Operator
- Operator
- Piercer Operator
- Piercing Machine Operator
- Piercing Mill Operator
- Pipe Straightener
- Plastic Straightening Roll Operator
- Primary Mill Roller
- Reducing Machine Operator
- Reel Operator
- Reeling Machine Operator
- Reeling Machine Setup Operator
- Rod Finisher
- Roll Form Operator
- Roll Forming Machine Operator
- Roll Forming Machine Set Up Mechanic
- Roll Forming Machine Set Up Operator
- Roll Forming Machine Set-Up Mechanic
- Roll Operator
- Roll Over Press Operator
- Roll Setter
- Roll Table Operator
- Roll Threader Operator
- Roll Tube Setter
- Roller
- Roller Leveler
- Roller Leveler Operator
- Roller Machine Operator
- Rolling Attendant
- Rolling Mill Operator
- Rolls Mill Operator
- Rougher
- Rougher Operator
- Roughing Mill Operator
- Scarfer
- Screw Down
- Screwdown Operator
- Scroll Machine Operator
- Seam Hammerer
- Seamless Tube Roller
- Sheet Roller Operator
- Skelp Processor
- Skin Pass Operator
- Spanner Operator
- Speed Operator
- Spline Rolling Machine Job Setter
- Steel Finisher
- Steel Roller
- Straightening Roll Operator
- Strip Mill Operator
- Strip Roller
- Table Lever Operator
- Table Operator
- Table Runner
- Tandem Mill Operator
- Tank Hoop Bender
- Temper Mill Operator
- Tube Mill Operator
- Tube Roller
- Tubing Machine Operator
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