How do they match: Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

  • Fabrication Set-Up Person
  • Gear Cutting Machine Set-Up Operator
  • Production Gear Cutting Machine Operator
  • Tool Gear Cutting Machine Set-Up Operator

  • Set up, operate, or tend more than one type of cutting or forming machine tool or robot.

  • Change worn machine accessories, such as cutting tools or brushes, using hand tools.
  • Measure and mark reference points and cutting lines on workpieces, using traced templates, compasses, and rules.
  • Move controls or mount gears, cams, or templates in machines to set feed rates and cutting speeds, depths, and angles.
  • Select, install, and adjust alignment of drills, cutters, dies, guides, and holding devices, using templates, measuring instruments, and hand tools.
  • Set up and operate machines, such as lathes, cutters, shears, borers, millers, grinders, presses, drills, or auxiliary machines, to make metallic and plastic workpieces.
  • Write programs for computer numerical control (CNC) machines to cut metal and plastic materials.

  • Measure materials to mark reference points, cutting lines, or other indicators.
  • Operate cutting equipment.
  • Set equipment controls to meet cutting specifications.