How do they match: Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers

  • Set up, operate, or tend machines that extrude and form continuous filaments from synthetic materials, such as liquid polymer, rayon, and fiberglass.

  • Remove excess, entangled, or completed filaments from machines, using hand tools.
  • Remove polymer deposits from spinnerettes and equipment, using silicone spray, brass chisels, and bronze-wool pads.
  • Load materials into extruding and forming machines, using hand tools, and adjust feed mechanisms to set feed rates.
  • Notify other workers of defects, and direct them to adjust extruding and forming machines.
  • Pass sliver strands through openings in floors to workers on floors below who wind slivers onto tubes.
  • Set up, operate, or tend machines that extrude and form filaments from synthetic materials such as rayon, fiberglass, or liquid polymers.

  • Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.
  • Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of production materials or products.
  • Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.
  • Load materials into production equipment.
  • Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
  • Position containers to receive materials or workpieces.
  • Signal others to coordinate work activities.