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

  • Manufacturing Assistant
  • Production Assistant

  • 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.
  • Press metering-pump buttons and turn valves to stop flow of polymers.
  • Start metering pumps and observe operation of machines and equipment to ensure continuous flow of filaments extruded through spinnerettes and to detect processing defects.

  • Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
  • Operate metal or plastic forming equipment.
  • Signal others to coordinate work activities.