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

  • Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers

  • Extruder
  • Extruder Operator
  • Extrusion Line Operator
  • Extrusion Machine Operator
  • Extrusion Operator
  • Extrusion Process Operator
  • Extrusion Technician
  • Blown Film Extrusion Operator
  • Synthetic Filament Extruder
  • Synthetic Staple Extruder

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

  • Clean and maintain extruding and forming machines, using hand tools.
  • Load materials into extruding and forming machines, using hand tools, and adjust feed mechanisms to set feed rates.
  • Move controls to activate and adjust extruding and forming machines.
  • 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.
  • Pull extruded fiberglass filaments over sleeves where binding solution is applied, and into grooves of graphite shoes that bind filaments into single strands of sliver.
  • Set up, operate, or tend machines that extrude and form filaments from synthetic materials such as rayon, fiberglass, or liquid 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.
  • Signal others to coordinate work activities.