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

  • 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.
  • 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.

  • Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.
  • Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
  • Signal others to coordinate work activities.