How do they match: Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

  • Manufacturing Production Operator

  • Change dies on extruding machines, according to production line changes.
  • Measure and examine extruded products to locate defects and to check for conformance to specifications, adjusting controls as necessary to alter products.
  • Reel extruded products into rolls of specified lengths and weights.
  • Replace worn dies when products vary from specifications.
  • Test physical properties of products with testing devices such as acid-bath testers, burst testers, and impact testers.

  • Determine production equipment settings.
  • Inspect metal, plastic, or composite products.
  • Load materials into production equipment.
  • Maintain production or processing equipment.
  • Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
  • Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
  • Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.
  • Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment.
  • Package products for storage or shipment.
  • Repair production equipment or tools.
  • Select production equipment according to product specifications.