How do they match: Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

  • Mat Puncher
  • Matting Press Tender

  • Adjust machine components to regulate speeds, pressures, and temperatures, and amounts, dimensions, and flow of materials or ingredients.
  • Clear jams, and remove defective or substandard materials or products.
  • Couple air and gas lines to machines to maintain plasticity of material and to regulate solidification of final products.
  • Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as templates, micrometers, or scales.
  • Measure, mix, cut, shape, soften, and join materials and ingredients, such as powder, cornmeal, or rubber to prepare them for machine processing.
  • Move materials, supplies, components, and finished products between storage and work areas, using work aids such as racks, hoists, and handtrucks.
  • Record and maintain production data, such as meter readings, and quantities, types, and dimensions of materials produced.
  • Remove materials or products from molds or from extruding, forming, pressing, or compacting machines, and stack or store them for additional processing.
  • Review work orders, specifications, or instructions to determine materials, ingredients, procedures, components, settings, and adjustments for extruding, forming, pressing, or compacting machines.

  • Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of production materials or products.
  • Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.
  • Feed materials or products into or through equipment.
  • Load materials into production equipment.
  • Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
  • Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
  • Send information, materials or documentation.