How do they match: Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders

  • Operate or tend bonding machines that use adhesives to join items for further processing or to form a completed product. Processes include joining veneer sheets into plywood; gluing paper; or joining rubber and rubberized fabric parts, plastic, simulated leather, or other materials.

  • Examine and measure completed materials or products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices such as tape measures, gauges, or calipers.
  • Maintain production records such as quantities, dimensions, and thicknesses of materials processed.
  • Perform test production runs and make adjustments as necessary to ensure that completed products meet standards and specifications.
  • Read work orders and communicate with coworkers to determine machine and equipment settings and adjustments and supply and product specifications.
  • Remove and stack completed materials or products, and restock materials to be joined.
  • Transport materials, supplies, and finished products between storage and work areas, using forklifts.

  • Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of production materials or products.
  • Clean production equipment.
  • Conduct test runs of production equipment.
  • Load materials into production equipment.
  • Maintain production or processing equipment.
  • Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
  • Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.
  • Monitor instruments to ensure proper production conditions.
  • Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment.
  • Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
  • Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
  • Record operational or production data.
  • Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.