Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic:

Set up, operate, or tend machines to extrude or draw thermoplastic or metal materials into tubes, rods, hoses, wire, bars, or structural shapes.

Also includes:

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic:

Set up, operate, or tend machines to extrude or draw thermoplastic or metal materials into tubes, rods, hoses, wire, bars, or structural shapes.

Also includes

About the Job

Primary Industry	Manufacturing
Indiana Average Salary	$47,882.00
Average Time to Fill	41 days
Typical Education	High school equivalency
Typical Experience	None
Current Openings
2 Year Projected Openings (2016-2018)	968
2 Year Expected Percentage Change (2016-2018)	1.36 %
10 Year Projected Openings (2016-2026)	4,495
10 Year Expected Percentage Change (2016-2026)	1.37 %

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Essential (Soft) Skills

Essential Skills to Employers

Attention to Detail
Work Ethic
Resource Allocation
Information Gathering
Following Directions
Organization

Top Job Duties and Responsibilities

Handling and Moving Objects

Set-up production equipment or machinery
Don/Doff industrial, production, or manufacturing related Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Adjust temperature controls of ovens or other heating equipment
Adjust metal or plastic processing equipment and machinery
Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment
Install attachments to machinery or related structures
Load/unload material, products, or workpieces into or from machinery or equipment
Package goods for shipment or storage
Cut metal or plastic material
Shape metal or plastic
Mix chemicals safely according to instructions

Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information

Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications
Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes
Perform industrial, production, or manufacturing related measurements
Determine equipment or tool requirements for projects
Estimate material requirements for production
Weigh industrial, production, or manufacturing related products or materials

Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment

Replace worn equipment components
Clean metal or plastic processing tools, equipment, or machinery
Repair mechanical equipment or machinery
Repair production equipment or tools
Maintain manufacturing or production equipment

Booster Skills & Certifications

Job Seekers possessing booster skills & certifications, such as those listed below, added to core skills are more marketable, harder to find and expensive to hire.

Hard to Fill: Employers find positions requiring these skills to be hard to fill. These skills and certifications make a job seeker more in demand because the skills are not widely available.

Expensive to Fill: Employers find positions requiring these skills to be expensive to fill. Job seekers with these skills and certifications are likely to earn more money.

Skill or Certification	Certi - fication	Certification	Hard to Fill	Expensive to Fill
Micrometers
Machining
Welding
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Equal Opportunity is the Law. (La Igualdad De Oportunidad Es La Ley.)
Equal Opportunity Employer/Program Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.