Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Tasks Include:
- Adjust machine components to regulate speeds, pressures, and temperatures, and amounts, dimensions, and flow of materials or ingredients.
- Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as templates, micrometers, or scales.
- Monitor machine operations and observe lights and gauges to detect malfunctions.
- Press control buttons to activate machinery and equipment.
- Turn controls to adjust machine functions, such as regulating air pressure, creating vacuums, and adjusting coolant flow.
- Review work orders, specifications, or instructions to determine materials, ingredients, procedures, components, settings, and adjustments for extruding, forming, pressing, or compacting machines.
- Record and maintain production data, such as meter readings, and quantities, types, and dimensions of materials produced.
- Notify supervisors when extruded filaments fail to meet standards.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +20.7%
National: +4.1%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$39,480.00
State
$38,010.00
Regional
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Description
Career Cluster: | Manufacturing |
Set up, operate, or tend machines, such as glass-forming machines, plodder machines, and tuber machines, to shape and form products such as glassware, food, rubber, soap, brick, tile, clay, wax, tobacco, or cosmetics.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 78.21%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 9.07%
- Some College Courses = 7.77%
- First Professional Degree - awarded for completion of a program that: requires at least 2 years of college work before entrance into the program, includes a total of at least 6 academic years of work to complete, and provides all remaining academic requirements to begin practice in a profession. = 3.90%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 0.72%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 0.33%
Related Work Experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 22.94%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 21.51%
- None = 18.54%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 14.65%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 9.94%
- Up to and including 1 month = 7.15%
- Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years = 3.89%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 0.71%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 0.66%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- None = 34.43%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 31.37%
- Up to and including 1 month = 15.12%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 7.74%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 5.69%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 3.89%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 1.04%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 0.71%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 40.47%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 24.03%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 15.81%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 7.19%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 6.41%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 3.89%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 1.21%
- None or short demonstration = 0.99%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Adjust machine components to regulate speeds, pressures, and temperatures, and amounts, dimensions, and flow of materials or ingredients.
- Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as templates, micrometers, or scales.
- Monitor machine operations and observe lights and gauges to detect malfunctions.
- Press control buttons to activate machinery and equipment.
- Turn controls to adjust machine functions, such as regulating air pressure, creating vacuums, and adjusting coolant flow.
- Review work orders, specifications, or instructions to determine materials, ingredients, procedures, components, settings, and adjustments for extruding, forming, pressing, or compacting machines.
- Record and maintain production data, such as meter readings, and quantities, types, and dimensions of materials produced.
- Notify supervisors when extruded filaments fail to meet standards.
- Synchronize speeds of sections of machines when producing products involving several steps or processes.
- Clear jams, and remove defective or substandard materials or products.
- Move materials, supplies, components, and finished products between storage and work areas, using work aids such as racks, hoists, and handtrucks.
- Clean dies, arbors, compression chambers, and molds, using swabs, sponges, or air hoses.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Select and install machine components, such as dies, molds, and cutters, according to specifications, using hand tools and measuring devices.
- Feed products into machines by hand or conveyor.
- Swab molds with solutions to prevent products from sticking.
- Complete work tickets, and place them with products.
- Activate machines to shape or form products, such as candy bars, light bulbs, balloons, or insulation panels.
- Remove molds, mold components, and feeder tubes from machinery after production is complete.
- Remove materials or products from molds or from extruding, forming, pressing, or compacting machines, and stack or store them for additional processing.
- Measure, mix, cut, shape, soften, and join materials and ingredients, such as powder, cornmeal, or rubber to prepare them for machine processing.
- Send product samples to laboratories for analysis.
- Thread extruded strips through water tanks and hold-down bars, or attach strands to wires and draw them through tubes.
- Ignite burners to preheat products, or use torches to apply heat.
- Disassemble equipment to repair it or to replace parts, such as nozzles, punches, and filters.
- Pour, scoop, or dump specified ingredients, metal assemblies, or mixtures into sections of machine prior to starting machines.
- Install, align, and adjust neck rings, press plungers, and feeder tubes.
- Couple air and gas lines to machines to maintain plasticity of material and to regulate solidification of final products.
- Measure arbors and dies to verify sizes specified on work tickets.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
66.75 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
63.75 | Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
53.25 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
68.75 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
68.75 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
59.50 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
53.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
50.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
50.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
50.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
50.00 | Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
50.00 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
68.75 | Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
68.75 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
68.75 | Rate Control | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. |
65.50 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
59.50 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
59.50 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
59.50 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
56.25 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
56.25 | Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
56.25 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
56.25 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
56.25 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
53.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
53.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
53.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
53.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
53.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
53.00 | Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. |
53.00 | Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing. |
53.00 | Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
53.00 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
53.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
53.00 | Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. |
50.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
50.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
50.00 | Response Orientation | The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. |
50.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
50.00 | Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. |
50.00 | Hearing Sensitivity | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
85.50 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
77.25 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
77.25 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
77.00 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
74.75 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
73.25 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
73.00 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
71.75 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
71.50 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
71.25 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
71.00 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
66.50 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
61.00 | Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment | Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles. |
60.50 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
59.00 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
58.75 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
56.75 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
54.00 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
51.25 | Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment | Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles. |
50.25 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
50.25 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
50.25 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
82.50 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
81.00 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
75.25 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
75.00 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
72.75 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
71.50 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
71.50 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
71.50 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
71.25 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
71.00 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
70.75 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
69.00 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
68.75 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
67.25 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
63.75 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
59.25 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
77.83 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
100.00 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
91.00 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
88.60 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
87.20 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
86.80 | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) |
85.60 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
84.00 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
83.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
81.80 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
81.00 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
80.80 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
78.40 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
75.60 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
73.20 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
72.80 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
72.80 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
72.40 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
71.80 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
71.00 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
70.80 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
70.40 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
67.00 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
66.60 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
66.40 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
64.60 | Degree of Automation | How automated is the job? |
64.00 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
62.40 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
61.20 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
60.60 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
60.40 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
57.60 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
56.80 | Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions? |
56.60 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
54.60 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
53.80 | Exposed to High Places | How often does this job require exposure to high places? |
52.80 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $30,290.00 | $39,480.00 | $47,870.00 |
Virginia | $30,750.00 | $38,010.00 | $46,160.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $30,822.95 | $36,691.16 | $41,494.32 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $23,843.84 | $23,843.84 | $34,903.92 |
Crater Area | $35,096.71 | $39,687.27 | $45,323.09 |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $32,655.01 | $39,240.20 | $46,327.70 |
Northern Virginia | $42,344.69 | $48,105.57 | $52,941.03 |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | $34,923.72 | $63,025.68 | $59,026.00 |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 58,400 | 60,800 | +4.1% |
Virginia | 889 | 1,073 | +20.7% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | 395 | 389 | -1.5% |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | 91 | 166 | +82.4% |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | 92 | 143 | +55.4% |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
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- Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
- Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
- Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
- Etchers and Engravers
- Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
- Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
- Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
- Food Batchmakers
- Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
- Food Processing Workers, All Other
- Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Foundry Mold and Coremakers
- Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
- Furniture Finishers
- Gas Plant Operators
- Gem and Diamond Workers
- Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers
- Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
- Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Helpers--Production Workers
- Hydroelectric Plant Technicians
- Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
- Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic
- Machine Feeders and Offbearers
- Machinists
- Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
- Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
- Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Model Makers, Metal and Plastic
- Model Makers, Wood
- Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
- Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Nuclear Power Reactor Operators
- Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
- Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
- Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
- Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
- Patternmakers, Wood
- Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
- Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
- Plant and System Operators, All Other
- Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Potters, Manufacturing
- Pourers and Casters, Metal
- Power Distributors and Dispatchers
- Power Plant Operators
- Production Workers, All Other
- Recycling and Reclamation Workers
- Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
- Semiconductor Processing Technicians
- Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Sewers, Hand
- Sewing Machine Operators
- Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
- Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders
- Slaughterers and Meat Packers
- Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing
- Team Assemblers
- Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
- Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
- Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters
- Tire Builders
- Tool and Die Makers
- Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
- Upholsterers
- Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Woodworkers, All Other
- Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
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Titles
- Abrasive Wheel Molder
- Acoustical Tile Patternmaker
- Air Bag Curer
- Alfalfa Dehydrator Operator
- Arch Cushion Press Operator
- Artificial Log Machine Operator
- Automatic Lump Making Machine Tender
- Bag Bailer
- Bag Builder
- Bailer
- Bailing Machine Operator
- Baler
- Baler Operator
- Baling Machine Operator
- Bark Press Operator
- Belt Press Operator
- Block Maker
- Block Making Machine Operator
- Block Press Operator
- Blow Molding Machine Operator
- Bottle Machine Operator
- Bowling Ball Molder
- Brick and Tile Making Machine Operator
- Brick and Tile Making Machine Set Up Operator
- Brick Maker
- Brick or Block Maker
- Briquette Maker
- Briquette Operator
- Briquetter Operator
- Briquetting Machine Operator
- Broom Builder
- Broom Bundler
- Buckle Frame Shaper
- Butt Maker
- Cake Former
- Cake Press Operator
- Calender Operator
- Calender Roll Press Operator
- Candle Extrusion Machine Operator
- Candle Molder
- Candy Depositing Machine Operator
- Carbon Dioxide Operator
- Casting Machine Operator
- Casting Operator
- Casting Room Operator
- Cement Block Maker
- Center Machine Operator
- Center Machine Set-Up Operator
- Chalk Extruding Machine Operator
- Chalk Machine Operator
- Chalk Molding Machine Operator
- Cigar Making Machine Operator
- Cigarette Book Maker
- Cigarette Filter Making Machine Operator
- Cigarette Machine Operator
- Cigarette Maker
- Cigarette Making Machine Operator
- Cigarette Roller
- Cigarette Stamper
- Cinder Block Maker
- Clay Caster
- Clay Press Operator
- Combine Operator
- Combining Machine Operator
- Compacting Machine Operator/Tender
- Compress Machine Operator
- Compressor
- Compressor Operator
- Concrete Block Maker
- Concrete Block Molder
- Concrete Pipe Making Machine Operator
- Confectionery Drops Machine Operator
- Core Extruder
- Core Shaper
- Cork Molder
- Corn Press Operator
- Cosmetics Presser
- Cotton Presser
- Cracker and Cookie Machine Operator
- Crate Opener
- Crown Assembly Machine Set-Up Mechanic
- Curing Press Operator
- Dampener Operator
- Dehydrating Press Operator
- Die Press Operator
- Die Presser
- Die Tripper
- Dipper
- Dipper Machine Operator
- Dipping Machine Operator
- Divider
- Divider Operator
- Dividing Machine Operator
- Domer
- Drawbench Operator
- Drawing Kiln Operator
- Drawing Machine Operator
- Dry Press Operator
- Electronic Gluing Machine Operator
- Extracting Machine Operator
- Extruder Operator
- Extruder Tender
- Extruding Machine Operator/Setter/Tender
- Extruding Press Operator
- Extrusion Machine Operator
- Extrusion Operator
- Extrusion Press Operator
- Fiberglass Dowel Drawing Machine Operator
- Fiberglass Luggage Molder
- Finishing Area Operator
- Flakeboard Line Tender
- Flaking Roll Operator
- Flatware Maker
- Floor Molder
- Flower Pot Press Operator
- Foam Rubber Molder
- Foil Operator
- Foiling Machine Operator
- Forming Machine Operator
- Forming Machine Tender
- Forming Machine Upkeep Mechanic
- Fruit Press Operator
- Glass Bulb Machine Adjuster
- Glass Forming Crew Member
- Glass Ribbon Machine Operator
- Glass Ribbon Machine Operator Assistant
- Glass Rolling Machine Operator
- Gluing Machine Operator
- Gold Leaf Roller
- Golf Ball Molder
- Graining Press Operator
- Hardboard Press Operator
- Hot Box Operator
- Hot Plate Press Operator
- Hot Press Operator
- Hydraulic Billet Maker
- Hydraulic Press Operator
- Insulation Board Coater Operator
- Job Change Crew Member
- Job Molder
- Jordan Man
- Jordan Worker
- Laminating Machine Operator
- Laminating Machine Tender
- Laminator
- Lap Machine Tender
- Lead Former
- Lead Press Operator
- Lens Molding Equipment Operator
- Light Bulb Assembler
- Lozenge Maker
- Lump Machine Operator
- Lump Maker
- Lump Roller
- Machine Candle Molder
- Machine Chocolate Molder
- Machine Joiner Cementer
- Machine Molder
- Machine Operator
- Manual Control Auger Press Operator
- Manufacturing Assistant
- Manufacturing Associate
- Manufacturing Operator
- Marble Machine Tender
- Mat Puncher
- Matting Press Tender
- Meat Press Operator
- Metal Baler
- Mica Plate Layer
- Microwave Extruder Operator
- Mill Room Machine Operator
- Molder Machine Tender
- Molding Machine Operator
- Molding Press Operator
- Necker
- Noodle Catalyst Maker
- Nozzle Operator
- Pan Pusher
- Pan Shover
- Pan Tank Worker
- Paper Baler
- Paper Baling Machine Operator
- Paper Bundler
- Paper Cone Machine Tender
- Paper Cup Machine Operator
- Pellet Machine Operator
- Pellet Mill Operator
- Pellet Press Operator
- Pilling Machine Operator
- Plastic Extrusion Operator
- Plate Molder
- Plate Worker
- Plodder Operator
- Plodding Machine Operator
- Plodding Operator
- Polystyrene Bead Molder
- Polystyrene Molding Machine Tender
- Precast Molder
- Press Loader
- Press Machine Feeder
- Press Machine Operator
- Press Operator
- Press Tender
- Presser
- Presto Log Operator
- Pretzel Twisting Machine Operator
- Printed Circuit Boards Laminator
- Pulp Machine Operator
- Pulp Press Tender
- Pump Press Operator
- Pyrotechnics Press Tender
- Ram Press Operator
- Ram-Press Operator
- Rebrander
- Record Maker
- Record Press Operator
- Record Press Tender
- Record Pressman
- Retort or Condenser Press Operator
- Retort Press Operator
- Roller
- Rolling Machine Operator
- Rubber Extrusion Operator
- Rubber Mill Operator
- Rubber Mold Maker
- Rubber Press Tender
- Rubber Tubing Splicer
- Sandwich Machine Operator
- Scrap Baler
- Screen Handler
- Sectional Belt-Mold Assembler
- Sizing Machine Operator
- Slug Press Operator
- Sole Conforming Machine Operator
- Spinner
- Sponge Press Operator
- Stamper
- Steam Press Operator
- Steam Press Tender
- Steam Presser
- Steeping Press Operator
- Steeping Press Tender
- Stem Crusher
- Stem Roller
- Stem Roller Operator
- Stem Roller or Crusher Operator
- Stringing Machine Operator
- Sucker Machine Operator
- Sugar Presser
- Sweet Goods Machine Operator
- Synthetic Gem Press Operator
- Tablet Machine Operator
- Tankage Grinder
- Tankman
- Thermal Molder
- Tile Presser
- Tray Casting Machine Operator
- Tube Building Machine Operator
- Tuber Machine Operator
- Tuber Operator
- Tubular Stock Glass Bulb Machine Former
- Turning and Beading Machine Operator
- Upkeep Mechanic
- V-Belt Curer
- Vulcanized Fiber Unit Operator
- Vulcanizing Press Operator
- Wad Compressor Operator-Adjuster
- Wax Molder
- Wet Machine Operator
- Wet Machine Tender
- Wet Press Tender
- Wind Up Operator
- Wink Cutter Operator
- Wood Fuel Pelletizer
- Yardage Control Operator
- Yardage Control Operator, Forming
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