Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Tasks Include:
- Observe machine operations to ensure quality and conformity of filled or packaged products to standards.
- Adjust machine components and machine tension and pressure according to size or processing angle of product.
- Tend or operate machine that packages product.
- Remove finished packaged items from machine and separate rejected items.
- Regulate machine flow, speed, or temperature.
- Stop or reset machines when malfunctions occur, clear machine jams, and report malfunctions to a supervisor.
- Secure finished packaged items by hand tying, sewing, gluing, stapling, or attaching fastener.
- Stock and sort product for packaging or filling machine operation, and replenish packaging supplies, such as wrapping paper, plastic sheet, boxes, cartons, glue, ink, or labels.
- Inspect and remove defective products and packaging material.
- Clean and remove damaged or otherwise inferior materials to prepare raw products for processing.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet291)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +5.0%
National: +6.7%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$38,330.00
State
$38,790.00
Regional
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Description
Career Cluster: | Manufacturing
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Operate or tend machines to prepare industrial or consumer products for storage or shipment. Includes cannery workers who pack food products.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 79.69%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 17.27%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 2.22%
- 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) = 0.82%
Related Work Experience
- None = 36.64%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 23.60%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 17.12%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 11.29%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 5.83%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 3.83%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 0.85%
- Over 10 years = 0.85%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- None = 39.13%
- Up to and including 1 month = 35.89%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 20.94%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 3.18%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 0.85%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 37.27%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 31.03%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 20.94%
- None or short demonstration = 9.91%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 0.85%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Observe machine operations to ensure quality and conformity of filled or packaged products to standards.
- Adjust machine components and machine tension and pressure according to size or processing angle of product.
- Tend or operate machine that packages product.
- Remove finished packaged items from machine and separate rejected items.
- Regulate machine flow, speed, or temperature.
- Stop or reset machines when malfunctions occur, clear machine jams, and report malfunctions to a supervisor.
- Secure finished packaged items by hand tying, sewing, gluing, stapling, or attaching fastener.
- Stock and sort product for packaging or filling machine operation, and replenish packaging supplies, such as wrapping paper, plastic sheet, boxes, cartons, glue, ink, or labels.
- Inspect and remove defective products and packaging material.
- Clean and remove damaged or otherwise inferior materials to prepare raw products for processing.
- Sort, grade, weigh, and inspect products, verifying and adjusting product weight or measurement to meet specifications.
- Clean, oil, and make minor adjustments or repairs to machinery and equipment, such as opening valves or setting guides.
- Monitor the production line, watching for problems such as pile-ups, jams, or glue that isn't sticking properly.
- Stack finished packaged items, or wrap protective material around each item, and pack the items in cartons or containers.
- Start machine by engaging controls.
- Count and record finished and rejected packaged items.
- Package the product in the form in which it will be sent out, for example, filling bags with flour from a chute or spout.
- Supply materials to spindles, conveyors, hoppers, or other feeding devices and unload packaged product.
- Attach identification labels to finished packaged items, or cut stencils and stencil information on containers, such as lot numbers or shipping destinations.
- Clean packaging containers, line and pad crates, or assemble cartons to prepare for product packing.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Adjustable wrenches
- Razor knives (Box cutters)
- Hammers (Claw hammers)
- Desktop computers
- Calipers (Dial calipers)
- Forklifts
- Glue guns
- Hand trucks or accessories (Handtrucks)
- Floor or platform scales (Industrial platform scales)
- Sewing machines (Industrial sewing machines)
- Label making machines (Label-making machines)
- Locking pliers
- Tape measures (Measuring tapes)
- Pallet trucks (Pallet jacks)
- Pallet trucks (Pallet movers)
- Personal computers
- Screwdrivers (Phillips head screwdrivers)
- Power drills
- Staple guns (Power staple guns)
- Lifts (Powered roll lifts)
- Scanners
- Razor knives (Scrapers)
- Thickness measuring devices (Space gauges)
- Stencils or lettering aids (Stencils)
- Step stool (Step stools)
- Screwdrivers (Straight screwdrivers)
- Utility knives
- Wire brushes
Technologies Include:
- Data base user interface and query software
- Data entry software
- Electronic mail software
- Email software
- Label making software
- Label printing software
- Spreadsheet software
- Spreadsheet software
- Word processing software
- Word processing software
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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69.00 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
63.25 | Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
55.75 | Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
55.00 | Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
54.75 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
51.50 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
51.50 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
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56.25 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
53.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
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 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
50.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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56.25 | 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. |
53.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
53.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
53.00 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
53.00 | 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. |
53.00 | 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. |
53.00 | 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. |
53.00 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
50.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
50.00 | 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). |
50.00 | 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. |
50.00 | Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
50.00 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
50.00 | 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. |
50.00 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
50.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
50.00 | 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. |
50.00 | 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. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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74.00 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
70.50 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
69.75 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
69.75 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
67.50 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
66.25 | 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. |
66.00 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
65.75 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
65.25 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
62.75 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
61.75 | 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. |
61.00 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
60.50 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
60.00 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
59.75 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
58.25 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
58.25 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
55.50 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
52.75 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
52.00 | 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. |
51.25 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
50.50 | Assisting and Caring for Others | Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
49.75 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
49.50 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
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84.50 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
80.25 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
76.50 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
72.75 | 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. |
67.50 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
62.75 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
59.25 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
58.50 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
58.50 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
55.75 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
55.25 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
52.50 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
51.50 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
50.75 | 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 onet291)
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
72.17 | 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 onet291)
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Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
92.00 | 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.) |
91.40 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
91.00 | 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? |
90.40 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
88.80 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
88.20 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
88.00 | 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? |
87.60 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
84.80 | 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? |
83.60 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
83.00 | 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? |
82.60 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
82.20 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
81.80 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
80.80 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
80.20 | 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? |
79.40 | 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? |
78.40 | 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? |
78.20 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
77.40 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
75.40 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
73.80 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
71.80 | 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? |
71.80 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
68.40 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
67.60 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
67.40 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
65.80 | 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? |
62.40 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
56.20 | In an Open Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in an open vehicle or equipment (e.g., tractor)? |
55.00 | 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? |
52.60 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
51.20 | Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions? |
51.20 | Degree of Automation | How automated is the job? |
50.20 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet291)
Packaging and Filling Machine 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 onet291)
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
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United States | $30,050.00 | $38,330.00 | $46,540.00 |
Virginia | $29,040.00 | $38,790.00 | $56,320.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $30,930.00 | $37,470.00 | $40,220.00 |
Bay Consortium | $29,400.00 | $36,880.00 | $46,680.00 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $30,720.00 | $38,510.00 | $47,200.00 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $35,380.00 | $56,320.00 | $59,440.00 |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | $30,080.00 | $44,810.00 | $59,420.00 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $27,380.00 | $35,310.00 | $41,590.00 |
Northern Virginia | $33,470.00 | $38,100.00 | $45,760.00 |
Piedmont Workforce | $31,860.00 | $39,080.00 | $48,280.00 |
Shenandoah Valley | $33,910.00 | $48,480.00 | $53,820.00 |
South Central | $27,860.00 | $35,840.00 | $36,950.00 |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | $30,290.00 | $42,170.00 | $48,150.00 |
Western Virginia | $31,850.00 | $37,490.00 | $43,380.00 |
* 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 onet291)
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Employment Projections
USA: 2023-2033
Virginia: 2022-2032
Regions: 2020-2030
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 367,900 | 392,500 | +6.7% |
Virginia | 6,723 | 7,060 | +5.0% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | 152 | 168 | +10.5% |
Bay Consortium | 219 | 234 | +6.8% |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | 1,969 | 2,265 | +15.0% |
Central VA/Region2000 | 357 | 378 | +5.9% |
Crater Area | 160 | 169 | +5.6% |
Greater Peninsula | 163 | 168 | +3.1% |
Hampton Roads | 625 | 639 | +2.2% |
New River/Mt. Rogers | 409 | 391 | -4.4% |
Northern Virginia | 1,297 | 1,515 | +16.8% |
Piedmont Workforce | 174 | 188 | +8.0% |
Shenandoah Valley | 1,576 | 1,605 | +1.8% |
South Central | 182 | 177 | -2.7% |
Southwestern Virginia | 107 | 102 | -4.7% |
West Piedmont | 413 | 481 | +16.5% |
Western Virginia | 510 | 554 | +8.6% |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet291)
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- 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
- A-Operator
- Adjuster/Packer
- Ampoule Filler
- Ampoule Sealer
- Apple Press Operator
- Assembly Leader
- Assembly Line Worker
- Assembly Person
- Assembly Worker
- Assemblyman or Woman
- Auto Roller
- Automatic Cigar Wrapper Tender
- Automatic Packer Operator
- Bag Bundler
- Bag Loader Machine Operator
- Bagger
- Bagging Machine Operator
- Baler
- Baling Machine Tender
- Bandage Wrapping Machine Operator
- Bander
- Barrel Filler
- Base Filler
- Base-Filler Operator
- Bb Shot Packer
- Belt Worker
- Blister Pack Operator
- Blister Packaging Machine Operator
- Blocker
- Boring and Filling Machine Operator
- Bottle Capper
- Bottle Capping Machine Operator
- Bottle Caser
- Bottle Filler
- Bottle Labeler
- Bottle Line Worker
- Bottle Packer
- Bottler
- Bottling Line Operator
- Bottling Machine Operator
- Bottling Room Worker
- Box Closing Machine Operator
- Box Strapper
- Boxer Operator
- Boxing Machine Operator
- Bread Wrapper
- Bread Wrapper Operator
- Bullet Charging Machine Operator
- Bunch Maker, Machine
- Bundle Tier and Labeler
- Bundler
- Bundling Machine Operator
- Can Capper
- Can Closing Machine Operator
- Can Coverer
- Can Filler
- Can Filling and Closing Machine Tender
- Can Labeler
- Can Line Operator
- Can Sealer
- Candle Wrapping Machine Operator
- Candy Wrapping Machine Operator
- Canner
- Cannery Worker
- Canning Machine Operator
- Capper
- Capper Machine Operator
- Capping Machine Operator
- Capsule Filler
- Capsule Filling Machine Operator
- Capsule Machine Operator
- Capsule Maker
- Carder
- Carton Filling Machine Operator
- Carton Machine Operator
- Carton Packaging Machine Operator
- Cartridge Filler
- Case Loader Operator
- Case Packer and Sealer
- Casing Finisher and Stuffer
- Casing Runner
- Casing Running Machine Tender
- Chemical Operator
- Cigar Bander
- Cigar Brander
- Cigarette Packer
- Cigarette Packing Machine Operator
- Closing Machine Operator
- Comfort Filler
- Corker
- Corking Machine Operator
- Cotton Baler
- Cotton Roll Packer
- Cubing Machine Tender
- Cylinder Filler
- Drum Filler
- Dumping Machine Operator
- Dynamite Packing Machine Operator
- Fabrication Technician
- Feed Weigher
- Filler
- Filler Machine Operator
- Filler Operator
- Filling and Stapling Machine Operator
- Filling Machine Operator
- Filling Machine Tender
- Filling Room Operator
- Foam Charger
- Foam Dispenser
- Food Bagging Machine Operator
- Fruit Canner
- Fruit Grader Operator
- Gelatin Dynamite Packing Operator
- Glass Vial Filler
- Ham Rolling Machine Operator
- Hot Kettle Tender
- Hydraulic Press Operator
- Icicle Machine Operator
- Insulation Packer
- Jar Capper
- Jar Filler
- Keg Filler
- Keg Header
- Labeler
- Labeling Machine Operator
- Level Glass Vial Filler
- Line Controller
- Line Leader
- Line Operator
- Lineman
- Link Machine Operator
- Linking Machine Operator
- Loading Machine Adjuster
- Loading Machine Operator
- Loading Unit Operator
- Loading Unit Tool Setter
- Lumber Tying Machine Operator
- Machine Bander and Cellophaner
- Machine Crater
- Machine Operator
- Machine Operator Mechanic
- Machine Package Sealer
- Machine Packager
- Machine Packer
- Machine Preservative Filler
- Machine Quilt Stuffer
- Manifold Operator
- Manufacturing Assistant
- Manufacturing Associate
- Manufacturing Operator
- Masking Machine Operator
- Meal Packer
- Meat Molder
- Meat Stuffer
- Milk Bottler
- Milk Bottling Machine Operator
- Nester
- Order Packer
- Oxygen Tank Filler
- Pack Machine Operator
- Pack Operator
- Packaging Machine Operator
- Packaging Operator
- Packaging/Filling Machine Operator
- Packer
- Packer Inspector
- Packing Machine Operator
- Packing Machine Pilot Can Router
- Plug Overwrap Machine Tender
- Potato Chip Packaging Machine Operator
- Potato Chip Sacking Machine Operator
- Pouch Maker
- Preservative Filler Machine Operator
- Pressman
- Produce Wrapper
- Production Hand
- Production Leader
- Production Line Operator
- Production Line Worker
- Production Packager
- Production Worker
- Punchboard Filling Machine Operator
- Rack Room Worker
- Rim Fire Priming Operator
- Rock Room Worker
- Roll Finisher
- Sand Slinger Operator
- Sausage Canner
- Sausage Stuffer
- Scrap Baller
- Seal Extrusion Operator
- Sealer
- Sealer Operator
- Sealing Machine Operator
- Sectionizer
- Sheeter Helper
- Snuff Packing Machine Operator
- Soft Work Wrapper Layer and Examiner
- Strap Machine Operator
- Strapping Machine Operator
- Stuffer
- Stuffing Machine Operator
- Tank Filler
- Tape Fastener Machine Operator
- Tea Bag Packer
- Tobacco Packing Machine Operator
- Tobacco Wrapping Machine Tender
- Toy Stuffer
- Tracer Bullet Charging Machine Operator
- Tray Casting Machine Operator
- Tying Machine Operator
- Vacuum Closing Machine Operator
- Vegetable Canner
- Wrapper Layer
- Wrapping Machine Operator
- Yeast Cutting and Wrapping Machine Operator
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