Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Career, Salary and Skills

Occupation description

Set up, operate, or tend more than one type of cutting or forming machine tool or robot.

National salary and employment

Top skills

Typical tasks

• Inspect workpieces for defects, and measure workpieces to determine accuracy of machine operation, using rules, templates, or other measuring instruments.
• Position, adjust, and secure stock material or workpieces against stops, on arbors, or in chucks, fixtures, or automatic feeding mechanisms, manually or using hoists.
• Read blueprints or job orders to determine product specifications and tooling instructions and to plan operational sequences.
• Select, install, and adjust alignment of drills, cutters, dies, guides, and holding devices, using templates, measuring instruments, and hand tools.
• Observe machine operation to detect workpiece defects or machine malfunctions, adjusting machines as necessary.
• Set up and operate machines, such as lathes, cutters, shears, borers, millers, grinders, presses, drills, or auxiliary machines, to make metallic and plastic workpieces.
• Change worn machine accessories, such as cutting tools or brushes, using hand tools.
• Set machine stops or guides to specified lengths as indicated by scales, rules, or templates.

Technology

• Autodesk AutoCAD
• Email software
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Windows
• Microsoft Word
• SAP software

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic salary by location

Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.

• Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in OH
  Median $46,420 · Employment 11,170
• Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in TX
  Median $49,050 · Employment 10,540
• Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in MI
  Median $45,920 · Employment 9,350
• Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in PA
  Median $48,070 · Employment 7,960
• Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in IN
  Median $45,100 · Employment 7,480
• Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in MO
  Median $53,160 · Employment 7,220
• Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in IL
  Median $44,350 · Employment 6,090
• Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in KY
  Median $54,960 · Employment 5,510
• Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in Chicago, IL
  Median $45,030 · Employment 5,460
• Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in Dallas, TX
  Median $80,110 · Employment 5,440
• Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in SC
  Median $45,740 · Employment 4,520
• Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Salary in St. Louis, MO
  Median $62,090 · Employment 4,480

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