Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Career, Salary and Skills

Occupation description

Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut or slice materials, such as glass, stone, cork, rubber, tobacco, food, paper, or insulating material.

National salary and employment

Top skills

Typical tasks

• Maintain production records, such as quantities, types, and dimensions of materials produced.
• Start machines to verify setups, and make any necessary adjustments.
• Press buttons, pull levers, or depress pedals to start and operate cutting and slicing machines.
• Review work orders, blueprints, specifications, or job samples to determine components, settings, and adjustments for cutting and slicing machines.
• Adjust machine controls to alter position, alignment, speed, or pressure.
• Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices, such as rulers, micrometers, or scales.
• Remove completed materials or products from cutting or slicing machines, and stack or store them for additional processing.
• Remove defective or substandard materials from machines, and readjust machine components so that products meet standards.

Technology

• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Word
• SAP software

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary by location

Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.

• Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in TX
  Median $42,210 · Employment 3,650
• Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in NC
  Median $43,770 · Employment 3,100
• Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in CA
  Median $46,110 · Employment 3,080
• Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in OH
  Median $48,400 · Employment 3,000
• Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in IN
  Median $46,150 · Employment 2,110
• Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in NY
  Median $49,680 · Employment 1,870
• Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in IL
  Median $49,740 · Employment 1,770
• Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in PA
  Median $46,850 · Employment 1,630
• Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in Dallas, TX
  Median $44,360 · Employment 1,500
• Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in New York, NY
  Median $48,990 · Employment 1,490
• Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in Los Angeles, CA
  Median $44,870 · Employment 1,460
• Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Salary in FL
  Median $40,540 · Employment 1,370

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